Volkswagen GTI News

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Diehard Volkswagen enthusiasts wouldn't miss the annual Worthersee festival in Austria, but in case you couldn't make it out this year, the videos below take us for a tour inside the celebration, in which we see Volkswagens of all shapes and sizes everywhere the video camera turns.

There's always a bit of a numbers game at Automobile when you're handed the keys to a convertible in the throes of winter.

Some countries are known for building fast cars, some are associated with brilliant engineering, and other countries' vehicles are exceptionally durable.

The car could do it all: it had utility, it was fast enough and it earned some solid mpg figures.

Fans of the Volkswagen Golf are going to want to take a long and hard look at the Volkswagen Design Vision GTI.

After showing us the VW Design Vision GTI, the German based automaker is placing yet one more concept car into the spotlights, the Amarok Power-Pickup. The model in question is based on the single-cab version and it's rivaling the Ford Ranger, the Nissan Navara or the Toyota Hilux.

Six years after Volkswagen made the one-off Golf GTI W12, the Wolfsburg boys are back again with a new concept car based on their popular hatchback: Design Vision GTI, shown here in official pictures.

A secret dual-clutch automatic gearbox coupled to four-wheel drive means the world's hottest Golf, which can do 190mph, will handle better than a supercar This week boffins at Volkswagen took the wraps off their thermonuclear 496bhp Design Vision GTi, complete with a new twin-turbocharged 3.0 VR6 engine that we're going to see a lot more of.

Imagine if you will if you were in your late teens to early 20s, and given free rein to build your dream car.

If you were looking for a quick run-about with a low weight and proportionally high horsepower, the answer since the mid-1970's has been the Volkwagen Golf GTI.

From the 503 hp Volkswagen Design Vision GTI to the racy SEAT Leon Cup Racer , we've seen some pretty amazing concept cars come out of the 2013 Worthersee festival, but none have been as unlikely as this Audi A1.

Pictured here is a sporty version of Volkswagen's Amarok pickup truck sold overseas.

The GTI meeting at the picturesque Lake WA rthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia has turned into the VW Group's annual adoration event.

How do you crank 503 hp out of a GTI? You let a handful of VW engineers have their way with it.

The German based automaker Volkswagen has recently announced an increased price for the Polo GTI in Malaysia, where the model is now available from RM151,888. After it was officially launched in Malaysia back in August 2011, the Volkswagen Polo GTI is now being placed into the spotlights once again, this time with the carmaker announcing an updated ... (more)

But we saved the best for last - VW's big daddy of performance, the latest version of the Golf GTI.

History/Description: The Audi A3 launched for the 2006 model year as a five-door hatchback with turbo-four or free-breathing six cylinder power, available Quattro AWD and the functionality and upscale goodies fitting of a premium German 'mini minivan.' The A3 operated with an eye for fuel efficient performance, and primary competitors included said ... (more)

This is what happens when you give the Wolfsburg brain trust an unlimited budget and tell them to build a concept car for a tuner show: Utter.

Jeff Glucker found his love for cars as a child when he felt tremendous sadness after watching Ferris Bueller's pal Cameron destroy a 1961 Ferrari... More Since 1981, Volkswagen and Audi enthusiasts have been flocking to the lakeside of Austria's Worthersee .