This is Possibly The First Recorded Crash of a New VW Golf GTI Mk7

Even though there's always going to be a first time for car crashes, we sincerely doubt anyone in their right mind wants to have the distinction of being the number one when it comes to any kind of accident.

Nevertheless, sometimes, you just can't avoid it, as was the case of a duo of journalists trying out the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 during the hot hatchback's launch event in Cape Town, South Africa.

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VW’s New Golf MK VII Estate a.k.a. the Next Jetta SportWagen Reviewed

Just after receiving its official pricing information for the UK market, the seventh-gen VW Golf estate (to be sold as the new Jetta SportWagen in North America) has also gained its first short test, in the typical fashion of local reviewer Honest John.

As you’d expect for a VW Golf review, there’s really nothing bad to say about the car, and if you’ve watched previous videos done for the hatch, it is advisable to re-watch them before having a go at this this, just so you have a clear picture about what Wolfsburg’s breadwinner is all about.

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New VW Golf GTD Will Come to the U.S. in 2015, Priced from Around $27,000

Volkswagen plans to bring the new Golf GTD to the United States along with the other models of the seventh-generation Golf, after all, says a report from Autonews. The GTD will be the brand’s first performance-oriented diesel car ever sold in the United States.

While the Golf and the Golf GTI will launch stateside next year next year as 2015 models, the Golf GTD will arrive in 2015 as a 2016 model, according to Andreas Valbuena, product manager for the VW Golf. The German automaker's exec estimates the Golf GTD will have a starting price of around $27,000 (€20,750).

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VW Announces UK Prices for All-New Golf Estate

Volkswagen will begin accepting orders for the new Golf Estate in Britain on Tuesday, July 2, with prices for the station wagon model starting from £17,915 on the road, or £765 more than the equivalent Golf hatchback. Read more »

Chris Harris Finds the Meaning Behind the New VW Golf GTI

I don’t really understand why some people used to call the old Mk V and Mk VI VW Golf GTIs boring, when in actual fact, with 200 – 210 hp, they are anything but that, and neither is the latest one, which is the lightest and most powerful one in years.

If you want a boring GTI, then look no further than the Mk IV, which only had a laughable 148hp (150PS) when it first came out, and was virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the range – it didn’t even have a proper visible exhaust tip, hiding its pipe behind the rear bumper.

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VW Details the Golf Variant, Features Huge Cargo Volume of 605 Liters [32 Photos]

As the all-new VW Golf Variant goes on sale this summer in Europe, Volkswagen has released full details and a new photo gallery of its Golf VII-based wagon (to be sold as the Jetta SportWagen State-side). Using VW’s modular transverse matrix platform (MQB), the new Golf Variant is up to 105 kg (231 pounds) lighter than its predecessor, offers 100 liters more cargo space and new petrol and diesel engines that are up to 15 percent more fuel efficient. Read more »

VW Advertises the Golf Mk7 as a Bad Getaway Car [w/Video]

The seventh-generation VW Golf is the most technologically advanced Golf ever made, and a look at the car’s optional equipment is enough to acknowledge that.

Adaptive cruise control, dynamic main beam control, lane-keeping assistant, traffic sign detection, Front Assist surroundings monitoring system with City Emergency Braking and Park Assist are some of the more important systems available on the new VW Golf.

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VW Builds 30 Millionth Golf in Wolfsburg, 2,000 Golfs Sold Each Day since 1974

This week, VW’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, built the 30 millionth Golf, about 39 years after production of the original Golf began in early 1974. Volkswagen’s most successful European car ever, the Golf has been sold in over 2,000 units every day over the past 39 years.

The milestone car is a Golf TDI BlueMotion, a recently introduced model that boasts a fuel consumption of just 3.2 liters/100 km (73.5 US mpg), making it the most economical Golf ever built. The vehicle will be officially on display for employees of the Wolfsburg plant on Saturday at the plant’s “open house day”.

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Crazy Mid-Engined RWD Volkswagen GTI with 800HP Could be Yours for $60,000

Heavily modifying a car from its stock form will obviously negate the combined efforts of the manufacturers to make their cars safer, greener and easier to drive. In fact, in the case of a front-wheel drive car, moving the engine to the middle and redirecting drive to the back means that, mechanically-speaking, the car is a completely different beast altogether compared to the model it shares its basic body shell with.

This Mk. 4 VW GTI / Golf GTI recently caught our eye, as it uses a 2.7-liter V6 Audi engine, which has been bored and stroked to 3.0-liters and fitted with a big turbo. It churns out around 800-horses, but could go even higher with a different turbocharger. Did we mention that is positioned where the rear seat bench used to be?

