Yes, you could get a 150hp 16-valve version of the Mk3 and Mk4, and by the time we got to 2001 the most powerful GTI was up to a respectable sounding 177hp - but even that wasn't a very brave ...

For the last years of the Golf Mk4 production (2001-2003), VW upgraded the GTI with a more powerful version of the same engine producing 177 hp (132 kW / 180 PS), and a six-speed manual gearbox.

The Mk4 GTI, launched in Europe in 1997 and North America for the 1999 model year, arrived with sleek, rounded bodywork and a level of interior sophistication that nudged it closer to Audi territory.

Watch some of the most aggressive tuner builds launch hard and accelerate loud. Featuring the Audi RS3, Golf 7 GTI TRC, Golf ...

Buying all these goodies and turning your Golf V into the GTI W12 concept is not even close to being cheap, as the whole package plus installation costs around 13,025 euros (16,900 US dollars).

Yes, we know. After the Golf Mk1, 2 and to a lesser extent the Mk3, cemented the Volkswagen Golf GTI as the hot hatch of choice, things went a bit awry with the Mk4. But that was a while ago. Move ...

Volkswagen’s track-optimized Golf GTI, the Clubsport S, is a true driver’s car, but the crew from O.CT Tuning believes that it could use some more power. This led to the creation of a Level 2 ...

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