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Your Projects: VW Golf Alltrack with a surprise under the hood

The perfect dadmobile? For this GRM forum user, the answer is a Volkswagen Golf Alltrack with a few surprise upgrades.

You Need This: Turbo Mk2 GTI project with Zender body kit and wheels

Yes, this Mk2 VW GTI needs some work, but it does feature a Turbo Technics turbocharger plus a rad-as-heck Zender body kit and wheels.

VW Golf GTI Edition 50: Most powerful GTI–but it won’t hit the U.S.

Volkswagen announced the most powerful GTI ever, but it won’t be offered here in the U.S.

You Need This: Clean, California A2 Jetta with the right period mods

Clean, original paint, matching numbers and yours for just $7000. What's not to love about this A2 Volkswagen Jetta?

You Need This: The hottest Mk2 Golf? The all-wheel-drive Rallye Golf

Before the R32 and the Golf R, Volkswagen offered the supercharged, all-wheel-drive Rallye Golf homologation special.

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Restoration & Renovation: Classic Cars: Why a terrible Beetle is worth 6 years of suffering

Yes, buying a finished Beetle would have likely cost less than restoring one from a pile of parts, but that's not the same experience.

Features: VW’s finest on Germany’s finest roads | Golf R Black Edition Review

During our recent visit to the Nürburgring 24-hour race, we had the chance to sample the 2025 Volkswagen Golf R Black Edition.

Features: VW Golf R: Proof that hot hatches can still punch above their weight

The GRM track test and review of the latest Volkswagen Golf R.

Buyer's Guides: The hot setup for the VW Scirocco and Corrado, circa 2000 | #TBT

Back in the April 2000 issue, we offered tips on how to maximize the performance of both the Volkswagen Scirocco and Corrado.

Features: Looking for a smaller premium sedan? Try the VW Jetta GLI.

As it turns out, the Jetta GLI is much more than a GTI with a trunk–it's also a surprisingly premium daily driver.

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Volkswagen project cars

2017 Golf GTI

 Is it still possible to have a fun, trackable daily driver without paying the average new car price of $48,000?

1993 Fox

There's cheap fun, and then there's $500 VW Fox fun.

2013 Beetle TDi

You may already know that we’ve added a controversial Chevy Volt to our long-term fleet to explore what alternative drivetrains mean to the future of enthusiast cars. Well, Volkswagen challenged …

1995 Golf

Volkswagen Golf—Cheap, fun and easily modified. We're going to make ours faster and corner quicker. What else did you think we were going to do?

1976 Scirocco

Found on Craigslist for $850, this 95K original mile, 1976.5 Super Scirocco hasn't been on the road since 1986! Plans include a 2.0 liter ABA transplant and period-correct suspension and …

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Volkswagen project car updates

Sold: Our GTI is off to a new home

All good things must come to an end, on our GTI project is no different.

We accomplished everything we set out to do, and now, it’s time for …

For sale: 2017 Volkswagen GTI GRM project car

[Editor's Note: Our 2017 Volkswagen GTI project has been sold since we originally published this project update, and we no longer own the vehicle.]

“Can one car really do it …

Video: How we built a fast, comfy and reliable Mk7 GTI track car

Can you make a Volkswagen Golf GTI as fast as a Honda Civic Type R?

You certainly can–and you don’t have to sacrifice street manners to do so. Here’s how …

Unlock your GTI's software to shave a second off your time

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Is it possible to do it all with one car? We think the answer is yes, and we think the best …

How to properly tech a used car for the track

We zeroed in on our ideal Volkswagen Golf GTI–a 2017 Sport with a DSG transmission–and successfully purchased one from Carvana. Time for the race track, …

Volkswagen Forum Topics

Ride Height for my Super Beetle
Project Dadmobile: an Alltrack story
Having a Baja blast - 1968 VW Beetle Baja
My Adventures with Electric Past - 2016 VW e-Golf
1968 VW Ghia Tail Lights
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Volkswagen Readers' Rides

Sep 24, 2025 by carlbernstein
1997 None Jetta GT

Enduro Jetta GT w/2 point slow

Aug 20, 2025 by Fossil_X2
2019 None Golf R

It's a blue egg with a big wang

Aug 19, 2025 by ShawneeCreek
2017 None Sportwagen

Base model Sportwagen with the wheels from my former e-Golf. Daily commuter and workhorse. Gets nearly 40 mpg on the highway.

Aug 10, 2025 by yamaha225
2025 None Jetta GLI

2025 VW Jetta GLI in monument gray with the 2.0TSI and 6 Speed Manual. Totally stock at the moment other than some Blaze carbon mudflaps and a tow hook plate …

Aug 07, 2025 by Pete. (l33t FS)
2015 None GTI

Street friendly tarmac rally car

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