There are not many secrets left in the car collector world, and this one got out a few years back when everyone woke up and noticed what a bargain the Mk1 Golf was, particularly the Rabbit GTI.

Top speed was 110mph. Available only as a three-door, the Golf GTI went on sale in Germany in June 1976. A handful of special-order left-hand-drive cars started to come to the UK the following yea ...

Some VW historians reckon the car ... the Mk1, of course, because the original Golf remains the most significant of all. Yet the Mk2 was one heck of a strong follow-up, especially in GTI 16v ...