The seventh-generation Volkswagen GTI has reached the end of its road, with the eighth-gen model just around the corner. That’s a good enough excuse for a long-term test and take one last drive of the outgoing GTI, and whet our appetite for the upcoming new model. Adding to that, there’s no better place to test this beloved, hopped-up Golf than the twisting roads of Los Angeles, California.

That’s why Mark Vaughn joins us on this episode of Quick Spin and guides us through the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf GTI as we tag along for a ride. Vaughn criticizes some of the Golf GTI’s interior problems and notes that it’s not a true sports car. Instead, he shows us that it's both a workhorse to tackle most of your daily needs with ease as well as a fun-to-drive machine that puts a smile on your face. Vaughn also talks to with Wesley Wren in the studio to explain and elaborate some of his points, and gets to the brass tacks of the quintessential hot hatch.