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Hello All, My father is an AMS oil rep so I asked him to order some oil for my R this morning, but they didn’t have this particular model in his system. The manual says 0W-30. 0W-20 seems more realistic, right?

For sale are the Hankook Ventus S2 Evo3 summer tires (235/35/19) that came with my Mk8 Golf R. They have about 300 miles on them and perform fantastically, but I wanted all-seasons. -local pickup

Is anyone reproducing a vinyl version of this? Assumed it was some sort of etching, but it’s definitely raised, so seems to be more of a badging decal from the factory. Extremely subtle dark shade of gray. Love to get my hands on a set to match. I searched online and found similar styles of...

Weve been building our MK8 GTI since the beginning of December so i figured id write up a build thread on here! Lots to cover! 2022 Pomelo Yellow Autobahn Manual etc... The same car nearly everyone else has. But we were stoked, we had a good 2-3 day head-start on the rest of the US. When we...

I couldn’t help but notice when watching a recent video of the final-production versions of the 2022 GTI/Golf R, how the Auto Hold button has been removed and a blank button has been placed there instead. In the pre-production models shown at the Detroit Auto Show, the Auto Hold button was...

Volkswagen R director, Jost Capito, has revealed that the next Golf R will feature one choice upgrade and miss out on two others. Speaking to Top Gear magazine , Capito said that although the Mk8 R will get more power than the current model, a drift mode and all-wheel steering should not be...

Volkswagen may not sell the standard or SportWagon Mk8 Golf in America. According to a report from Motor1 , once the Mk7 is replaced, the GTI and the R will be the only Golfs on sale in America. The publication cites an unnamed Volkswagen of America employee with whom it spoke at the launch of...

With all of the electrification going on at Volkswagen, it's only natural for enthusiasts to wonder what will happen to performance cars like the Golf GTI. Well, good news, everyone! VW North America CEO Scott Keogh says that the GTI is very important to the brand. "Right now, the GTI is the...

While Volkswagen has yet to reveal exactly how much the Jetta GLI will cost when it comes out later this year, the pricing will be "impressive," according to product developer Adam Reinhardt.  Reinhardt made his comments to Motor Trend at the Chicago Auto Show , where he spoke at length about...

An interesting post from China’s AutoHome surfaced last week, purporting to show the Mk8 Golf sitting in a parking lot. The images show a roughly Golf shaped vehicle with some of the most useless camouflage ever fitted to a test vehicle. Seriously, it’s the Zorro mask of cammo: it covers...

A new set of emissions testing rules means that the base MkVII Golf GTI will not be back for 2018 in Europe. But fear not, Europeans, the GTI Performance will return and the cheap GTI will be back for the MkVIII. The Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) is coming to replace...

The Mk7.5 Golf may still be as fresh as a daisy but VW is already testing the next generation Golf on track. Unfortunately, as a result of this being such an early look--production isn't supposed to begin until June 2019--there isn't all that much to see from the outside.  Hiding under what...