It marked a revolutionary shift for the Wolfsburg-based brand, replacing the legendary Beetle and setting the stage for a new era of compact cars. Next year, the Golf nameplate turns 50 and VW ...

There are plenty of things to love about the Mk1 Volkswgen Golf. The machine's horsepower isn't one of them. From the factory, the little hatch cranked a breathy 112 horsepower from the most ...

Speaking to his One Automotive YouTube channel, Mike said: “We’re going to jump into an old classic car with me and James, we thought we’d give it a try. “We met over a VW Golf Mk1 ...

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 ...

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.

If you asked 10 people to name a hot hatch, we reckon at least eight of them would come back with this car – the Volkswagen Golf GTI – as ... alternative to Race – you can really attack ...