Volkswagen Golf GTI and R manual killed – for good

The original hot hatch to go without a manual transmission in future

Volkswagen Australia has sensationally consigned the manual gearbox to history in its performance models, ruling out future ‘stick’ versions of the venerable Golf GTI and Golf R hot hatches.

The reason? No-one is buying them.

Speaking with carsales.com.au at this month’s launch of the Golf R Special Edition, equipped solely with the firm’s seven-speed wet-clutch DSG automatic transmission, Volkswagen Australia product marketing manager Jeff Shafer said performance variants of the upcoming Mk8 Golf would not be available with manual transmission either.

Read full post here:
https://www.motoring.com.au/volkswagen-golf-gti-and-r-manual-killed-for-good-115596/