Volkswagen Golf News
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A new Volkswagen Golf R follows the latest GTI this summer, but will it offer a manual transmission?
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2025 VW Golf GTI revealed with useful tech updates
An updated Golf GTI has been revealed and might just be the last to feature a gas engine.
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2025 VW Golf teased at CES with integrated ChatGPT
Future Volkswagens will feature voice assistants enhanced by popular chatbot ChatGPT.
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Refreshed 2025 VW Golf to debut in late January
An updated VW Golf is coming soon, and is likely to be the last version fitted with a gas engine.
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2025 Volkswagen Golf R may be last with gas engine
The next Golf will be an EV, meaning gas-powered Golfs will most likely soon be on their way out.
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Final Volkswagen Golf GTI with gas engine has been spied
VW's current Golf GTI will be given an update before an electric successor arrives later this decade.
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An electric VW Golf based on the SSP platform will be launched late this decade.
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2024 Volkswagen GTI 380 marks end of manual transmission in automaker's hot hatch
The manual transmission will finally disappear from the Volkswagen lineup after one final special edition GTI.
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2025 Volkswagen Golf spy shots
VW is working on an update for its final Golf to be powered by gas engines.
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Current VW Golf will be last with internal-combustion engine
VW aims to exclusively sell electric cars by 2033.
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Golf name reportedly an option for Volkswagen's smallest EV
VW's Golf nameplate is expected to live on in the electric era.
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VW GTI 40th Anniversary Edition gives a hot-hatch hurrah
Buyers of the VW Golf GTI 40th Anniversary Edition will pay $2,500-$3,000 more to get a limited-edition car with special styling elements.
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It's been 20 years since the Volkswagen Golf R32 hit the streets, and to celebrate VW is building about 1,800 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition models.
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VW celebrates 20 years of the Golf R with 329-hp special edition
VW has revealed its most powerful Golf yet, and the car is confirmed for North America.
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First drive review: 2022 Volkswagen Golf R hits on dynamics, misses on controls
The 2022 VW Golf R is a better performer and it’s still refined, but the control layout confounds.
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VW GTI/Golf R: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2022 nominee
Will the improved performance and new technology of the Mk VIII Volkswagen GTI and Golf R earn this duo the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2022 award?
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Volkswagen GTI BBS concept channels classic VW tuner builds
BBS wheels have been a staple of the VW scene since the early days of the GTI, and VW has celebrated this with its latest concept.
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Preview: 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI to be quicker, more digital, start at $30,540
When the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI arrives for 2022, it will feature a digital instrument cluster and a larger touchscreen. The hot hatch also gets a more potent turbo-4 engine.
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The more practical version of the redesigned 2022 Volkswagen Golf R has been revealed.
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Deep dive: 2022 VW Golf GTI and R interiors go digital
Both models get new Digital Cockpit displays, and a head-up display is available, and steering-wheel buttons go capacitive.
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VW marks Golf GTI's 45th birthday with 296-hp special edition
VW has launched the Golf GTI Clubsport 45 to mark this year's 45th anniversary of the original GTI's arrival.
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2022 VW Golf R will be most powerful Golf yet, debut Nov. 3
Volkswagen will follow a tried-and-tested performance path for its next Golf R, and we aren't complaining.
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2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport turns up the heat on the popular hot hatch
VW has unveiled a version of its Mk8 Golf GTI packing 296 horsepower.
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History of the Volkswagen GTI: The story of eight generations of the original hot hatch
From its mild-mannered, 90-horsepower roots of the 1970s to the 242-hp 2022 model, the Volkswagen GTI started the hot hatch craze and has perfected it through eight generations.
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