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 ...

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 ...

The year is 2002, Y2K hysteria has passed, and Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, and Ashanti are among those competing for the top spots on Billboard's year-end chart. Tens of thousands of MK4-era Golfs, ...

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 ...

Shed's got the Mk4 GTI down as a potentially decent vintage. At this price, who are we to argue... "The car goes well enough and is never short of grip, but I was left feeling strangely unfulfilled ...

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ sets new record Pilot who safely landed Alaska Airlines jet after door blowout says ...

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 ...

To understand the Mk4 Volkswagen Golf R32’s impact, it’s important to understand the Golf Mk4’s overall lack of appeal for driving enthusiasts. Here was a car that topped its class for perceived ...

Having just "finished" building a Mk4 Jetta, disaster struck Joe Adams when his car caught fire after a fuel line cracked. Within minutes, the car was engulfed in flames, as well as part of Joe's ...

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 ...