2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R Up Close: Additions and a Big Subtraction [Video]

We had our first chance to check out the refreshed 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R in person at the 2024 Los Angeles Auto Show. Cars.com West Coast Bureau Chief Conner Golden gives a quick tour highlighting the updates — and bemoans the fact that a manual transmission is no longer available in either car.

See more coverage from the 2024 L.A. Auto Show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEklXwm2o-AL6iiPA-tWfOFabsK9gzSCu

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Exterior styling tweaks
0:46 Interior changes
1:37 Transmission, engine updates
2:08 On-sale date and outro

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