In this video, we test the 2025 VW Golf GTI MK8.5 on an unrestricted section of the German Autobahn. Experience its improved performance, strong acceleration, and high speed stability from a driver’s ...

Mat Watson and company are back with another interesting three-way drag race. On this occasion, the contenders all wear Volkswagen and Golf badges. Be that as it may, not all Golfs are created equal.

Its sporty, elegant look goes hand in hand with the chassis innovations meant to enhance the driving experience even more – the 8th generation Golf GTI promises to deliver optimized stability, ...

Like a German train schedule, Volkswagen is right on time with its mid-cycle facelift for its Mk8 Golf and GTI. With that facelift comes predictably tweaked looks, some improved interior ergonomics, ...

From its humble beginnings in 1976 to the present day, the Volkswagen Golf GTI has consistently set the benchmark for practical performance.

There’s plenty of smoke rising from the Volkswagen Golf family camp, but no fire yet. We’re still early in the buildup to what the Golf will become, said buildup full of special editions and ...

A week or so ago, I drove to M1 Concours in Pontiac, MI to drive the Mk8 GTI on the facility's road course and on an autocross course they put together for the event. I drove both the manual and DCT ...

When the Golf GTI was introduced to the world back in 1976, two years after the standard model entered production, it effectively launched the hot hatch class. Yes, that first GTI had a mere 108 hp ...

Volkswagen’s GTI name comes with a lot of history, and one of the most important cars to wear the badge was Mk2 Golf GTI, which refined the formula created by the original. Now, 29 years after its ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...

Full personal disclosure time: the Volkswagen Golf GTI is one of my absolute favorite cars. When VW invited me to drive the Euro-spec version of the new Mk8 alongside the outgoing Mk7 version on track ...

Volkswagen painted the 650-horsepower, W12-engined Golf GTI W12-650 red to celebrate GTI's 50th birthday, and it's never looked better.