Most powerful series-production GTI in five decades brings special axle hardware and a clearer track focus It comes almost as a surprise that the Golf GTI is 50 years old. So popular – so damned omnipresent – has this versatile car been on the hot hatch scene that the passing of time goes unnoticed. The Golf GTI turning 50 is almost like turning 50 yourself: faintly incomprehensible.But here we are, and to celebrate the milestone Volkswagen has seen fit to unleash a special edition. Not that we didn’t see this coming. Big birthdays for the world’s favourite hot hatch have been celebrated in five-year increments more or less since the…
Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50: Our fastest FWD road test yet

