At the intersection of fun, affordability, and practicality sits the hot hatch. These small, usually FWD runabouts have been the preferred performance cars of the everyman for decades now, and the ...

The year is 2002, Y2K hysteria has passed, and Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, and Ashanti are among those competing for the top spots on Billboard's year-end chart. Tens of thousands of MK4-era Golfs, ...

The ambitious concept displayed by Volkswagen in 2007 and codenamed Golf GTI W12 is now available in production form (sort of...). Exclusive Tuning Worldwide created a new bodykit for Volkswagen Golf ...

Volkswagen’s track-optimized Golf GTI, the Clubsport S, is a true driver’s car, but the crew from O.CT Tuning believes that it could use some more power. This led to the creation of a Level 2 upgrade, ...

One category is missing from that list, however: hot hatchbacks. With a handful of honourable exceptions, predominantly wearing Renault and Peugeot badges, the hot hatch had a torrid time during the ...

Click the image above for 13 more pics. Click the image above for 13 more pics. Once H&R regained focus after its excursion to the Edge, it took on the great granddaddy of all sport compacts, the ...

The VW Golf GTI is one of the most iconic hot hatches, as the model that started the segment back in 1975. As with everything in life, the GTI bloodline had its ups and lows, with the ...

Anthony Capretto is an automotive journalist at CarBuzz with a background in Media Communications and Film from the University of Pittsburgh. Since joining in 2022, he’s covered industry news, EV ...