It took Volkswagen more than two decades to complete ... The final design of the Golf was known as the Type 17. The Golf Mk1 went into production in March 1974, and sales officially began in ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI may not have been the first hot hatch, but it certainly helped elevate the concept to the must-have ...

There are plenty of things to love about the Mk1 Volkswgen Golf. The machine's horsepower isn't one of them. From the factory, the little hatch cranked a breathy 112 horsepower from the most ...

The mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTI was far from the immaculate concept it may have seemed at its 1975 Frankfurt show debut. A ‘hot’ version of the Giugiaro-penned front-drive replacement for the 35 ...

With no driver modes, a wheelbase nearly identical to that of the Mk1 ... Volkswagen and beating a Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 driving James Hunt to the bar sticks with you. The original Golf GTI's ...

It’s easy to see the Mk1’s in influence in today ... the GTI is 14kg lighter than a VW Up. In the latest issue of evo, we test the Mk8.5 Golf R against the GTI Clubsport – these are ...

The Volkswagen Golf R is pretty much all you could ever want in a car. It’s blisteringly quick, very well made, has lots of kit and is very discreet. Thanks to its 2.0-litre engine, it can also ...