Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The U.S. golf industry is coming off another record year for recreational rounds – the third in the past four years – and yet golf ...

Despite the rise in popularity of crossovers and SUVs, Volkswagen's Golf was still the best selling car in Europe last year. With the EU now cracking down on dirty diesel engines, tens of thousands of ...

While it’s natural to give prominence to a car’s total horsepower, the more character-defining statistic often is its specific output: how much juice it squeezes from each liter of displacement. Often ...

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This 2015 Volkswagen Golf 1.8T is an excellent small car at a really competitive price. The car has grown up a lot; it’s more mature now. By that I mean more refined. It looks ...

Not content that its Golf is merely world renowned as safe, practical transport, Volkswagen has boosted excitement for 2000 in the form of a new 1.8T turbocharged engine option. An upgrade from the ...

Despite being the cheapest, buyers opting for the entry-level Volkswagen Golf needn’t feel short-changed. The S-spec offers more performance and equipment than you might expect, while retaining the ...

While we rarely skip an opportunity to praise the Volkswagen Golf, our infatuation has never fixated on the hatchback’s price. That’s because while its cost is reasonable, its core competencies—a ...

Steering away from space age glitz, flash and buzzing new digital technology, the Volkswagen Golf sticks to the fundamentals of analog driving pleasure and pulls you back to car-enthusiast earth. VW ...

Our tester, an SE model, came equipped with the new turbocharged 1.4-liter inline-four and eight-speed automatic transmission that's shared with the new Jetta. On paper, the 147-hp, 184-lb-ft ...