America’s 2025 VW Golf GTI Misses Out On 262-HP Euro Engine, But 328-HP Golf R Is Most Powerful Ever

2025 GTI makes 242 hp instead of last year’s 241 hp but R gets a 13 hp boost; both are available solely with a DSG transmission

VW has revealed power and trim details for its 2025 Golf GTI and R lineup. Both cars are DSG-only; GTI gets a 1 hp bump to 242 hp, R makes 13 hp more for 328 hp. A new 12.9-inch touchscreen is standard and a Black Edition joins the R range for ’25. Volkswagen has dropped details of America’s 2025 hot Golf lineup, and there’s good and bad news depending on whether the GTI or R is on your radar.

9-inch touchscreen that’s a more useful size and fixes one of the problems with the old Mk8, that being touch-sensitive temperature sliders at the base of the display that were previously invisible at night. They're now illuminated, though we’d still rather have physical controls for both, and the volume control between them. VW of America also seems not to have opted to take the ChatGPT voice assistant that Euro cars feature.

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