2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI review: Australian first drive

Volkswagen’s hot-hatch icon comes in for a midlife update. As is usually the case, some of the updates are subtle, but performance is key for this round of revisions.
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2025 Volkswagen Golf GTIThe 2025 Volkswagen Golf range, which wears the ‘Mk8.5’ designation, does as the name suggests and brings a range of subtle