Volkswagen GTI Features Articles

The Street - 2006 Volkswagen GTI

Submit pictures of your car to 'The Street' and if we pick yours as the ride of the month, we'll send you a boxful of Mothers car care products. Prizes shipped within continental United States only. No P.O. boxes. more

1992 Volkswagen Golf GTI- Canadian Club

Regina, Saskatchewan, is home to both minus 58-degree winter temperatures, and most unexpectedly, more tuner cars than you can shake a case of Molsen at. A surprisingly rich car culture features the expected big-cube, big-power muscle cars, a disturbing number of J-bodies, and a healthy number of mo more

GTI Part Deux

Volkswagen GTI Tuner Shootout part 2 - Re-pimped GTIs strike again more

2006 Volkswagen GTI - GTI Tuner Challenge

Four GTI Tuners pit their 2006 Volkswagen GTI's against each other! more

GTI Tuner Challenge - 2006 Volkswagen GTI

Snoop Dogg didn't invent rap music, Nintendo wasn't the first video game system, and the Civic Si was not the first hot hatch. more

Quaife Transmission - Quaife Sequential Six-Speed - Gear Box Test

This Transmission Costs As Much As The VW Golf It Resides In. Is It Worth The Money? That Depends more

Comparison Test 7th Place: Volkswagen GTI 1.8T

VW's GTI is a darn nice car. It's got a terrific stereo, gorgeous interior and more luxury amenities than a Lincoln Town Car. In other words, the original hot hatch has lost touch with its roots. Remember when fun to drive meant back-to-basics control feel, a more

2001 Eight Great Rides #2

A solid handler, the 2001 GTI 1.8T lets its hair down on the straights, thanks to a 150-hp engine that spits out 155 lb-ft of torque. With relatively no turbo lag, the 1.8T rockets to its destination like a team of stallions. Shifts are precise and the steerin more

1996 Volkswagen GTi - 2.0-liter Tango

This degree of dedication is most apparent along the East Coast, where tuners like Autothority continue to tweak the 2.0-liter with great success. One of the true believers in this powerplant design is Ali Farzad who, together with Autothority and EIP Tuning, transformed this '96 GTi 2.0 into a legi more

Volkswagen Golf GTI Turbo- Plastic Surgery

It's claimed that Napoleon once said that he wore a red coat so you would not see the blood. He was obviously expecting to get hurt. In fact, in any job where you can get shot at or slashed, it seems quite a good idea to wear red. more

2000 Volkswagen GTI VR6 - European Intrigue

Thanks to an uncle who owns a new car dealership, Dean Alhassen got his first taste of serious performance in the company of Vettes and Vipers. But these big cubic-inch machines didn't hold his interest for long. In fact, the mystique behind American muscle faded rather quickly for Alhassen after Vo more