Although only a mid-life facelift for the eighth-generation Golf, the new 8.5 model carries a lot of weight ... The company says sportier Clubsport and Golf R variants will be along in the second ...

The front-wheel-drive Golf GTI is still the everyman ... There is still only one trim level in the R range, selling for $46k in the USA. The 2025 R will get a facelift and lose its manual ...