Ask any Volkswagen enthusiast, and they will tell you the MK2 Golf was one of the most iconic performance cars of the 80s. They are right. The MK2 built a reputation in pretty much every facet of the ...

From the factory, the sport-trimmed Mk2 Volkswagen Golf GTI came equipped with a 137-horsepower, 1.8-liter, fuel injected four-cylinder motor. Apparently for VW and the customers who bought the cars ...

The word 'restomod,' now a fixture among automotive fans, combines the terms restoration and modified, of course. Think of a classic car that is about two-thirds completely restored and one part ...

Picture a ‘90s hatchback reborn with the precision of a watchmaker and the flair of a street-style savant. What you’re looking at isn’t just a VolkswagenGolf Mk2. It’s a mechanical mic drop, a ...

VW GTI What do you get when you take parts from a GTI, Jetta and Corrado from different generations and mix them together? Well, if you worked in Dave Malesky's garage on his 1988 GTI 1.8 16v, the ...

VW's second-generation GTI was larger and around 120kg heavier than the Mk1, and started life with a revised version of the Mk1's 1.8-litre 112hp four-cylinder engine. As a result, performance wasn't ...

The original gave its name to a whole segment, but for many people it was the second generation that really cemented the legend of the Golf GTI. Combining the everyday usability with a proper ...

With this week’s launch of the Volkswagen ID.3 GTX Performance signalling the start of the GTI moniker’s transition to electric, how about a retro, ICE-powered forebear for less than 1/10th of the ...

Volkswagen’s GTI name comes with a lot of history, and one of the most important cars to wear the badge was Mk2 Golf GTI, which refined the formula created by the original. Now, 29 years after its ...

The $87,000 Volkswagen Golf GTI that sold on Bring a Trailer last week sparked widespread speculation: Is this real life? And secondly: Is this sale legit? Commenters on BaT, Twitter, Reddit, and ...