As reported last week, Volkswagen confirmed today in a press release that the Golf nameplate will be coming back to the U.S. with the six-generation model of the hatchback. “The Golf is an iconic nameplate for the Volkswagen Brand and it is known throughout the world,” said Mark Barnes, COO, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “The [...]
Later this summer you’ll be able to see the sixth-generation Golf GTI take over U.S. roads – for now you can check out the latest video of the hot hatchback in action. Refresher: Powered by a 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine making 206-hp and 206 lb-ft of torque. 0 to 62 mph comes in 6.9 seconds, [...]
The 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI will be going on sale in Germany in just a few days with sales to begin across Europe after Easter. Volkswagen said that the North American and Asian launch of the high-performance hatchback is scheduled for late summer. Power comes from a 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine pumping out 206-hp with [...]
The six-generation of the Golf GTI will go on sale in Europe later this summer followed by the North American market debut in October 2009. However, if you’re the patient kind, Volkswagen is reportedly working on an even harder and faster Golf GTI for European launch in fall 2009 (no word on a North American debut). According to [...]
There is no doubt that we’re excited about the upcoming 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The 2.0 4-cylinder TSI making 207-hp should be more than enough for those who want to go a little faster. However, for true high-performance hatchback junkies it was the R32 that did the trick with its 3.2L V6 and an output [...]
All of you Volkswagen Golf GTI fans are going to love this – well at least if you’re a Golf GTI fan that lives in the UK. According to AutoExpress, Volkswagen is planning the wildest, fastest and sportiest version of the Volkswagen Polo when it makes it debut in 2009. The Volkswagen Polo GTI will [...]
The 2009 Volkswagen Golf, or better known as Rabbit on the stateside, will be headed to the U.S. in spring 2009 followed by the 207-hp 2010 Golf GTI. Unfortunately, according to Thomas Wegehaupt, spokesman for Volkswagen, the U.S. will not get a 2009/2010 version of the R32. Yes that means no 250 horsepower V6 all-wheel-drive [...]
Yes – we know that no matter how much we beg, we won’t get the 2009 Volkswagen Scirocco GT on the stateside. On the brighter side, we will be getting the new redesigned 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI in spring 2009. But we’re still wondering (and we’re sure someone at Volkswagen is probably thinking this as [...]
We’ve seen a lot of the pics of the 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI over this past week but today we get to see the new high-performance hatch in action. Volkswagen has just released a 4 minute video of driving footage of the 2009 Golf GTI (which you can check out after the jump). Refresher: Power [...]
When we saw the reveal of the 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI earlier week it only had 3-doors and the word ‘concept’ attached to it. Now at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Volkswagen has dropped the word ‘concept’ and attached two extra doors. The 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI will come to the U.S. in October 2009 [...]
