Commenters across nearly every 2024 listing confirm that 2024 was the final model year for the 6-speed manual, with the Mk8.5 line DSG-only - one commenter reported seeing the last manual cars built during a Wolfsburg factory tour. This drives a distinct collector narrative: owners describe mothballing low-mile manuals, Hagerty reportedly insures the manuals as collector cars, and low-mile 6MT examples drew the strongest bidding in the corpus. …
2024 was the last manual Golf R, and collector interest is already forming
Volkswagen Golf R (Mk8) · drivetrain