Скачать или смотреть 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R First Drive: Hotter than Ever, but is it Hot Enough?

Admitting to mistakes isn’t easy. Making them right is even harder.

That’s as true for individuals as it is for automakers, who are probably slower to pivot based on scale alone. In that context, Volkswagen reacted about as quickly as it could to criticism of the interface inside its sport compact siblings, with updated interior technology arriving this year that’s easier to use than before. (Well, mostly.)

That’s the good news. The bad news is that, despite enthusiasts’ collective penchant for three pedals, the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and the more stout 2025 Volkswagen Golf R are no longer offered with what was the single most engaging — and endearing — quality shared between them. And while there’s nothing wrong with mourning the loss of the manual transmission, just how much it’s missed depends on which car you’re driving.

00:00 Hot hatch hot take
01:00 The Golf R's Nurburgring mode
02:16 New for 2025
03:59 Powertrain
04:57 Performance options
07:24 2025 Golf GTI
09:30 Value

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