Over there, the GTI got a boost from 242 hp (245 PS ... which wasn’t available in the US. Both Mk8.5 Golfs benefit from a bigger 12.9-inch touchscreen that’s a more useful size and fixes ...

All good things, but unfortunately, the Mk8.5 GTI and Golf R lost their manual transmissions with the facelift. US enthusiasts responded by buying more manual Golf models last year while they ...

The current Mk8 Golf GTI (pronounced "mark eight ... it marks the end of the road for the manual transmission option in the GTI, at least for us yanks. What a sad time to be alive, if you ...

Around us everything might be ... All three, as with the rest of the Mk8 Golf range, are now five-door only. Seventeen-inch alloy wheels are standard, with the GTI and GTD getting 18- and 19 ...

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I arrive at a frozen lake in Sweden, I'm given the keys to a brand-new 2025 Volkswagen Golf R, guided to a racetrack carved ...

We wouldn't be surprised if you did, because the GTI is a lovely thing to drive. The Mk8 version of the GTI certainly wasn't dull to steer, but a comprehensive facelift in the second half of 2024 ...

The Mk7 Volkswagen Golf GTI wasn’t long for this world when ... Today, familiarity with the Mk8 and Mk8.5 Golf GTIs has us remembering the final flavour of fundamental Mk7 ‘rightness ...