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The Strange Reason The Golf GTI Had A Golf Ball Shifter

Volkswagen's Golf GTI has a quirky signature: a golf-ball gear shifter. Here's the clever story behind the hot hatch's iconic detail.

Motor1 · Oct 20

ICE's New Detention Vans Have Reportedly No Rulebook — Here's What the Paperwork Shows

Leaked contracting records show ICE building a van-based detention system with almost no oversight, as billions in new funding land in the very states home to the country's largest Latino populations.

Latin Times · Sep 26

I’ve been in the new Volkswagen ID.3 GTI – here are my first impressions

Most powerful production GTI ever gets 322bhp, will do 0-62mph in 5.6 seconds and goes for up to 373 miles

The Independent UK · Sep 18

VW Wants Its First Electric GTI To Feel Old-School

It may not have a combustion engine under the hood, but the VW ID. Polo GTI looks, feels, and sounds like an old-school hot hatch.

InsideEVs · May 15

I got behind the wheel of the new Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI – here’s my verdict

The new ID. Polo GTI brings the famous badge into the electric age with 224bhp, a 264-mile range and plenty of nods to GTIs past

The Independent UK · May 15

VW ID. Polo GTI Takes The Hot Hatch Formula Into The Electric Era

Volkswagen has typically waited a few months, or even longer, before giving a new model the GTI treatment, but the ID. Polo bucks that trend. It’s only been a couple of weeks since the electric supermini broke cover, and it’s already getting the sporty treatment. Although the ID.3 GTX was…

Motor1 · May 15

VW’s Hottest Electric GTI Will Have Fake Gears

The ID. Polo GTI Clubsport is set to feature Hyundai N-style simulated gearshifts, after VW said it wasn’t interested.

InsideEVs · May 11

Pakistan tops terror Index as global deaths fall, but the worst may be yet to come

The 2026 Global Terrorism Index, released Thursday, records sharpest drop in terrorism deaths in years, yet the geopolitical storm clouds gathering over South Asia, the Sahel, and the West suggest the reprieve could be short-lived

The Times of India · Mar 19

Volkswagen Revisits The Golf GTI With Three Times More Cylinders Than Seats

Volkswagen’s 50th-anniversary celebrations for the Golf GTI are in full swing. To mark such an important milestone, the Germans have been dusting off concept cars that dared to stray from the usual GTI formula. The rear-wheel-drive W12 from 2007 was the wackiest of them all, while the roofless roadster from…

Motor1 · Feb 23

Volkswagen Revives The W12 Golf And It Sounds Incredible

Happy birthday to the Golf GTI! The Grand Tourer Injection turns 50 this year, and Volkswagen wants you to believe the limited-run Edition 50 is the ultimate GTI. Well, it is, provided you’re only considering street-legal models. Back in 2007, Wolfsburg built a crazy one-off that a production Golf will…

Motor1 · Feb 19