The Golf GTD has long been a success for VW and a great choice for someone wanting to combine hot hatch performance with fuel-sipping economy. However, the UK’s love affair with diesel is over ...

The Golf GTD has ... Yet the GTD’s combination of long-distance frugality and ease of performance still has its appeal. Now fitted with a 197bhp version of VW’s 2-litre turbo diesel engine ...

Judging by our brief time with this Kermit Metallic, not-for-North-America Golf GTD – essentially a diesel GTI – we think we could learn to love again. And given that Volkswagen is freely ...

Volkswagen Golf review This dual-clutch set-up is identical ... As a result it’s deceptively easy to build up speed in the Volkswagen Golf GTD, as neither the supple suspension nor the hushed ...

GTI makes 242 hp instead of last year’s 241 hp but R gets a 13 hp boost; both are available solely with a DSG transmission ...

Volkswagen is refreshing what many enthusiasts consider its halo cars, the GTI and Golf R hatchbacks, for the 2025 model year ...

At the Geneva Motor Show this year, Volkswagen will introduce one of its most enticing takes on the Golf yet: a Variant/SportWagon with the go-fast components from its GTD diesel hot hatch.

SEAT or Skoda review during the past 12 months. Its suspension is lower and sharper than a standard Golf, however, while (along with the VW Golf GTD) it gets ‘XDS+’, a development of VW’s ...

A revised exterior, hard buttons on the steering wheel, more power for the Golf R, and 12.9-inch touchscreen infotainment are ...

Dub shoved more performance under the hood of its hottest hatch for 2025. On top of that, the Golf R gets upgrades in the ...

The GTD and ST diesel are actually an exception to this general rule; they’re cheaper than the petrol GTI and ST hot hatches, which adds to their appeal. The latest Volkswagen Golf has three ...

The seventh generation has been on the market since 2012, with a facelifted model known as the Golf 7.5 arriving in 2016. Alongside the standard models, VW has launched variants of the sporty GTI and ...