The front axle is a fairly standard MacPherson strut design and the rear is multi ... but against the old GTI Performance five-door manual (the closest match) the Mk8 is just 4kg heavier.

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 ...

This mid-life facelift is tasked with righting those wrongs, and returning the GTI to benchmark status. You can recognise the Mk8.5 by its more aggressive front bumper, snazzier rear lights and ...

Sure, we never got the GTI Clubsport or the Golf R 333 Special Edition, but both our MK7 and MK8 Golf GTI and R were ... with the same sophisticated rear differential as before, which incorporates ...

And it’s back for 2025 as part of the facelifted Mk8.5 Golf lineup that brings ... can do more often than you can in the GTI because you know the rear wheels can take some of the strain if ...