The current Mk8 Golf GTI (pronounced "mark eight," not "emm-kay-eight") arrived back in 2020. But this year, Volkswagen gave North America, and only North America, the 380 commemorative edition.

Expensive, before options; user interface still wonky; not actually that engaging Life hasn’t been easy for the Mk8 Golf GTI. After the ... tumbling down when Volkswagen decided that the ...