2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Volkswagen's beloved Golf compact, so the brand is celebrating with a major update to its existing Mk. 8 models. Since the U.S. only receives the Golf in GTI ...

Credit to Volkswagen for not only listening when the world told it that the Mk 8 Golf’s user interface ... pertain to the GTI’s interior. The infotainment display is now even bigger, measuring ...

Volkswagen wasn ... Like the standard Golf 8.5, the GTI has taken another step in the right direction in making it the car it should have been from the start. Interior and infotainment tweaks ...

Volkswagen has revealed its new Golf GTI Clubsport ... a more aggressive bodykit, a minor interior update and a healthy power boost over the standard GTI. That means the turbocharged 2.0-litre ...

For more information about the Golf GTI's fuel economy, visit the EPA's website. The Golf GTI's interior ... a less intensive 8-inch screen but retains tiny volume and tuning knobs, so it's ...

Although only a mid-life facelift for the eighth-generation Golf, the new 8.5 model ... while the GTI has optional interior carbon fibre details for the first time. Volkswagen hasn’t yet ...

I have a soft spot for VW Golfs. My first car was a hand-me-down Mk2, and I later raced a Mk2 GTI. But like Star Trek movies, not every Golf is great, and the Mk8 interior felt like a real step ...

Is the Volkswagen ... buy a GTI for its looks; based on the Golf compact hatchback, the style of the thing is just form following function. Rather, it’s the car’s chassis tuning, powertrain ...

Most of Volkswagen’s efforts to improve the GTI for 2025 have gone directly into the interior. The Mk 8.5 loses the outgoing ... to pick the GTI over the Golf R, which has stuck with the ...

"They won't make them like this much longer" is a pretty hackneyed aphorism, but it certainly applies to the Volkswagen Golf GTI. The Mk 8 Golf is due ... upgrade for the interior, too.

The steering wheel now has physical buttons rather than haptics, too, and Volkswagen has made an effort ... but you’ll want to fiddle with the GTI’s drive modes before setting off.