VW built seven million of these little cars for the whole world, and thanks to a strong and faithful fanbase, many of the best examples are still out there. When you do come across a Mk1 Golf ...

There was the Renault 4 and 16, and the Austin Maxi, but it was the arrival of Volkswagen’s Golf in 1974 that started ... a barely silenced exhaust and race-car-firm suspension.

The mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTI was far from the ... Hard to believe, but apparently true, the car that would become the Golf GTI took shape at a secret meeting fuelled by coffee and a cake baked ...