Unsure as to whether buyers really preferred a hot or a merely warm Golf GTI VW decided to hedge its bets with the Mk4 model. So it launched both a normally-aspirated 125hp 1.8-litre car and a ...

Over time VW steadily improved the Mk4 GTI (though we had to wait for the Mk5 Golf before the GTI fully returned to form) but like its predecessor, the most appealing Golf came with six ...

Developed in the mid 1990s, the Golf ... VW Jetta (Bora). Its platform was also used for the first-generation Seat Leon and Skoda Octavia, two models that allowed V-Dub to market the Golf Mk4 ...

When the fourth generation Volkswagen Golf (MK4) hit showrooms in mid-1999, it blew enthusiasts away. It was a game changer for both the industry and VW fans alike. VW's gamble, moving the Golf ...

It’s not the first time Thurston has lifted a VW Golf. He’s done it to a couple of Volkswagen MK2s in the past. His friends challenged him to jack up the salvage title MK4, and as fate would ...

For the Mk4 and Mk5, this morphed into the Golf R32, where the VR6's power and torque were better harnessed by all-wheel drive. For the Mk6 car, VW dropped the 3.2 L VR6 engine and the "32" from ...

The VW Golf MK4 GTI is not remembered as the most exciting hot hatch of its era, but the German fashion brand HowDeep managed to convert it into an eye-catching showpiece thanks to a unique ...

Don’t fancy the latest Volkswagen Golf GTI, with its tech-festooned cockpit ... because we found THE perfect Mk4 hot hatch. Unless you didn’t pay attention to the title, it is the mileage ...