W hen the GTI arrived in the US in 1983, we had no idea it would change the very fabric of our automotive industry forever.

Considering that Volkswagen revealed the Mk8.5 in January 2024 ... For model year 2025, the US-market GTI makes 241 horsepower compared to 261 in Europe. Its all-wheel-drive sibling offers ...

VW celebrates the iconic GTI with a special edition, and the latest in a long line of hot hatch heroes arrives later this ...

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 ...

THE next-generation Volkswagen Golf is on the horizon, with the world’s most iconic hatchback set for major changes in 2028.

The Golf is now in its eighth generation, with the 2025 model acting as a facelifted version internally known as the Mk8.5. It gains 13 ... at least for the US. This should also be the final ...

To be sold alongside the current, combustion-powered Mk8 Golf, the ID Golf will be manufactured ... as well as the beloved GTI and R sports variants. These are certainly exciting times for VW ...

Now, 12 months on, hot EVs are very much with us. The A290 and the Abarth 500E make an electrical ... By most accounts, Volkswagen dropped the ball ever so slightly with the Mk8 Golf GTI. It was by ...

Expensive, before options; user interface still wonky; not actually that engaging Life hasn’t been easy for the Mk8 Golf GTI. After the heights of the Mk7, which was superbly rounded and one of ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI has built a strong reputation for hot hatchback performance, and the Mk8.5 version continues this legacy with a refreshed design and enhanced features. The Mk8.5 is a ...