At €54,540 ($63K), the GTI Edition 50 packs 320 hp and a Nürburgring time quicker than its big brother, the Golf R. However, it won’t come to North America.

Few cars possess as much canon as the Volkswagen GTI. Originally badged as the Rabbit GTI in the US market, it won the hearts and minds of anyone in search of affordable, reliable, and above all fun ...

Strabane's Jason Mitchell (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2) claimed the Sligo Pallets Irish Rally Championship on Sunday. Pic: Martin Walsh. Former Irish Forest Rally champion Patrick O'Brien, who had journeyed ...

Scroll to find out what other new VW's on the way in 2026 MUNICH. Harry Kane’s back garden. Home of Europe’s biggest motor show. Volkswagen played a blinder with three new strikers — ID Polo, ID Polo ...

Jake has been an automotive journalist since 2015, joining CAR as Staff Writer in 2017. With a decade of car news and reviews writing under his belt, he became CAR's Deputy News Editor in 2020 and ...

Volkswagen is now using its iconic nameplates for its new era of electric cars. Changing their naming strategy, the brand has reverted to using its old nameplates with a new prefix, "ID". The result, ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Volkswagen CEO Thomas Shafer explained, “Our model names are firmly anchored in people’s minds. They stand for a ...

The Volkswagen Polo name will live on, rather than be sidelined by the incoming production version of the brand’s ID.2all concept car. Both the ID.Polo and its GTI variant have been shown in ...

The topic of intense speculation since its world debut two years ago, Volkswagen has released the first teaser images of the production ID.2all that will officially be renamed ID. Polo when it goes on ...

Volkswagen is reviving some of its most popular nameplates for its next-generation electric vehicles. Starting with the ID.Polo next year, Volkswagen will begin transferring names from ICE models to ...

Volkswagen is taking a bold step to bring some much-needed familiarity to its expanding electric car line-up. From 2026, the brand will begin reintroducing its most recognisable model names – starting ...

We're reaching a watershed moment in the automotive industry where the dumbass names some car companies have given their electric vehicles no longer make sense, especially as their gas counterparts ...