WE’VE DRIVEN the base model and tested the sporty 118 TSI, and now it’s nearly here: Volkswagen’s latest hot hatch flagship, the Golf GTI.

TMR is at the launch of the new GTI today, but for now, read on for the full technical details and pricing.

Virtually identical to the GTI concept unveiled in Paris last year, [...]

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Evolution. The process whereby a species improves itself through eliminating its weaknesses and reinforcing its strengths generation-by-generation.

Volkswagen describes the newly-minted Golf VI as being a case of evolution rather than revolution, but has the German automaker truly improved upon the already excellent fifth-gen Golf, or is it nothing more than a fancy facelift?

Volkswagen Australia is [...]

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What would you get if you cross-bred a hatchback with a van? We at TMR Central reckon the resultant lovechild would resemble something not unlike an ultra-short-wheelbase Hiace with vestigial sliding doors and a one metre-long plumber’s tube.

But our friends at VW think a little differently, and a little smarter. They think you’d come up [...]

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