We can already what the critics are going to say, that the MINI Cooper S isn't a hot hatch and thus doesn't compete with the Polo GTI. That could be true, in the same sense that the Golf GTI isn't the ...

You want to hate Volkswagen because it cheats on its tests, but you can't because it also makes some really good hatchbacks. This one is the Polo GTI, and it's all new for 2018. We were the first to ...

At R689,800, the Volkswagen Golf GTI has become priced out of the reach of some hot-hatch enthusiasts, leaving the Polo GTI to serve as the high-adrenaline model for VW fans. Not that it’s exactly a ...

The hot hatch wars, an on-going automotive conflict, fired up when Volkswagen lobbed a massive, Golf GTI-shaped salvo into an unsuspecting global car market in the middle of 1976. Fast forward to 1995 ...

I decided it was time to let my 2001 Porsche Boxster S go, and I made the decision that my next daily would be a hot hatch, as I have always loved them. I decided it was time to let my 2001 Porsche ...

As we get older we tend to get a little bigger around the middle. But we also get wiser and better prepared to deal with the world around us. The same is true for the latest Volkswagen Polo GTI. The ...

Volkswagen keeps coming up with ways to make certain sports models more desirable and of course, more profitable. For those who wish their Polo GTI to stand out just that little bit extra, there is ...