The final design of the Golf was known as the Type 17. The Golf Mk1 went into production in March 1974, and sales officially began in May of the same year. About a year later, the hatchback ...

Experience a wild Viertelmeile (¼-mile) drag race between a heavily modified VW Golf Mk1 Drag Racer and a turbocharged Toyota Supra. With high-rev burnouts, aggressive launches, and raw turbo power, ...

By 1981, Mk1 Golf was being assembled in eight different countries, and Antarctica was the only continent where it wasn’t sold. It was now also available as a convertible, sedan (Jetta), and ...

Many generations of the Volkswagen Golf can be found parked on streets across the world, but it's particularly popular in Europe, where it's remained a bestseller for many decades. As a result of ...

Available initially in three- and five-door body styles, the Golf Mk1 added the first-ever Golf GTI variant in 1976 and the Golf Cabriolet in 1979. Mechanically, the Golf was as simple as it was ...

The Passat was more of a sedan, and the Scirocco was more of a sports car. Then there was the Golf Mk1, which wound up being a smashing success. The Golf sold over six million units in its first ...

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 ...

Most abandoned cars spend their retirement years in junkyards, but you'll also find quite a few of them in barns and backyards. And all these vehicles have one thing in common: they're powered by ...

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 ...

Tuned cars don’t get much cooler than a classic Volkswagen Golf Mk1 with a V8 engine strapped under its hood, right? You might be tempted to say ‘no’, but bear with us, because this example ...

But what about adding more engines? Willem Jacobus from South Africa decided that he wanted more power from his 1979 Mk1 Volkswagen Golf but instead of just tuning or turbocharging it like most ...