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Volkswagen , Volkswagen Jetta GLI
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.

Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf GTI | Volkswagen Polo GTI
Volkswagen Polo GTI: Is it more GTI than the Golf GTI?

You can't get the Volkswagen Polo GTI here in the U.S., but much of the rest of the world has it. What's it like to drive the smaller cousin of …

J.G. Pasterjak
GRM+ | Volkswagen | rally | Volkswagen Beetle
This VW New Beetle won a national rally championship | #TBT

Back in ’99, the Volkswagen New Beetle was, well, relatively new. Could it motorsport like the original? Apparently so, winning a national rally championship.

David S. Wallens
Mazda | Volkswagen | Nuts | bolts
What can bring together generations? Nuts and Bolts.

Think you can't bond with other generations? Try talking about nuts and bolts.

J.A. Ackley
Volkswagen | Meyers Manx | Column
When a single car changes your whole life

Some cars you simply own. Some cars change everything.

Tim Suddard
Volkswagen | VW | Golf | Golf R | Review | Track Test
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.

J.G. Pasterjak
Volkswagen | VW | GTI | Project car | VW GTI | Mk7 GTI
I’ve ruined another perfectly practical car–and I’m grateful for it

Our Mk7 VW Golf GTI is just the latest perfectly good car we've ruined in the name of our hobby.

Tom Suddard
$2000 Challenge | Volkswagen | Batman | Batmobile
#TBT: Batvan, a Batmobile built for less than $2000

This low-buck, Batman-themed racer is a custom combination of a 1966 VW Kombi bus and a 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo–all built for under $2000.

David S. Wallens
Volkswagen | rabbit | VW | GTI | Radwood
Volkswagen Rabbit GTI: Winner then, still a winner today?

The GRM staff knows rad-era cars, as we’ve been driving them since they were new.

David S. Wallens
Audi | Ford | Honda | Mercedes-Benz | Porsche | Volkswagen
#TBT | In autocrossing, sometimes different is really good

These 6 autocrossers ditched the usual suspects in favor of something a bit different.

David S. Wallens
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