New Volkswagen Golf GTI Debuting in March, Golf R in July

From Car and Driver

• The new Volkswagen Golf GTI is scheduled to debut in March at the Geneva auto show.

• The high-performance Golf R version of the Mk 8 Golf will follow a few months later, debuting in July at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K.

• Both of these variants are confirmed for the U.S. market, and will likely go on sale late this year as 2021 models.

Volkswagen is getting ready to show the new Golf GTI hot hatch, which will be revealed at the Geneva auto show in March according to a report from Autocar. It's the same hot-hatch formula you know and love applied to the new Mk 8 Golf hatchback, as seen in these spy photos of a nearly undisguised GTI prototype. The Golf R, an even higher-performance version of the iconic VW hatch with more power and all-wheel drive, will follow by a few months, reportedly debuting at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.