After an explosive launch four and a half years ago, during which it was praised by the media and compared to the original Golf GTI, the Volkswagen Up! GTI has somewhat fallen into the abyss. That, ...

Despite Volkswagen saying the segment is not profitable, the tiny Up! city car has lots of loyal followers. And some of them are willing to invest in the GTI model or even perform serious mods. That's ...

VW is getting ready to reveal the final production GTI version of the Up minicar, and just by reading the specs, it should be a proper hoot. The range-topping version of the Up -and the smallest ...

Meet Bernie Chacon. If you haven't heard that name before, then maybe you should go back to tuning Hondas! He's the man behind Dub-Nation.com. For many VW enthusiasts, this site is an invaluable tool ...

Four decades have passed, give or take, since Volkswagen Golf GTI owners in the States - we got the GTI a few years after Europe did - started bolting on Koni shocks, Monza dual-tip exhausts and Kamei ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

European automakers routinely keep smaller and more "reasonably priced" cars out of the U.S., and Volkswagen is no exception, having denied the States the sub-Golf Polo and Lupo models. But that doesn ...

Volkswagen is the latest brand to experiment with a high performance hatchback in the European A segment. What the company’s engineers have created in the up! GTI is something very special indeed.

When we first drove the Mk5 VW R32 (et 10/07), we gave it a slightly lukewarm reception: as did most others. However, our brief spell in the car didn't allow a final verdict. Yet we did suggest that ...