Tim Pitt drives the updated Mk8.5 Volkswagen Golf GTI, ... I’d still prefer physical controls for the heating and air-con, and a few haptic pads persist on the dashboard ...

With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They ...

Whereas the Mk8 Golf GTI offered drivers 241 hp (180 kW/245 PS), the updated Mk8.5 will offer them 261 hp (195 kW/265 PS) in Europe, which ought to please enthusiasts.

After 7 generations, Americans mourn the loss of the Volkswagen Golf in its most basic trims, but performance lovers can be heartened by the Mk8 Golf R and GTI arriving here later this year.

Hot hatches come and go in the US, but the Volkswagen Golf GTI remains a regular fixture. Like the Mazda MX-5 Miata, it has been hard to beat and has just kept on selling over the decades.The Golf ...

The folks at FCP Euro and Jamie Orr's Orchid Euro are lifting the veil on Volkswagen's abandoned MK8 Golf GTI TCR Touring Car prototype. With the original camouflage job and the requisite project ...

We don’t get the Volkswagen Golf anymore, but the GTI and the Golf R still carry passports for our market. Earlier this year, VW brand boss Thomas Schaefer revealed a refreshed Golf is on the ...

Insider intel also suggests that this Mk8.5 model will likely only be offered with a DSG automatic, spelling the end of a self-rowing Golf GTI. We’ll update this story if we get any more intel ...

In early 2024 £22.5k was the entry-level price for a 2020 Mk8 Golf GTI with under 40,000 miles, with the base price for Clubsports being around £5k more than that.

The Mk7 Volkswagen Golf GTI wasn’t long for this world when the GTI TCR (Touring Car Racing) came along, with the final GTIs being short-run specials. As we were driving the Golf GTI TCR, VW was ...