1976-1983 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1
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The Low Down
Few who attended the 1975 Frankfurt Show realised the significance of a new version of the Golf sitting on the VW stand. It looked slightly ‘different’. A deep, black (two-part, in case of breakages) plastic sp...
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Simon Says
“The first ‘hot hatch’, an astonishingly fast car for its size and number three (after Audi Quattro and Porsche 911) on every yuppie’s wish list”
Information
| Years built: | 1976-1983 |
| Make: | Volkswagen |
| Model: | Golf GTI Mk1 |
| Coachbuilder: | |
| Body: | Saloon |
| Engine Size: | 1588cc / 1781cc fuel-injected four-cylinder |
| Bhp: | 110-112 |
| 0-60 secs: | 8.8 secs |
| Top Speed Mph: | 113 mph |
| Category: | Popular Classic, Wolf in Sheeps Clothing |
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Did You Know?
Once the GTI was released a whole sub-industry devoted to tuning it appeared. In Britain, the only place to go to was GTI Engineering based in a Nissen hut at Silverstone. The company was run by ra...
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