Take it from an existing Golf GTI owner – the new Mk8.5 is brilliant. It's as sharp as ever, and remains the benchmark ...

Nick Trott, Performance Pack Mk7 GTI, 2013. ‘This Mk7.5 Golf GTI drives exactly the same as the previous version, which means it’s perhaps the most refined and civilised hot hatch on sale.

Aside from the tantalising Clubsport S, the Mk7 and Mk7.5 Golf GTIs have always been cars ... there are a few ways of delivering that excitement. Golf GTI Mk7.5s left the factory with 242bhp ...

things got back on track with the Mk5 GTI. Thankfully, when the Mk7 Golf R arrived in 2014, the Golf was once again a serious contender for the Hot Hatch crown. With a 5.1secs dash to 62mph (4.9 ...