Forget waiting several years for a quicker Golf GTI. Volkswagen is not messing about when it comes to the Mk8.

Welcome back to the year 2020, where nothing really seems to make sense. Something demonstrated by Volkswagen announcing details of the GTI Clubsport version of the rather new Mk8 Golf. 

Previously it took VW three years to confirm a Clubsport creation for the Mk7 Golf GTI. Admittedly that was linked to the 40th anniversary of the original Golf GTI, but it is still normal for manufacturers to make everyone wait for the hottest model.

Perhaps Volkswagen thinks we all need cheering up after this annus horribilis, and is dropping the GTI Clubsport to try and help. It still does seem rather close to revealing the regular GTI though, which became available to order (or secure a cut-price lease deal on) just last month.
Like all new Golfs, the GTI Clubsport comes in five-door form only. Sigh.

We imagine that VW would probably have used the cancelled Paris Motor Show to reveal the Clubsport GTI to the world. That means we all miss out on numerous poorly cropped photos of the latest hot Golf, and instead have to make do with the same press pictures. ESM is yet to form an official opinion on the latest Golf, and the Clubsport is not helping matters. 

Whilst 90% of the Mk8 Golf looks just like ?a lump of car?, that nose does little to inspire affection for it. Being kind we might suggest it resembles an Aston Martin Vantage. However, being hon...