Car Culture & Motorsport Stories
VW Golf MK3: The VR6, the Harlekin and the Misunderstood Generation
The Golf MK3 has always been the misunderstood generation. Heavier than the MK2, criticised for softer handling, remembered by some for rust problems that the earlier cars never had. All of that is...
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VW Golf MK2 GTI: The Definitive Hot Hatch and the Kamei Era
The Golf MK1 created the hot hatch. The MK2 defined it. Launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1983, the second generation Golf GTI took everything the original had established and made ...
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VW Golf MK1 GTI: The Secret Project That Created the Hot Hatch
In 1974 Volkswagen launched a small, practical hatchback to replace the Beetle. It was not supposed to be exciting. It was supposed to be rational, modern and fuel-efficient — exactly what the mark...
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