With the new Mk8.5 Golf arriving for 2025, Volkswagen killed off its manual hot hatches. That's in spite of clear customer demand.

The manual-loving minority movement has lost yet another battle. Volkswagen’s refreshed 2025 Golf lineup, dubbed the Mk8.5, brought updated styling and interior improvements. However, it also ...

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including the high-performance Golf R, will come equipped with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. A slightly toned-down version of the Golf GTI isn’t the end of North America’s bad news.

With the Mk8.5 Golf, Volkswagen made one or two missteps ... With the new Mk8.5, some of those wrongs have been righted, and the R and GTI Clubsport have gained minor mechanical updates to close ...

Is the Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI still South Africa’s most popular C-segment hot hatch? Here’s exactly how many were registered ...

The VW Golf GTI is back for the eighth time, with sportier styling and a more focused chassis. But does that make it a better ...

The front-wheel-drive Golf GTI is still the everyman’s sports hatchback, offering affordable thrills since the ’70s, but VW’s R division has been churning out more extreme all-wheel-drive ...

A visit to Essex-based Mountune endows the Golf GTI with as much power as a Porsche 911. How does it feel on the road?

GTI TCR and Golf R models. Volkswagen has not confirmed specific figures, aside from the most powerful variants of which will feature ‘over 297bhp’. This alludes to the flagship Golf R’s ...