2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI Euro-Spec - Driving, Interior, Exterior and Price
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Stick-shift aficionados looking for a new Volkswagon Golf GTI should act fast. For model year 2025, Volkswagon will discontinue the six-speed manual, and this move also affects the pricier and more powerful Golf R. With the refreshed eighth-generation GTI still a fair way away from the U.S., we headed overseas to shake down a European model and see just how much we'll miss the three-pedal setup.
No matter the drive mode, the soundtrack is disappointing. With the exception of a faint turbo hiss under load, the system produces noise rather than music. At least there are no puerile fake interludes to frown at.
It also takes consistent high revs and frequent gear shifts to deliver the goods. Even with the transmission in Sport, this Golf is more GT than GTI. Activating the manual mode frees a bit more on-demand energy, but the shift paddles are too small, and why are they made of plastic, not metal? We were further haunted by a frustratingly hesitant throttle response, which turned into a full two-second lag when we put the foot down hard in fourth or fifth gear. Then, suddenly, all hell would break loose with a bang and a jolt before the torque wave straightened again. Not what the doctor ordered.
Although the latest iteration is a compelling performer, it takes the pricier Golf R to challenge the leading hot hatches from Japan, Korea, and Germany. The base GTI is merely swift, not tarmac-peeling fast. Still only available in front-wheel-drive form, it cannot quite match its all-wheel-drive rivals for off-the-line performance, nor will it blow your socks off above 60 mph when drag and weight enter the equation. As a result, the new GTI drives more like a GLI, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, the Mk8.5 metamorphosis of the ultimate hot hatch rides better than its Asian rivals, is at least as well made, and—unless the $33,190 sticker price balloons when deliveries commence in early 2025—is a good value.
Appreciating the numerous talents of the upgraded GTI is easy; falling head-over-heels in love with it is more difficult. But in the U.S. at least, the pool of valid alternatives is drying up fast. And, the last time we looked, the ultimately more desirable Golf R was a hefty $13,700 more expensive. But if you are in the market for a three-letter Golf, why not start by scanning the web for a discounted last-of-line six-speeder?
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