The GTI's six-speed manual will be survived by the currently optional seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. With this move, which also applies to the higher-output Golf R, Volkswagen is ...

They say the worst day of your life starts normally. Today, it started with Volkswagen announcing that the manual transmission in the Golf GTI and Golf R will be officially dead after 2024 ...

The Mk 8 Golf is due for a mid-life refresh next year, and when that happens, VW will be simplifying things by dropping the manual transmission option. That means model year 2024 is the final ...

The 2024 Volkswagen Golf GTI is the last one to offer a six-speed manual transmission. Earlier this year, Volkswagen shocked enthusiasts with the announcement that the 2024 Golf GTI will be the ...

Many of those hot hatches also came equipped with manual transmissions. For 2025, the Volkswagen Golf GTI is getting a host of quality-of-life updates, and some new styling, but is losing a transm ...

Volkswagen adds that the 315-horsepower Golf R will lose its six-speed stick after the 2024 model year as well, though it hasn’t announced plans to send off the transmission with a special ...

However, it also marked the end of an era for U.S. enthusiasts as Volkswagen discontinued manual transmissions for the Golf GTI and Golf R. In a last hoorah of the iconic hot hatchback’s manual ...

According to data compiled by Motor1, the Volkswagen Golf GTI manual transmission take rate was around 50 percent in 2023, while the Jetta GLI number was slightly lower at 40 percent. However ...

If you ask us, every Volkswagen Golf GTI is a good GTI ... stuff into the 2024 GTI's 380 special edition, including the manual transmission, summer tires, adaptive dampers, the golf-ball shift ...

Golf R very much lives up to its reputation as a long-lived model with some updates that are welcome. But how does it stack ...

Before this iconic transmission says adieu ... rowing our own gears in the 2024 Golf GTI 380 S—the base model featuring a six-speed manual. Currently, Volkswagen offers the manual option ...