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.

It's a shame nobody cares about manual transmissions or hot hatches anymore because the GTI is still the undisputed king.

If you’re a driving enthusiast and had £40,000 to spend, these would be the perfect three cars to fill your driveway, all ...

I arrive at a frozen lake in Sweden, I'm given the keys to a brand-new 2025 Volkswagen Golf R, guided to a racetrack carved ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is one of the most anticipated performance cars to be introduced in India this year. VW has now ...

As we were driving the Golf GTI TCR, VW was poised to pull the covers off the Mk8 Golf. Anyone else seen ‘Seconds from Disaster’ before? So the Golf GTI TCR really was a proper sendoff – a ...

Volkswagen India to launch limited-edition Golf GTI and Tiguan R-Line in 2025, targeting niche car enthusiasts. Limited units ...

but they can’t match this era of Golf for its ride and handling composure, all-round versatility and premium feel – attributes that even today’s £40k Mk8.5 GTI struggles to improve on.

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

Although VW discontinued the standard Golf in North America, the want for the GTI remains strong and thus, the Wolfsburg-based automaker kept the spunky hot hatch stateside. The current Mk8 Golf ...