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VW Releases New Photos of the Golf GTD, Equipment Details

VW’s diesel alternative to the Golf GTI, the GTD, comes with more power, better fuel economy and less emissions than its predecessor. Although we already knew that, VW decided to remind us all these things and offer new details about the car’s equipment. Moreover, there's a new photo gallery of the diesel-powered hot-hatch. Read more »

Australian VW Owners Speak of Sudden Power Loss, After Death of 32 Year-Old Golf Driver

It seems that Volkswagen has some things to set straight with its cars in certain markets. After recent recalls over issues with DSG transmissions in China, Japan, there have been reports about engine problems in Australia.

According to a report from the Newcastle Herald, Many Aussie owners of VWs spoke out this week, claiming they had problems similar to those believed to have caused the 2011 death of Melissa Ryan, a 32-year-old owner of a Golf equipped with a manual transmission.

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Can 1991 VW Golf GTI Beat a 2013 VW Golf 2.0 TDI in a Drag Race?

How fast are old performance cars compared to current fuel-efficient models? This is one question that Auto Express wanted to find an answer to, so it decided to run a series of drag races between old performance cars and current fuel-efficient models from the same manufacturers and nameplates to see which is faster. Read more »

VW's Super Fuel-Efficient Golf TDI BlueMotion Starts from €21,900 in Germany

The most frugal Golf model in the compact hatchback's history, the new Golf TDI BlueMotion Mk7, is now available to order in Germany. The third generation of the Golf TDI BlueMotion features a 15 improvement in fuel consumption compared to the previous model, as it is rated at 3.2 liters/100 km (73.5 US mpg), accounting for CO2 emissions of 85 g/km. Read more »

ABT Sportsline Upgrades VW Golf GTD to 210PS/207HP

The VW and Audi aftermarket specialists at ABT Sportsline decided that the 184PS Golf 7 GTD is neither powerful, nor sporty-looking enough, so they set out to customize it with a power upgrade and an aerodynamic kit to alleviate the problem. Read more »

Chrome-Wrapped VW Golf Mk7 will Blind You on a Sunny Day

Have you ever wondered how aftermarket companies apply chrome wrap to cars? Well, if you haven't seen it done before, now is your chance to find out, as UK’s Creative FX firm has shared a “how it’s made” video showing the entire operation of wrapping a VW Golf Mk7 in chrome foil. Read more »

VW to Add Misfueling Prevention System to Protect North American Diesel Car Owners

Diesel is growing in popularity among passenger cars in the US, Canada, and along with it, the danger of misfueling – putting gasoline into the tank which should contain diesel only.

Volkswagen of America is reportedly supporting the cost of having to fit a misfueling protection system to some quarter of a million Jetta and Golf TDIs, manufactured between 2009 – 2012 and 2010 – 2012 respectively.

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Battle of the Diesel Golfs: Old-Gen 170 PS GTD vs New 150 PS TDI

Diesels are a big business in Europe, where every other car drinks from the black pump, not to mention all of the commercial or commercial-derived vehicles. However, the profile of diesel buyers has changed from economy-minded folk with a high tolerance for agricultural engine sounds to mainstream buyers looking for the best possible blend of performance, economy and usability.

Modern diesels deliver, and have been doing so for a good few years now - progress is also unstoppable in the automotive industry, and since diesels bring in a lot of cash, a lot of time is spent improving them.

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Spied: Watch 2015 VW Golf R Mk7 Prototype Run Some Hot Laps Around the 'Ring

Unless Volkswagen gives the green light to the likes of the sizzling Design Vision GTI Concept, the Golf R will remain the ultimate production model in the compact hatchback's range. We've already seen spy pictures of the car and now, a video of a prototype Golf R Mk7 has surfaced on YouTube from the crew at MonsterChannle24.

Just like the outgoing model, the new Golf R will rely on a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine for its motivation, connected to a standard six-speed manual or an optional dual-clutch DSG transmission and a Haldex 4Motion all-wheel drive system.

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First Photos of VW's Design Vision GTI Concept, the Golf we'd All Want to Drive [Updated]

There's nothing terribly wrong with the new Golf GTI Mk7, but there's something about Volkswagen's "Design Vision GTI" track racing concept that gets our heart pumping.

It could be the 71mm (2.8 inches) wider, 57mm lower (2.2 inches) and 15mm (0.6 inches) shorter body of VW's Wörthersee Tour study with the aggressive details that exaggerate the original GTI's styling cues, or the fact that instead of the regular model's 217hp (220PS - base) / 227hp (230PS – Performance Edition), it sports a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 with 496hp (503PS) and 560 Nm (413 lb-ft).

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The Apprentices: Aspiring Youngsters Design and Build VW Golf GTI Cabrio Study

The Volkswagen presentations at the ongoing GTI Festival at the Wörthersee Lake in Austria continue with the unveiling of a special design study designed and built from start to end by a group of young apprentices from the company's Wolfsburg and Osnabrück plants. Read more »