Host Rob Dahm and Autrey McVicker, owner of BMP Tuning, a Dallas-area VW mod shop and parts distributor, pore over one Mk8 that’s been the shop’s test bed for everything on offer.

The bad news is that we won't get the new Mk8 Volkswagen GTI in America until the second half of 2022. But, it's only bad news because the newest version of the original hot hatch sounds like it's ...

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 ...

We get the 2024 Golf GTI 380 (pictured) for the entire model year at $32,485 in base S trim as a sendoff for the manual transmission, while Germany got the Golf R 333 limited edition that cost the ...

And as with its predecessors, the Mk8 GTI continues the tradition with a wide scope of improvements. For the 2025 model year, the Golf GTI continues with three main trims—S, SE, and Autobahn.

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.

Considering that Volkswagen revealed the Mk8.5 in January 2024, chances are that 1805 was deployed from the outset for the facelifted Golf GTI. Affected owners will be informed of the recall and ...

VW said the Mk8 GTI was 4 seconds faster around its two-mile test track than the Mk7 GTI Performance. 19-inch wheels were a visually nice upgrade at £825, but of course putting bigger wheels on ...

Insider intel also suggests that this Mk8.5 model will likely only be offered with a DSG automatic, spelling the end of a self-rowing Golf GTI. We’ll update this story if we get any more intel ...

In 2024, exactly five decades after the Mk1 Golf hit the road, Volkswagen is addressing these complaints with this: the Mk8.5 GTI. It arrives as part of the Golf’s mid-life update and its last ...