Few nameplates have spent half a century flirting so openly with insanity without ever fully giving in. Volkswagen’s GTI is one of them, and now the company has released a huge photo gallery of its ...

It all started when Volkswagen created a souped-up version of its front-wheel drive Golf - in 1976. That Mk1 GTI became the high-performance Golf variant. It is then that the “hot hatch” was born.

Few cars possess as much canon as the Volkswagen GTI. Originally badged as the Rabbit GTI in the US market, it won the hearts and minds of anyone in search of affordable, reliable, and above all fun ...

The US sport-compact revolution started right here. Decades on, VW's pumped-up Rabbit might still be America's most entertaining hot hatch. Chris Paukert Former executive editor / Cars Following ...