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, ...

The ultimate David vs Goliath battle: a lightweight VW Golf Mk1 Drag Racer takes on the legendary Toyota Supra Turbo in this explosive ¼-mile (Viertelmeile) drag race. With brutal burnouts ...

In November, I was lucky enough to meet Anna Bebbington, Events Manager at the Mk1 Golf Owners Club, at the NEC Classic Motor Show in Birmingham. Standing next to a gleaming selection of Mk1 Golfs ...

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 ...

The Fiat defined the basic package and layout of what would become the Mk1 Golf. Giugiaro’s original Golf design had a shorter bonnet and a more raked windscreen. These were changed for the ...

Up to 200 balloons take off at sunrise every morning. The Golf only needs 50. The Wolfsburg-built Mk1 Golf was the people’s car for the post-hippie era, with an angular shape and a steep hatchback ...

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 ...

To date, VW has sold over 37 million Golfs in all, with its scale incrementally increasing with each generation (the Mk1 was 3.7m long by 1.6m wide, making it around the same size as the tiny VW Up!; ...

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 ...

Yes, we know. After the Golf Mk1, 2 and to a lesser extent the Mk3, cemented the Volkswagen Golf GTI as the hot hatch of choice, things went a bit awry with the Mk4. But that was a while ago. Move ...

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 ...