Volkswagen Golf GTI

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0837601835 VW Rabbit/Golf/Scirocco/Jetta 1980-84 RG84 Brooklands Books Buy View

Magazine Articles

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Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Playground fight
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Publication Classic Cars March 2007
Playground fight - Which hot hatch really has a divine right to the GTi crown: VW Golf MKI or Peugeot 205? It's time to find out.
Features Article Staff Car Sagas
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Publication Practical Classics September 2006
Staff Car Sagas - Gervais Seymour - 1975 Midget 1500, "Little" Matt Jones - 1984 Mercedes-Benz W123 230, James Stanbury - 1980 Triumph TR7, Ben Field - 1982 Volkswagen Golf GTI, Paul Wakely 1994 Raleigh Max Mountain Bike.
Restoration Article Staff car sagas
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Publication Practical Classics April 2006
Staff car sagas - 1982 Volkswagen Golf GTi, 1973 Honda Z600,1988 Audi 100,1955 Austin A50 Cambridge.
Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Respect is Overdue - Ford Escort XR3i vs Volkswagen Golf GTI
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Publication Classic Cars June 2004
Respect is Overdue - Ford Escort XR3i vs Volkswagen Golf GTI - The Golf GTI is accepted as a classic while the Escort XR3i struggles to shed its boy racer image . It's time for change.
Features Article On your marques - VW Golf
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Publication Practical Classics November 2003
Car for the course - Whether as hatch, estate, pick-up or sports car, VW's Golf has had versatility down to a tee for nearly 30 years.  Ben Barry starts the story from scratch.
Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Success and Succession
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Publication Classic Cars February 2003
Success and Succession - Triumph TR6 vs Ford Capri vs VW Golf GTI - Three distinct stages in the development of the sporting car: traditional roadster, performance coupe and hot hatch. Which would you have chosen?
Single vehicle -Reviews Article Classic Cars February 2002 pg 132
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Publication Classic Cars February 2002
Buying Guide - Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 (1975-1983)
Features Article Buyers Guide - VW Golf & Scirocco GTI
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Publication Practical Classics May 1999
Buyers Guide - VW Golf & Scirocco GTI - Benchmark performance cars or boy-racer's toys? Malcolm McKay takes advice on buying VW's trend-setting hot hatch and coupe.
Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Side by Side - VW Golf GTI and Renault 5 Gordini - Some like it hot
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Publication Practical Classics May 1998
Some like it hot - Side by Side - VW Golf GTI and Renault 5 Gordini - As the Seventies' Middle East oil crisis heated up, nobody wanted thirsty sports cars.  So Europe produced searingly fast versions of family runabouts.  Phil Bell gets hot about hatches.
Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Cheap thrills
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Publication Classics Monthly Spring 2009
Cheap thrills- Meet the two greatest hot hatches ever made - the most fun you can have for less that £2000
Single vehicle -Reviews Article Car Classics - Volkswagen Golf MKI
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Publication Car November 2008
Car Classics - Volkswagen Golf MKI- It brought classlessness to the middle classes, banished air-cooled clatter with clean style, and Stephen Bayley loves it.
Single vehicle -Reviews Article Buyers Guide - VW Golf GTi MKI
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Publication Classics Monthly November 2008
Buyers Guide - VW Golf GTi MKI- Owning the original hot hatch is a must for all enthusiasts.
Single vehicle -Reviews Article Buying Power - Volkswagen Golf MK1
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 3 July 2008
Buying Power - Volkswagen Golf MK1- ADAM TAIT looks at the car which popularised the hatchback concept during the Seventies, and proved that Volkswagen ws no one-trick wonder and definitely had  future beyond the Beetle.
Features Article Driving range
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Publication Classic & Sports Car December 2005
Driving range - Dave Richards charts the evolution of the Golf GTi, from 820kg flyer to 1336kg brute.
Features Article Buying Power - VW Golf GTI
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 3 March 2005
Buying Power - VW Golf GTI - Volkswagen has been struggling to repeat the success of the Mk1 Golf GTI since the original went out of production.  RICHARD GUNN looks at buying the car that invented the phrase ’hot hatch’.
Features Article Red Hot - Mould Breakers: Golf GTI Mk1
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Publication Classics February 2005
Red Hot - Mould Breakers: Golf GTI Mk1 - Part 2 in our definitive series is the visionary VW Golf GTi Mk1.  Mark Robinson explains its rise to greatness.
Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Marque Five Feel The Heat - Hot Hatches
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Publication Classic Car Mart November 2004
Marque Five Feel The Heat - The hot hatch came of age in the 1980s, and many are now seen as modern classics worthy of preservation.  Paul Guinness guides us through five of the best buys. VW Golf Mk1 GTi, Ford Escort (MkIII) XR3 & XR3i, Peugeot 205 GTi, Lancia Delta HF Turbo, Ford Fiesta XR2 Mk1.
Restoration Article Winds of Change - Modifying Golf GTI
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Publication Classics July 2004
Winds of Change - Modifying Golf GTI - Carlin Gerbich shows you how to extract the most from the world’s first hot hatch.
Multi vehicle - Reviews Article Classics October 2002 pg 70
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Publication Classics October 2002
Hatch of the day. Peter Knivett drives two seminal '70s hot hatches.
Single vehicle -Reviews Article Starter Classic - Volkswagen Golf GTI
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Publication Classic & Sports Car August 2002
Starter Classic - Volkswagen Golf GTI - It started the hot hatch phenomenon. Alastair Clements tees off.
Single vehicle -Reviews Article Classic Car Weekly 06 February 2002 pg 8
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 06 February 2002
Buying Power. Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk I. There was a time when high performance motoring meant high prices and little comfort - until Volkswagen started the hot-hatch revolution with its Golf GTI. Matt Skelton looks into the dos and don'ts of the earliest versions of this amazing car.

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