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Cancel the ST: next Golf GTI scooped
Paul Horrell reports back with all the information on the seventh generation of the iconic hot hatch
Read about the next generation Volkswagen Golf GTILatest news
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Stig’s Supercar Showdown: wallpapers
Hi-res decoration for your computer from our multi-million pound road trip to Italy
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VW Golf GTI
Resurrected in the latest Golf GTI ‘Edition 35’ as a piece of gratingly obvious PR nonsense, the original puckered golf ball gearknob from the 1976 MkI Golf GTI remains an iconic place to rest your palm.
This legendary knob was first premiered at the Frankfurt IAA in September 1975, causing quite a stir when connected to a close-ratio four-speed gearbox and 1588cc, 108bhp engine. It gained an extra digit in 1979 when the GTI became five-speed, and has remained influential.
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Video: this month's cover shoot
11 cars, 6071 bhp, £3.7 million and many tyres. Welcome to our fantastic new issue of Top Gear Magazine
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Volkswagen's hot Golf history in pics
We look back on three-and-a-half decades of Volkswagen’s hot hatch...
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Volkswagen at Worthersee in pics
Some more pics of some Golfs at the annual Worthersee meet in Austria…
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Volkswagen Golf R driven
This is the Golf R. It has 267bhp. It has 258lb ft of torque. It has four-wheel drive. And it demands your respect
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435bhp Golf set for ’Ring race
Volkswagen announces stupendously modified Golf hatch to race in Nurburgring 24hrs
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232bhp Volkswagen Golf GTI revealed
Special edition marking 35 years of the venerable hot hatch set to debut next month
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232bhp Golf GTI revealed
Special edition marking 35 years of the venerable hot hatch set to debut next month
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A first drive of the new Ford Focus
Has the globalisation of one of our favourite cars blunted its edge? Paul Horrell finds out
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Watch the 435bhp Golf24
Video footage of Vee Dub’s Nurburgring 24 Hour race entrant has emerged…
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Jeremy drives the Ford Focus RS, VW Golf R32, Honda Civic Type R and Seat Leon Cupra (series 1, episode 9)
Jeremy pits the Focus RS against the Golf R32, Civic Type R and Leon Cupra
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