The MK1 GTI is considered by VW purists as the best GTI model. Regardless, it can be pinned as largely responsible for launching the hot-hatch craze. The Golf GTI returned for its second go-around ...

GTI! GTI!” like a bunch of unruly Bayern Munich Fußball-Bundeslinga fans. Keep your jerseys on, people, we’ll get there in a bit. First though, a look at the Mk1 Golf’s more pragmatic side.

With a kerb weight of just 810kg, the GTI could get to 60mph in 9 seconds. Top speed was 110mph. Available only as a three-door, the Golf GTI went on sale in Germany in June 1976. A handful of ...

It's the first Golf cabriolet to get a GTI badge in the UK since the mk1 version finally went off sale in 1993. As with the standard Golf Cabriolet the GTI gets a reinforced body structure that's ...