The VW Golf MK4 GTI is not remembered as the most exciting hot hatch of its era, but the German fashion brand HowDeep managed to convert it into an eye-catching showpiece thanks to a unique cartoonish ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

At the intersection of fun, affordability, and practicality sits the hot hatch. These small, usually FWD runabouts have been the preferred performance cars of the everyman for decades now, and the ...

ThatDudeInBlue reviews a MK4 Volkswagen Golf R32, the GTI’s bigger sibling. US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been ...

VW says this car will go into production, or at least something close to it. The company’s exact language is that the “GTI Concept is more than just a show car—it is the first glimpse of the exciting ...

The mid-to-late 1990s were not a great time for the humble hot hatch. Insurance had killed off so many of the old favourites earlier in the decade, and the 21 st century revolution - complete with a ...

Don’t fancy the latest Volkswagen Golf GTI, with its tech-festooned cockpit and lots of safety features, nor the previous three generations either, for that matter? Well, then, you are definitely in ...

Possibly the coolest feature on Kenny Wehry's '02 VW gti 1.8t is the roof. It's painted black and the antenna was shaved. But there are plenty of gtis out there with a similar mod, so what makes this ...

One category is missing from that list, however: hot hatchbacks. With a handful of honourable exceptions, predominantly wearing Renault and Peugeot badges, the hot hatch had a torrid time during the ...

The VW Golf GTI is one of the most iconic hot hatches, as the model that started the segment back in 1975. As with everything in life, the GTI bloodline had its ups and lows, with the ...

Anthony Capretto is an automotive journalist at CarBuzz with a background in Media Communications and Film from the University of Pittsburgh. Since joining in 2022, he’s covered industry news, EV ...