2026 Volkswagen Golf GTI
2026 · Compact · gasoline
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Top 20% of 2026 gas cars
8.8 L/100 km · about $2,526 a year
Among 2026 compact cars, all types#37 of 52
Against every car on sale today, EVs includedC
20,000 km a year at $1.44/L regular gasoline.
Change km or fuel price
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Cheaper to insure than 96% of 2026 cars
From what insurers paid out on the 2024 model
Compares cars, not drivers. Not a quote.
Insurance estimates for
- Crash rating
- — not tested
- Insurance claims
- 77 23% below average · 2024 data
- Theft risk
- — not enough data
- Awards
- 0 none this year
Why insurance costs what it does
IBC hasn't published claims for the 2026 yet, so this uses what insurers paid out on the 2024 model, compared with a typical car. Bars to the right mean higher claims, which push the price up.
- Crash repairsCollision1% above
- Theft, vandalism and hailComprehensive29% below
- Damage from other driversDCPDno data
- Injury payoutsAccident benefits41% below
- How often it's stolenTheft frequencyno data
How the grade is worked out
We estimate what a typical driver with full coverage would pay for this model in Ontario, then rank it against every other 2026 model. The car-specific part of the premium follows what insurers have paid out on this model (the bars above). A is cheaper to insure than at least 80% of them. It compares cars, not drivers: your own quote depends mostly on your age, record and address.
Sources: Alberta AIRB, FSRA, GAA, Facility Association and IBC How Cars Measure Up. How this works
Safety
NHTSA hasn't published crash-test stars for this model year.
About these ratings
Stars measure how well the cabin protects people in a lab crash, not how often the car crashes. They're for the U.S. version of the same model year, usually the same car as in Canada. IIHS awards can depend on headlights or trim. How this works
Fuel and emissions
- City9.9 L
- Highway7.4 L
- CO₂205 g/km
- Smog rating4/10
Litres per 100 km. Rated as gasoline, 410 of 793 for efficiency in 2026.
All NRCan figures
- NRCan model name
- Golf GTI
- Powertrain (file)
- ice
- Vehicle class
- Compact
- Engine
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Transmission
- AM7
- Fuel type
- Regular
- City
- 9.9 L/100 km
- Highway
- 7.4 L/100 km
- Combined
- 8.8 L/100 km
- Combined (mpg)
- 32
- Energy use (ranking scale)
- 8.8 L/100 km eq.
- CO₂
- 205 g/km
- CO₂ rating
- 5/10
- Smog rating
- 4/10
- NRCan trims averaged
- 1
- Efficiency rank this year
- 410 of 793 (beats 48%)
- Class rank this year
- 37 of 52 · Compact
Lab ratings from Natural Resources Canada; real-world use, especially in winter, is usually higher. How this works