This 1989 Suzuki Swift might have started life as a humble econobox, but now it’s a street-legal go-kart with a death wish and a love of oversteer. Under the hood sits a 1.3-liter Hayabusa motorcycle engine that spins to 11,000 rpm and sends nearly 200 horsepower to the rear wheels. The interior is stripped to […]
This next car comes as a submission from a friend of the seller, Jeff. It hails from the golden age of hot hatches — the Mk6 era, when VW finally struck the perfect balance between grown-up refinement and juvenile fun. Before the digital dashes and drive modes, these GTIs were raw enough to feel analog yet refined […]
Are you looking for a car that can seat 4 or 5 people (real humans, not dwarves or imaginary friends), has a usable trunk, gets decent fuel economy AND is fast/fun/furious to drive? Could such a car exist and be found for less than $10K? The MKVI generation of Golf’s legendary platform was good, but […]
The fifth generation of Volkswagen’s legendary Golf platform was sold for the 2004 through 2009 model years. It was a mild upgrade of the previous generation with more weight, more gizmos, and more horsepower. Model bloat, sure. However, it was still a good car, and the GTI version is available with turbocharged front-wheel-spinning power and […]
The Volkswagen Beetle was used for a number of kit-style cars over the years — but don’t think for a minute that you need to settle for some homebuilt project, because a few crazy people in Brazil built a legitimate production car using bits of old Beetles…and it doesn’t look bad at all. Find this […]
This next car comes as a tip from Dave in Tampa who writes: This has got to be a mistake, right? A broken odometer maybe? If that’s really the miles this should be on a dealership floor reminding people how cool VW used to be. Or has the Find this 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet offered for […]
Let’s imagine a world where you need a daily driver. Something that is modern enough to have airbags and be safe enough that your family won’t think you are insane…but it still needs to be fun. Oh, and practical. And seat 5 people. What if I told you that you could have all of this […]
The 337 Edition of the Mk4 Golf (1997-2006) was sold for the 25th Anniversary of the launch of the VW GTi, which if I did the math correctly was in 1976. The 337 was a throwback to an internal designation for the GTi when it was first launched and the special edition consisted of Reflex […]
The Volkswagen GTI is one of those cars that was built to a higher standard. The regular Golf was okay, but the GTI was special. It’s like the difference between an M-car from BMW and their regular 3-series, or the STI versus a WRX or the Evo versus a Lancer. It might look a lot […]
Reeves Callaway was an aspiring race car driver who ended up working as an instructor at Bob Bondurant’s racing school in the 1970s. He fitted a turbo system on a BMW 320i and loaned the car to Car and Driver journalist Don Sherman who wrote a one page article on the beast. At the time, […]