The only Volkswagen Golfs you can buy new in the U.S. these days are the sporty ones: the snappy 241-hp Golf GTI (the eighth-generation successor to the original hot hatch) and the 315-hp AWD Golf R.
After a period in the wilderness, the 2025 VW Golf TSI is back. It’s known unofficially as Golf 8.5. This refers to the mid-life facelift of version 8, which we only got in South Africa in GTI form ...