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First drive: the new Golf GTI
We're back in the iconic hatch, this time without the Performance Pack. How does the standard car stack up?
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More pics: VW Golf GTI
The One Hatch To Rule Them All returns for a seventh outing, now with up to 227bhp
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First drive: the new VW Golf GTI
So, is this still all the car you’ll ever need? Jason Barlow finds out…
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It’s the new VW Golf GTI!
The One Hatch To Rule Them All returns for a seventh outing, now with up to 227bhp
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It’s the new Volkswagen Golf GTI!
The One Hatch To Rule Them All returns for a seventh outing, now with up to 227bhp
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First drive: the Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet
With 260bhp, it’s the most powerful VW Golf convertible… in the world. But at what cost?
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Paris 2012: the new Golf GTI
Paul Horrell reports on the seventh generation of the one that started it all…
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It’s the Volkswagen Beetle Turbo!
Herbie goes a bit bananas (sorry), gets the 2.0-litre GTI lump from the Golf
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Focus ST to start from £22k
Prices for new hot hatch revealed, cheaper than Golf GTI and upcoming Astra VXR
The Ford Focus ST will cost just under £22k when it goes on sale on 1 June 2012 -
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VW reveals Golf GTI Cabriolet
This is the most powerful ragtop Rabbit… in the world
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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
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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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