The refreshed Mk 8 GTI is easier to love thanks to an improved interior. But Volkswagen couldn’t help fixing something that ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and R entered their eighth generation in 2020, and while the core of these vehicles hasn't ...

With hot hatches increasingly rare, VW's commitment to practical sports cars is admirable. But is a missing manual the only ...

If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable ...

Manuals have become a niche performance market in the U.S. Now even some performance cars aren't offering a stick option.

The Golf GTI and AWD Golf R wow on and off the track with cutting-edge tech, handling, style and utility. But enthusiasts ...

After a day driving both on public roads and at the track, it's clear you really shouldn't sleep on the facelifted VW GTI and ...

Both models also benefit from new designs for the 19-inch wheels. New colors have also been added to the palette (two blues and a gray for the GTI), while with the Golf R, a Black Edition variant ...

Even in an alternate timeline in which the average new car didn't cost more than $50,000 and weigh well more than two tons, ...

The Mk 8.5 loses the outgoing model’s clumsy maze of an infotainment system in favor of a new 12.9-inch touchscreen ... another reason to pick the GTI over the Golf R, which has stuck with ...

But given that it is a relatively dated model, it might be worth looking for a good example on the second hand market. Or you could wait for the new Golf 8.5 GTI, which now has 195kW, but this ...