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IN THE WORLD of hot hatches, I tend to think of the Volkswagen Golf GTI as king, with this going back to my youth. You see, my older brother and I used to attend various modified car meetings around o

I t’s only a short drive; a quick evaluation run in a prototype. But it’s long enough to confirm something important. The new Golf GTI Edition 50 isn’t merely a decal-and-badge special – it’s the most

Volkswagen has revealed the new Golf GTI Edition 50 as the most powerful and “the most dynamically adept” in the model’s 50-year history. The special hot hatch has been unveiled as part of the golden

This car was not supposed to exist. The 8Y-generation Audi RS3 was signed off based on a business case that assumed it would never make it past the base A3’s midlife facelift, because the 2.5-litre fi

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Peugeot’s original GTIs are among the greatest performance cars ever built. Now, the badge is back. But is the magic?