The VW Golf GTI Autobahn is a grown-up hot hatch with more power and still available manual transmission for now. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The hot hatch was born 40 years ago when Volkswagen gave its ...

Few cars have the staying power or instant recognition of the Volkswagen Golf and the seventh-generation Golf picks up right where its predecessor left off--with even more to like. As a leader in the ...

While commuter vehicles remain at inflated prices these days, manufacturers have to keep basic entry-level vehicles priced as attractively as possible. For Volkswagen, this has never been a problem, ...