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.

Simply put, I don't like hating on stuff. But I just can't, in good confidence, be all lovey-dovey and gushy over the 2024 Mk8 Golf GTI after the three-ish weeks I just spent driving it.

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

In 2024, exactly five decades after the Mk1 Golf hit the road, Volkswagen is addressing these complaints with this: the Mk8.5 GTI. It arrives as part of the Golf’s mid-life update and its last ...

A visit to Essex-based Mountune endows the Golf GTI with as much power as a Porsche 911. How does it feel on the road?

A subtle evolution of the Mk8 in its design and dynamic tuning, the GTI Clubsport offers the same ... Volkswagen has taken criticism of the Mk8 Golf’s infotainment system to heart, introducing ...

The GTI hasn’t maxed the credit card at Sports Direct and gone full ‘Civic Type R’ (phew), but it’s less subtle than before – and more distinct from the new Mk8 Golf R. However ...