The iconic Volkswagen Golf GTI has been given a significant mid-life overhaul. Does it add to the legend?Review LocationVictoria, AustraliaThe Volkswagen Golf GTI has been defining what it means to be a hot hatch for 50 years. It’s been doing that through pretty constant improvement, especially since the fifth generation lobbed more than 20 years ago. Now we’re up to GTI generation 8.5, which is a substantial mid-life overhaul designed to further sharpen the GTI’s act and smooth over some of the operational rough spots. Nowadays well over $60,000 once you add on-road costs, the GTI is a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol
And with Holden Special Vehicles long gone, it might even be called Clubsport this time down underThere’s a lot of love in the room at Volkswagen for the return of the hardcore Golf Clubsport GTI hot hatch to Australia. And this time it might even get to be called Clubsport!The last time the Clubsport was sold in Australia was as a special edition of the seventh generation Golf GTI dubbed ‘GTI 40 Years’ in 2016.It couldn’t be called Clubsport because Holden Special Vehicles owned that name here.Presumably that problem has gone away with the demise of Holden, HSV and the
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