The Clubsport brought some much-needed fizz to the Mk8 GTI. Can it do the same for the 8.5?
The Golf GTI Clubsport has done its fair share of heavy lifting over the past few years. The standard Mk8 GTI missed the mark somewhat , and it was the role of the Clubsport to bring back some magic. Theshould provide a better baseline for the hot hatch icon going forward, and now Volkswagen has announced a new and improved Clubsport to run alongside it.
Aside from familiar performance figures, there are some more tangible differences beneath the skin. Alongside the four standard driver profiles is a new Clubsport-specific ‘Special’ mode, which adjusts the dampers and e-diff to suit the undulations of the Nurburgring. Moreover, the Clubsport gets its own setup for the Vehicle Dynamics Manager, which handles the e-diff, dampers and stability control, for a more ‘performance-oriented application’.
The interior meanwhile is largely the same as the standard GTI, albeit with posher sports seats in VW’s suede-like ‘ArtVelours’ . And of course there’s the Mk8.5’s new infotainment system which the company says now packs more computing power. Mercifully, the Clubsport carries over the GTI’s new steering wheel design virtually unchanged, meaning proper physical buttons in place of the old car’s vague touch controls.
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