The original Volkswagen Golf has immense tuning potential, and with the right amount of mods, it can stand its ground against full-blown exotics. Boba Motoring’s own copy proved that it can give ...

However, it is actually very different. This Golf GTI has been a staple at various drag racing events throughout Europe for the past few years and earlier this month turned heads at the RACE1000 ...

The steering too. The weight is surprising at first – the Mk1 feels four-times the weight of the Up when you’re parking – but that’s just the price of progress. The Golf makes up for it by ...

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 ...

Timeless, fun, cool, quick... expensive Take this Mk1 Golf GTi. It's a late 1.6 in Mars Red (recently resprayed) and plenty of history to back up its 31 years and 162,000 miles. It appeared to ...

Tartan trim. Power to the people. Here’s where the story starts. For the Mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTI, this 1983 Campaign edition was also how it ended: a last hurrah before the Mk2 arrived.

The first thing that strikes you about the Golf Mk1 is its size. Even in isolation it looks tiny, more like a very large toy rather than an actual car. Place it beside the latest Mk8.5 on the road ...

It may not have been the first ‘hot hatch’ per se, but the Mk1 Golf GTI is considered by many to be the “spiritual father of hot hatchery” – the car that gave birth to a phenomenon.