Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk I : Classic Car Review

| Adam Towler re-evaluates the first incarnation of the legendary hot hatch, the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Unveiled in 1975 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the UK market had to wait a further two years for vehicles to arrive -- 1977 saw 34 examples, all of them left hand drive, sold in the GTI’s first tentative year... You can watch all the latest car reviews, motoring news and international motor show coverage at