Volkswagen just recently updated the Mk8 Golf GTI and Golf R for its mid-cycle refresh and the 2025 model-year. Originally launched in 2020 globally and in 2022 for the North American market, at three ...

The GTI has just had its midlife facelift, making this generation the Mk8.5 if you speak Golfnerd ... along with the all-wheel drive Golf R, but more on that car another day.

As we were driving the Golf GTI TCR, VW was poised to pull the covers off the Mk8 Golf. Anyone else seen ... This was to a small extent because of its black wheels (a pet hate of many on ...