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Video: 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI: Do We Miss the Manual?

06:59 min
By Cars.com Editors
October 29, 2025

About the video

If you want a stick shift in your 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI, you’re out of luck; VW discontinued the manual transmission for this year, so all versions of the hot hatch have a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic instead.

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