To say I was quaking with hype as I was handed the keys to a 2024 Golf GTI wouldn't be much hyperbole. It wouldn't last for ...

If you ask us, every Volkswagen Golf GTI is a good GTI, but it's clear that VW knows what really makes its hot hatch great.

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 ...

Rivals include the Honda Civic Si and Type R, Hyundai Elantra N, Subaru WRX and Toyota GR Corolla. You’d better act fast if you want a manual gearbox in your Golf GTI; 2024 marks the final ...

Our 2023-only 40th Anniversary Edition model, positioned between the S and SE, came equipped with the small 8 ... Golf GTI’s 28-mpg combined EPA figure. That beat the 24.0 mpg we saw in our ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI may have been responsible for the hot hatch boom in the late 1970s, the vehicle combining enthralling pace with affordability, practicality, and reliability, though this ...

2025 GTI makes ... s 241 hp but R gets a 13 hp boost; both are available solely with a DSG transmission VW’s ID.3 GTX Performance Is Slower And More Expensive Than A Golf GTI Clubsport, Which ...

New for the 8 is a consistent GTI and GTI Clubsport hierarchy ... overall – ahead of the more expensive, four-wheel drive Golf R but behind key rivals like the Focus ST and the closely-related ...

A Ford Focus ST with a similar spec would come in at north of £40,000, while a Honda Civic Type R would set you back more than £50,000. Big money. Verdict Like the standard Golf 8.5, the GTI has ...

Sure, some of the difference between the R’s 4.8-second 62 mph time and the 5.9 ... 261 hp Skoda runs the Golf GTI’s hardware, but offers more passenger and luggage space thanks to its longer ...

Reviving the famed Wolfsburg Edition badge, this one-of-a-kind GTI takes its inspiration ... Show full PR text 2 Golf R: fuel consumption figures in l/100 km: 9.4 – 8.8 (urban) / 5.9 (extra ...