Open this photo in gallery:The 2024 GTI is compact, agile and powerful, retaining all the fundamentals that have made it great.Kunal, D’souza/The Globe and MailThe Volkswagen Golf is such a good car that I convinced my mom to buy one…

Open this photo in gallery:Golf carts line Spanish Springs Town Square in the Villages, a retirement community in Sumter County, Fla., June 30, 2019. Some 60,000 carts ply the neighborhoods, which are laid out so the roughly 120,000 residents can…

Open this photo in gallery:In addition to more power and a number of other features, the 2025 VW R comes with a bigger rear wing.Emily Atkins/The Globe and MailVolkswagen’s venerable Golf hatchback is nearly 50 years old this year, but…