Volkswagen has unveiled a new production-based concept that harks back to the original Mk2 Golf GTI. Working with Philadelphia-based VW enthusiast Jamie Orr, the Golf GTI BBS Concept's biggest draw is ...

You tend to remember the wild hot hatches that lit up magazine covers, but the car that really grew the genre up was quieter ...

Just when we thought the car market was cooling down and auctions were getting less nuts, it brings us right back in: a Mk2 Volkswagen Golf GTI sold for a staggering $87,000 on Bring a Trailer. It was ...

VW GTI What do you get when you take parts from a GTI, Jetta and Corrado from different generations and mix them together? Well, if you worked in Dave Malesky's garage on his 1988 GTI 1.8 16v, the ...

From the factory, the sport-trimmed Mk2 Volkswagen Golf GTI came equipped with a 137-horsepower, 1.8-liter, fuel injected four-cylinder motor. Apparently for VW and the customers who bought the cars ...

Volkswagen’s GTI name comes with a lot of history, and one of the most important cars to wear the badge was Mk2 Golf GTI, which refined the formula created by the original. Now, 29 years after its ...

What do you get when you put a 519whp turbocharged four-cylinder into a 2200 lb car? stained underwear! Tom Lausch has built one of the most exhilarating Mk2 VWs in the States and is already recording ...

The original gave its name to a whole segment, but for many people it was the second generation that really cemented the legend of the Golf GTI. Combining the everyday usability with a proper ...

As far as European hot hatchback legends go, you really can’t go wrong with the Volkswagen Golf GTI, no matter the chosen generation. Of course, if you’re dealing with an older representative like the ...

A few years ago, a good friend of mine called me and asked if I could do him a favor. He wanted me to drive his Golf 2 from one garage to another, some 20 miles away. But there was a catch: it was a ...