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VW refreshes the GLI for 2025–and keeps the manual transmission

Volkswagen confirmed today that the refreshed 2025 Jetta GLI will keep the manual alive.

June 25: VW to reveal 2025 Jetta GLI–and something with a manual

Ahead of the official reveal of the 2025 Jetta and Jetta GLI, has Volkswagen confirmed that a manual transmission will be available, too?

Your Projects: An Audi V8-powered Volkswagen GTI

How to build the ultimate Mk4 GTI? How about swapping in an Audi V8?

Live Thread: One Week with a 2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport

We have a 2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport 2.0T SEL R-Line for a week. What do you want to know?

You Need This: Custom VW Jetta pickup truck

A VW Jetta, now with more space to carry all your stuff.

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Columns: I’ve ruined another perfectly practical car–and I’m grateful for it

Our Mk7 VW Golf GTI is just the latest perfectly good car we've ruined in the name of our hobby.

Columns: How I rediscovered a love of autocross by putting down the camera

Normally, you can find Chris, our video editor, shooting cars on track from behind a camera. This time, he left the camera behind so he could be the one on track.

Features: VW Golf R: Proof that hot hatches can still punch above their weight

The GRM track test and review of the latest Volkswagen Golf R.

Features: Volkswagen Rabbit GTI: Winner then, still a winner today?

The GRM staff knows rad-era cars, as we’ve been driving them since they were new.

News and Notes: A GTI-powered Plymouth Horizon

Not a Rabbit, not an Omni, but a Plymouth Horizon.

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Cleaning our direct injection GTI’s intake with walnut blasting

The cause of our VW GTI’s rough idle and intermittent check engine light? Our suspicions were confirmed when we opened the hood and removed the intake manifold: The intake vales …

Wanna autocross with GRM this weekend?

Spring is here. Let’s race.

We’re running our Golf GTI on Sunday, April 21, with our local Porsche Club of America in Tavares, Florida. German …

Do you hate rock chips? Here’s how we’re fighting them.

Our Volkswagen GTI has gone the distance–both on the highway and on track–and its front end was starting to show it. With miles come rock chips, and sadly the …

Can we get faster laps in our Mk7 GTI by upgrading the intercooler?

Sure, our Mk7 GTI is both fast and consistent, but only for a handful of laps before the engine heat soaks and lap times get slower.

The solution? …

Comparing our 318is to another rad-era icon, the Mk1 Rabbit GTI

Back in the day, the E30 BMW 318is was one of the more affordable ways to go fast.

How does it compare, then, to another inexpensive go-fast option, …

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