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 ...

VW has tested a manual transmission for EVs EVs that make sound are on the table at VW An electric GTI and Golf R won't arrive until the end of the decade The manual transmission might not die at ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI gets an overhaul, which includes more physical buttons and a new front fascia. The 2025 VW GTI still features the EA888 Evo4 mill, which makes 241 hp and 273 lb-ft of ...

With the announcement of the 2025 Jetta GLI and its continuation of the manual transmission on Tuesday, Volkswagen continues to pull some serious weight in the enthusiast circle. But, while the ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...

Volkswagen rolled out the new Golf in January, and ever since they've been dropping performance variants like a striptease for gearheads. The Golf R Mk8.5 is about to hit the streets, and it's packing ...

The 2024 Volkswagen Golf GTI is the last one to offer a six-speed manual transmission. Earlier this year, Volkswagen shocked enthusiasts with the announcement that the 2024 Golf GTI will be the last ...

It’s official, Volkswagen is ending production of the manual Golf GTI, and to honor the history of the model, it is introducing a North American-exclusive equipment package dubbed the 2024 Golf GTI ...

For those trying to get the efficiency of a manual transmission with the smoothness of an automatic, a Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) might be the best choice.