CAR drives the new Golf GTI 8.5 Manual gearbox no longer available Still the ultimate everyday FWD hatch? Hiding within the eighth-generation Golf GTI was a truly great hot hatch.

Expensive, before options; user interface still wonky; not actually that engaging Life hasn’t been easy for the Mk8 Golf GTI. After the heights of the Mk7, which was superbly rounded and one of ...