I can tell you that having sat in an Mk8.5 for just a short time, I've never been more excited to test a car in my whole life ...

Even in an alternate timeline in which the average new car didn't cost more than $50,000 and weigh well more than two tons, ...

As a newly licensed driver in Nottingham, England, Chris Skelton had his heart set on one car. It was 1988, he was 17, and what he really wanted to be driving was a Volkswagen Mk2 Golf GTI hot hatch.

For more than four decades, the Golf GTI has been the standard by which all high-performance hatchbacks are measured. Over ...

If you opted for the ‘Pretoria’ wheel design ... It’s certainly a step above any Mk8 Golf GTI, from the original standard car to the latest Mk8.5 Golf GTI Clubsport. Grip isn’t limitless ...

Revealed in January 2024, the Golf Mk8.5 GTI continued the benchmark its predecessors had set. Previously under investigation by the German firm for local introduction, it was reported that the ...

As with every Golf GTI since the start of the millennium the new GTI Clubsport features the 2-litre turbocharged EA888 four-cylinder engine, producing 296bhp and 273lb ft, the same as the Mk8 ...