All good things, but unfortunately, the Mk8.5 GTI and Golf R lost their manual transmissions with the facelift. US enthusiasts responded by buying more manual Golf models last year while they ...

A healthy GTI is emphatically a positive thing for performance cars as a genre, and off the back of the previous-gen Mk7.5 – a very strong generation – the tech-forward Mk8 has a lot to live ...

The VW Golf GTI is back for the eighth time, with sportier styling and a more focused chassis. But does that make it a better ...

Arriving as part of a range-wide update to the Octavia, the new vRS gets subtle design changes, a revised interior and a power bump to 261bhp, matching the Mk8.5 ... part of the facelift, the ...