The Volkswagen Golf GTI is among the original hot hatchbacks, an icon of front-wheel-drive fun that traces its history back to 1976. Over the ensuing decades, it's always offered a manual transmission ...

They say the worst day of your life starts normally. Today, it started with Volkswagen announcing that the manual transmission in the Golf GTI and Golf R will be officially dead after 2024, with one ...

A special edition celebrates the final run of the manual transmission-equipped VW GTI. I guess all good things have to come to an end, right? Volkswagen’s legendary GTI is losing one of its defining ...

Volkswagen sent out a press release this morning about the 2024 Golf GTI 380 Edition. It contains the biggest "oh, by the way" in the history of enthusiast cars: that the 380 is being built to ...

New leadership at VW reportedly wants to cut 10 billion euros in costs by 2026. Having one transmission in a car instead of two is a great way to cut costs. And particularly in that environment, it’s ...

Earlier this year, Volkswagen shocked enthusiasts with the announcement that the 2024 Golf GTI will be the last model to have a manual transmission. The beloved hatchback, a mainstay for over 50 years ...

“They won’t make them like this much longer” is a pretty hackneyed aphorism, but it certainly applies to the Volkswagen Golf GTI. The Mk 8 Golf is due for a mid-life refresh next year, and when that ...