Having revealed the performance specs of the Volkswagen Golf GTI MkVI, the nice people in VW’s marketing department have also released a video of the new GTI cruising around St.Tropez. Driving a Golf GTI around sunny French mountain roads … nice work if you can get it! There’s also some static ‘beauty shots’ available: And...

With the sixth-generation of the Volkswagen Golf GTI being launched in Germany in just a few days, Volkswagen have released more pictures and finally announced the detailed specs of the eagerly awaited hot hatch. Check out footage of the Golf GTI around the hills of St.Tropez Powered by a new 2.0-litre TSI engine, the Golf GTI VI produces 210bhp between 5,300...

Volkswagen have released some new publicity shots of the upcoming Golf GTI Mk6. There are very few detail changes between the production-ready GTI and the GTI Concept shown late last year. The main difference is that the tiny chin spoiler is now black, where it was white on the concept, the doors are slightly smoother in profile … and that’s about...

The current Volkswagen Polo GTI is a slightly underwhelming hot hatch, but rumours are now circulating that there will be a 2010 Polo GTI that will correct some of the shortcomings of the current model. With a new Polo due this year there should be a GTI model following in 2010. If rumours are correct the old 148bhp 1.8-litre turbo will be dropped in favour of...

There’s a video on Youtube showing next year’s Golf GTI. It’s not the most exciting video, featuring a red GTI being driven sedately around some scenic mountain roads, but it does show that the new GTI will be a handsome-looking...

It’s been a few weeks since the Golf Mk6 was unveiled, but we’ve finally got to hear about the most anticipated model of the range, the 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The new pictures, released by Volkswagen, show a ‘GTI Concept’ that will appear at the Paris Motor Show, but its a safe bet that the production version of the car will be...

Following the big announcement of the Golf MkVI, and the subsequent lack of information about the new Golf GTI, details are starting to creep out about the new version of the hot hatch. It looks like the Golf GTI MkVI is sticking with a 2.0-litre turbo, but this time it’s the new EA888 unit developed by Audi which gives 211bhp and features a new variable...

For hot hatch fans yesterday’s announcement of the Golf MkVI was something of a disappointment. The only news of the MkVI Golf GTI was that it will be released in ‘early 2009′, with a successor to the R32 appearing in ‘late 2009′. Until then the hottest version of the Golf will be a 1.4-litre TSI (with turbo and supercharger)...