Volkswagen New GTI
Observed 1999–1999 (US EPA) · observed model years, not a production range
- 50 years of GTI! Is Volkswagen's latest the greatest? | Henry Catchpole - The Driver’s Seat
Hagerty · Hagerty · 16 Sep 2026
It’s a high bar, but the VW Golf GTI Edition 50 might just be the best GTI in the model’s illustrious history. In this episode of The Driver’s Seat, Henry Catchpole bounces a ball on a pitching wedge and tests the latest (and greatest?) GTI on some spectacular moorland roads as well as heading to Bedford Autodrome for a track day. Henry also looks back at some of Volkswagen’s wilder GTI concepts and discusses whether the mk8.5 has fixed any or all of the mk8’s litany of issues. One thing that should be made clear straight away is that the Golf GTI Edition 50 needs the optional Performance Pac…
- Volkswagen ID.3 GTI: Has VW Saved the GTI?
Electrifying · Electrifying · 16 Sep 2026
The GTI has gone electric. Following the ID. Polo GTI, Volkswagen has revealed the new ID.3 GTI – and this one is serious about performance. Nic Hume takes a closer look at VW’s new electric hot hatch, which packs 240kW (326PS), 545Nm and rear-wheel drive, making it the most powerful production GTI Volkswagen has ever built. It can hit 62mph in just 5.6 seconds using Launch Control, has a 124mph top speed and a predicted range of up to 373 miles. And VW hasn’t simply bolted a big motor into an ID.3. The GTI gets specially tuned DCC sports suspension, a new GTI driving mode, unique 20-inch Wör…