For the Mk1 ... few cars before or since. Tell people today you drive a Megane RS or i30 N and most will stare back with glassy-eyed incomprehension. Even your Nan knows what a Golf GTI is.

Golf GTI Edition 50 rounded the Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 46.13 seconds, a record for a VW, but not an outright Ring ...

Therefore, there’s no question which car is faster in a straight line. But Auto Express found a way to make the drag race more interesting: they gave the Golf GTI Mk1 a one-second head start for ...

First let's settle an age-old debate because there are some who question whether the Volkswagen Golf GTI ... but that car didn’t come along until 1984 (the year the MK1 GTI went out of ...

Four decades ago, Volkswagen unveiled the first generation Golf GTI. The car was based on the Mk1 compact hatchback and gave enthusiasts driving thrills at an affordable price. The first models ...

Just one year after the Golf's initial launch in 1974, VW unveiled a sportier version of the car, christened the Golf GTI. It boasted ... success of the original Mk1 Golf meant that Volkswagen ...

First let's settle an age-old debate because there are some who question whether the Volkswagen Golf GTI ... but that car didn’t come along until 1984 (the year the MK1 GTI went out of ...

A car that needs no introduction, but we’re gonna give it one anyway. It may not have been the first ‘hot hatch’ per se, but the Mk1 Golf GTI is considered by many to be the “spiritual fat ...

Turns out GDY321X is for sale at £9,000, which seems an awful lot for a Mk1, flawless though this cars appears. But that's far from the price ceiling for the first Golf GTI, as this low-mileage 1 ...