The Mk8 moved even the headlight switch onto a touch panel; for the 2024 facelift VW put physical steering-wheel buttons back after customer feedback.
Lead trim: 1.0 TSI (90 PS) · up to 241 hp
Volkswagen Golf Mk8CD1 · 2019–present
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Volkswagen Golf Mk8 yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactThe Mk8 moved even the headlight switch onto a touch panel; for the 2024 facelift VW put physical steering-wheel buttons back after customer feedback.
The Golf Mk8 (Golf VIII) is the eighth generation of the Volkswagen Golf, launched in Wolfsburg on 24 October 2019 and in German showrooms from December 2019. It uses the MQB Evo platform shared with the fourth-generation Audi A3 and SEAT León, and is sold as a five-door hatchback and, from September 2020, an estate (Variant) with a raised Alltrack version. All its combustion engines are turbocharged three- or four-cylinder units, with petrol, mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid, diesel and natural-gas versions. A mild facelift, the Golf Mk8.5, followed in January 2024.
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Trims & Figures
9 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 TSI (110 PS) | 2019–2024 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 109 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1.0 TSI (90 PS) | 2019–2024 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 89 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1.4 eHybrid (204 PS) | 2019–present | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 201 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1.5 TSI (130 PS) | 2019–present | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 128 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1.5 TSI (150 PS) | 2019–present | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 TDI (115 PS) | 2019–present | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 113 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 TDI (150 PS) | 2019–present | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| GTD (200 PS) | 2019–present | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 197 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| GTE (245 PS) | 2019–present | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 241 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 1.0 TSI (110 PS) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The Mk8 moved even the headlight switch onto a touch panel; for the 2024 facelift VW put physical steering-wheel buttons back after customer feedback.
Volkswagen once dropped a 650 PS Bentley W12 into a one-off Golf GTI concept, just to show it could.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger bought one of these Golfs in 1999, sold it after becoming Pope Benedict XVI, and it later fetched about $244,000 on eBay.
This Golf became the first Volkswagen to win European Car of the Year, in 1992.
VW built a Golf too fast for its own lineup: the 210 PS G60 Limited outran everything below the Mk4 R32 and sold mostly to VAG executives.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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