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 ...

A week or so ago, I drove to M1 Concours in Pontiac, MI to drive the Mk8 GTI on the facility’s road course and on an autocross course they put together for the event. I drove both the manual and ...

Volkswagen just recently updated the Mk8 Golf GTI and Golf R for its mid-cycle refresh and the 2025 model-year. Originally launched in 2020 globally and in 2022 for the North American market, at ...

In Germany, the Mk8.5 Golf GTI carries a starting price of €45,655 or $50,835 at current exchange rates. Unfortunately, there is no manual available for model year 2025.

The Mk8.5 GTI is still based on the MQB platform and still uses the same ‘EA888’ 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engine, although the standard GTI has had a power bump from 242bhp to 261bhp.

The next (Mk8) Volkswagen Golf is on its way, meaning GTI and hopefully R versions will soon follow. The word on the street today is that it might jump up to 296 hp (300 ps), if the German ...

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.