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The Balanced Hot Hatch

As one of the original hot hatches, the Volkswagen Golf GTI combines practicality and excellent driving dynamics. For 2018, the entire Golf lineup gets a significant refresh, and the spunky GTI gets a much-needed infusion of tech. Sadly, we don’t get the power increase found in Euro-spec GTIs, nor does it get the Digital Cockpit option. Does that mean our GTI is less fun? Oh gosh, no.

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