Sometimes, looks can be deceiving. Take this old Volkswagen Golf, for example. It is a measly Mk2 that looks as if it is on its way to the crusher. However, it is a car that runs the quarter mile in ...

The mid-to-late 1990s were not a great time for the humble hot hatch. Insurance had killed off so many of the old favourites earlier in the decade, and the 21 st century revolution - complete with a ...

At the intersection of fun, affordability, and practicality sits the hot hatch. These small, usually FWD runabouts have been the preferred performance cars of the everyman for decades now, and the ...

The Volkswagen GTI->ke223 is most certainly the people’s car that started the hot hatch craze and this 1992 Golf is a fine example of why. This Rallye inspired green machine is more than compact brick ...

Yes, we know. After the Golf Mk1, 2 and to a lesser extent the Mk3, cemented the Volkswagen Golf GTI as the hot hatch of choice, things went a bit awry with the Mk4. But that was a while ago. Move ...

As we continue to count down to the launch of the new Golf Mk8, we arrive at the fourth-generation model, a car that signified Volkswagen trying to take the nameplate to a whole different level in ...