Onboard new VW Golf GTI Mk8, fast laps

World Touring Car driver Benjamin Leuchter laps the new Golf GTI Mk8 at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track

[@wrblue08]

Did anyone notice the absence of DSG farts?

[@bucknut2000]

maybe its a 6 speed manual

[@wrblue08]

StrongsvilleGUY If you watch carefully the upshifts still happen with his hands on the wheel.

[@dill8498]

There are no more dsg farts in the MK8

[@volkswizard]

That's great but does it still look like a wheelbarrow?

[@benbarrycars7628]

It is for sure a more dynamic-looking wheelbarrow