The Volkswagen Golf GTI is a favorite among the Autoblog staff. Until recently, one among us owned a fifth-generation model. The current Mk7 is a great car, but it's getting along in years.

The Mk8 GTI’s awful haptic steering wheel buttons have also been replaced with old-style physical alternatives, thankfully. But based on our experience with a new Golf R in Europe last week ...

The Mk8 Golf GTI has been taken off sale as we await the Mk8.5, but it was priced from just under £40,000 when it was available – a healthy sum given the base GTI's relatively tame power output.

The legendary VW Golf compact car is ready to arrive in Australia this spring - the refreshed 8.5 generation needed quite a ...

As with all Golf GTIs, a seven-speed DSG ... but against the old GTI Performance five-door manual (the closest match) the Mk8 is just 4kg heavier. In this era, that has to go down as a win given ...

Standard kit for the 2025 Golf 8.5 R includes LED Matrix headlights, premium LED tail-lights, Nappa leather upholstery, an ...

April arrival locked in for updated 2025 Golf, now with reworked infotainment screen and steering wheel buttons.

But the eighth-generation (Mk8) Golf GTI never quite hit the sweet spot. Sure, it was fun to drive, but it also suffered from some frustrating quirks – namely a fiddly infotainment system and an ...

That remains to be proven. Electrification also means that, after 49 years and more than two million sales, the updated, eighth-generation Golf GTI ‒ a Mk8.5 in VW-speak – is the last of its kind.

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The VW Golf GTI is a terrific all-rounder that's great ... If the level gets too low, it can cause damage to the engine or timing chain. This Mk8 version of the Golf finished in 34th place out ...