2025 VW Golf Mk8.5 GTI: SA Pricing Confirmed

Volkswagen Group Africa has announced local pricing for the Mk8.5 Golf GTI. See pricing below.

2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI driving

Image: Peet Mocke

Earlier in August 2025, we broke the news that the Mk8.5 Golf GTI has been confirmed for South Africa, while detailing how this model – which remained on ice for our market owing to fuel quality concerns – finally got approved for South Africa. Now, the more powerful eighth generation has officially touched down on our shores.

2025 VW Golf Mk8.5 Price in SA

The VW Mk8.5 Golf GTI is priced from R908 000 in South Africa, making it R54 600 more expensive than the Mk8 model. It is worth noting that only 300 examples will be available in South Africa in 2025.

The Mk8.5 Golf GTI, which we’ve sampled for an exclusive first local drive, retains the German marque’s familiar EA888 powertrain. However, for the updated eighth generation, the Wolfsburg brand handed the 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbopetrol unit an injection of power – lifting the latter to 195 kW (up 15 kW over the Mk8 Golf GTI). Torque has remained untouched, with 370 N.m sent to the front axle via a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.

Thanks to the uprated power output, the Mk8.5 completes the obligatory 0-100 km/h in 5.9 seconds, making it five-tenths of a second quicker to the one-tonne than the Mk8 model. The top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h.

Stepping inside, the GTI’s cabin layout is familiar to the Mk8.5 1.4 TSI derivatives’ – the latter of which we evaluated in R-Line Plus guise for a road test in the May 2025 issue of CAR magazine. This includes such items as 12.9-inch touchscreen infotainment, digital instrumentation, and dual-zone climate control, to name but a few. In addition, a panoramic sunroof is standard fitment on the GTI. It also gains several model-specific interior trim elements, including the option of specifying tartan cloth seats (leather upholstery will also be available).

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