The seventh (and-a-half) edition of the Volkswagen Golf GTI has a price for Australian buyers, starting from $41,490 with a manual gearbox.
You’ll be paying a bit extra, as usual, for a DSG ‘box, with those staring at $43,990.
This means buyers will have to fork out an extra couple of hundred dollars over the Mk7, though a few extra kilowatts and some Golf goodies make it a reasonable starting point.

On top of that, the GTI can be optioned with a Driver Assistance package, which adds $1600 to the price as well as adaptive cruise control, lane assist, park assist and dynamic light assist among the other usual additions.

Finally, a $3900 luxury pack adds a sunroof, leather upholstery and heated seats.

Available in mid-August, the new GTI 7.5 will likely remain the benchmark hot-hatch for its competitors to measure against, regardless of whether they can out-do it or not.