This combination of disappointing handling and unimpressive speed has led many to believe the Mk4 GTI was a bad car. It ...

The Mk4 VW Golf GTI has a controversial reputation. In this video, I drive a well-worn version to assess its performance in ...

Introduced in 1997, the MK4 generation of Volkswagen Golf was a revelation, preparing the Wolfsburg-based company to embrace the 21st century with modern designs, technological advancement, and a ...

The Volkswagen Golf line is 50 years old! Let's look back the successive generations of VW's best selling car model, from GTIs to e-models, and beyond.

Production on the Golf Mk4 ended around 2003, and for the last 20 years, the Volkswagen Golf has continued to chug along. Every few years, the company puts out another new iteration of the compact ...

We don’t know if HowDeep tweaked the engine of the VW Golf MK4 GTI but the most powerful version from the factory came fitted with a turbocharged 1.8-liter 20V four-cylinder engine producing 177 ...

VW Golf GTI (Mk4) | PH Used Review 25 years on from launch, has time been kind to the GTI so many love to hate? By Matt Bird / . Thursday, 24 August 2023 / Loading comments ...

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 ...

VW switched names of the hatch and sedan and started selling them as the Golf City and Jetta City. As you might expect, the range of options was a bit more limited for this facelifted Mk4 model.

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. Practical five-door body, rapid AWD powertrain. Jonathan Gitlin ...

A Golf GTI was never the most thrilling hot hatch around, but the conspicuous lack of excitement in the Mk4 didn’t win it many fans among critics in the late 90s, and that reputation has lived ...