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 ...

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 ...

Ask any performance car enthusiast under 35 what their first fast car was and there’s a good chance they will respond with the name of a hot hatch of some kind. But their answer would be very ...

When you do come across a Mk1 Golf enthusiast, it’s common to find ... For a designer responsible for everything from the Giulia Sprint GT to the BMW M1, the fact that Giugiaro often called ...