During the 48 years that What Car? has been around, there has been a huge amount of change – and that’s just in the car world. We’ve seen many historic brands fold or merge, safety go from ...

That means it still feels box-fresh, which summons up nostalgic memories for Top Gear’s Ollie Marriage who ran a Mk5 Golf GTI as a long-termer back in 2005. “This was just one of those cars ...

A red, manual three-door with the tartan seats was the Mk5 Golf GTI dream - now it's Shed money For Shed, a man with a permanently puzzled expression, life is full of conundrums. One headscratcher ...

The countdown to the unveiling of the eighth-generation Golf continues and today we’re looking at the fifth-generation model which debuted in 2003. Building on the success of its predecessor ...

While the all-new 2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI traces its roots to the Mk1 model of the 1970s, its existence is owed almost entirely to the Mk5 GTI. About 16 years ago, this Tic Tac-shaped hatchback ...