2025 VW Golf R MK8.5 // REVIEW on AUTOBAHN

Better, but for the money I will just keep my modded MK7. With the mods I have done to it, it is still more powerful with better handling, braking, and IMO it looks better inside and out. Maybe if they start offering some real color choices and paint the front bumper. Where do these designers get the idea that people actually like all this black plastic on front bumpers, fenders, and elsewhere? It looks tacky and cheap, other than the actual grill, just paint it for god sake.
I am not a fan of all that blacked out plastic on the front bumpers, reminds me of the previous Elantra N, and that thing is hideous. Fun, great value, but repulsive to look at, the refresh is an improvement, but it still needs work as well.

Then there is the price, it's a good car, but not $50K-$60K good. I also blame the banking system giving absurd loans for cars to people who clearly cannot afford it. It's disgusting the way they pray upon these people, in the end it makes everything worse for everyone. No one should ever finance more than 30% of their annual income for a car. I see idiots making $70K driving around in $80K-$90K cars and trucks with little or no money down for 8-12 year loans at 20-25%. This is the artificial demand driving these idiotic prices, it is not going to end well.

I like the haptik controls and the touch screen on my GTI mk8.

O carro tem uma grande tv

Looks like a tesla im gonna get a 7.5 R

The way they have tuned the suspension to be softer is clever . I had a 330d a few years ago on 18’s and it handled better and far more progressively when it let go than on bigger 19’s.

I sat in one the other day; when I closed the door it felt cheap. The interior is small ish for a regular size person. No fog lamps, no storage room, no nobs for the controls for A/C etc. The dealer mark up was $5,000. It's no wonder I've never seen one on the road. I'm going to stick with my Accord cause it's roomy and you can actually haul stuff in it, and the back seat feels comfortable.

It's too soon for an 8.5 R😭😭😭😭😭

Screen is way too big for the size of the car. All they needed was to change the buttons and utilise the efficiency of manufacturing to reduce the price from 50k.. a gt4 is 59k...

Imagine this car with pretoria wheels from mk7.5

The MK 8.5 looks great miles better then the 8. Looking forward to upgrading to a gti 8.5 next year when my contract on my tcr is up! 🔥

Why do people do auto reviews and put the camera on themselves instead of on the dash or some other aspect of the car while driving?
15 minutes of fame? Notice me, much?
I don't get it. It's supposed to be an "auto" review... not an "auto reviewer" review!

Volkswagen, in their design arrogance still refuses to give potential customers [at least] a physical volume button on the Entertainment System... along with the lack of real HVAC controls. Stupid, or rather completely arrogant and dismissive of long-time customers -- and almost everyone I speak with regarding the matter -- especially what they now charge for what is still only a 4-cylinder vehicle.

I really like much of the mk8 R and GTI. But little things keep me from purchasing... along with the ridiculous prices. I'll stick with my mk 7 GTI... I still get a thrill every time I drive it.

Whoever hating on this car, he can not even afford a fking Dacia.

Nice see how much hp this car doesn’t have, also get to see a roll cage in the back!

But no more stick….defeats the whole purpose of the car

Looks really cool, would prefer regular buttons on the steering wheel. And a round button close to the middle console to control the big screen additionally in case you don’t want to use touch.

now, does the car come with rollcage like the one in the video ? i'd like to see that

Im so sad with the direction of new cars, so awful! id hate to be in automotive design these days. Fake exterior and interior sound is horrendous, i wish AutoTopNL wouldnt credit this

beurk

I don't mind the glowing logo as long as the owner can switch it on and off. A simple task to put the in the infotainment display. There are occasion when it can look goofy and even juvenile. Second, the factory brake caliper are OK, but it re3ally needs Brembo at this level to be taken seriously. After all, its closest competition (Honda Civic R) does come with them.

It should be used sparingly. Being an audiophile, I would have added a better stereo than the exhaust, which means nothing to me. Piano black holding on for dear life. Its too twitchy. Too bad the display doesn't slide up/down. I hate the POV camera, btw. Its too twitchy and give me vertigo

really seems like a sponsored promo video

Me I don't like the gear it is so small they should put the one that the golf 7 have me I want to rest my have on a stick

Screen looks terrible from both front and behind it's to big car vw have made another bad design

For all you complaining just be happy it’s not electric

1. Needs actual knobs for volume, heat, cool, fan.

the screen on mk8 was just great :/

That screen is a deal breaker

Take my money

Owned the original R, 2004 MK4 R32 VR6, With that said, in my opinion, the original will always be the best, especially with that awesome music 🎶 from the VR6 engine!

Too bad I lost my R32 to a flood 😢!

A proper placed microphone while driving would make it possible to hear what is said

was good till i saw those dam touch sensitive buttons, hell nah

Sounds like a 4 Zylinder…..😂😂😂

I was hoping they might fix this compared to the mk8 so I'd have something to upgrade my mk7 to. This appears to be worse than the mk8.

The front end looks better now

It’s nice but I still like the older cars

¿Por qué la mayoría de marcas se empeñan en poner la pantalla central inclinada al conductor? El copiloto no podrá ver bien lo que hay en la pantalla...y da TOC

the facelift def made it prettier

Frikin camera's shot sucks !!!! Why a fish eye lense ?????? Use a normal camera when doing regular reviews, it's not an autobahn run now

man i wish these looked as good as the 7.5

<I have about 5% of my portfolio in apple stock, any advice on any other stock that I can grow my $300k capital to a million dollars?.

from inside it sounds like NFS Most Wanted golf lol

Even though the Golf is so modern and so good it will always give me a feeling of white socks and bathing slippers

Pls ne golf gti 265 hp

Man this is just as bad as the mk8. wtf vw

The screens are fine IMO. The screens can be cumbersome to deal with, but I drive cars like this for the driving experience. The manual wasn't that great in the GTI and R either. Gearing too long and the OEM clutch had a numb engagement feel and couldn't hold any extra power modded...

Pls do mercedes AMG project one ❤

Lol my c6 corvette with at6 gearbox shifts faster than that shitbox

Awesome review! Thanks