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Meet Our Long-Term 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI

We've got VW's eighth-gen GTI for a year-long test.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
Steven Ewing
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Here's our new long-term VW Golf GTI.

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That's right, we'll be testing this one for a year.

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We got the midlevel SE grade so we could stick with heated cloth seats.

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All GTIs use a 2.0-liter turbo engine.

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Our car has a six-speed manual transmission.

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The infotainment interface is horrible to use.

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These optional black wheels don't look that nice.

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The foglights are hella cool, though?

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We'll have a lot to say about this one over the next 12 months.

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Keep scrolling for more photos.

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