An old-school legend meets modern power! Watch this insane 600HP Golf 1 GTI 16V Turbo go head-to-head with a monstrous 970HP ...

Supercars now had Formula 1-style paddle shifters, while regular cars harbored sluggish, torque-converter automatics with ...

Featuring on the Golf GTI is VW’s workhorse engine family, the EA888. This is however the EVO4 version of the engine that was introduced in 2022 on the Mk 8 Golf GTI and the R. On this Mk 8.5, the ...

Golf Gti Over All Review. Very much fun to drive and decent comfort as expectations and very good product by VW, Slightly on a pricer side but still a mind blowing car , sportier interior ...

Volkswagen provided accommodation so Ars could drive the Golf GTI ... price affordable. The GTI has just had its midlife facelift, making this generation the Mk8.5 if you speak Golfnerd.

Pull for the next gear and ... the GTI’s brakes are also given chunkier hardware compared to base Golfs. Weight wise the truthfully isn’t much more than the old Mk7.5 GTI, when compared ...

Volkswagen quotes a top speed of 155mph, with the 0-62mph sprint dispatched in 5.9sec ... with torque plentiful in any gear accessed with minimal turbo lag. The GTI is really quite handy for ...

Pre-launch bookings for the Golf GTI have been stopped as the first lot of the iconic hatchback has ...

Take the low-profile BMW 128ti and its far more obvious rival, the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Both kick out around 250bhp but weigh about 1.5 tonnes ... surface in a low gear, but neither has an ...

Strong demand and the enduring smart sophistication of the Golf GTI brand means that residual values have generally stayed pretty strong. Our data predicts that all Mk8.5 versions should hold onto ...

That’s why the GTI is now getting a mid-life update, codenamed the ‘8.5 ... Golf GTI’s seating position perfect, with the steering wheel and pedals ideally placed for a wide range of drivers. It’s a ...

Now, with the introduction of the updated Mk8 - the Mk8.5, to you and me - it has reached 265hp; hardly a novel number for the MQB-underpinned GTI broadly ... of the old golf ball gear knob.