It has. That car is called the Up! GTI, and it has a 1.0-liter, 113-hp, three-cylinder turbocharged engine, a comparable on-road footprint and weighs just 2,359 lbs at the curb. In Europe it costs ...

Volkswagen is spicing up its European portfolio by giving three of its sensible cars the heart of a hot hatchback. From now ...

On the face of it the Volkswagen Up GTI isn't the sort of car that should have your adrenal gland working overtime. With peak power of 113bhp and a 0-60mph time that only just dips under nine ...

Speaking of high speeds, the turbo pushes the GTI's terminal velocity from 114 mph to 122. At that point, VW's rev limiter is ...