The first example of the seminal hatchback rolled off the production line on 29 March 1974
We found the Mk1 Golf GTI to be"most impressive"Since then, the company has made more than 37 million examples of the Golf, which means it's the third best-selling car of all time.The first-generation Golf, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, landed in the UK in October 1974.
And so it proved, as it took only two and a half years for VW to produce its millionth Golf, hitting the milestone in October 1976. As for the cooking Golf, a diesel engine joined the line-up in 1976, and drop-top and saloon bodies were added three years later. Curiously,A second-generation car arrived in 1983, prioritising efficiency and interior space with a larger, curvier body. Autocar's testers preferred the contemporaryThe GTI gained a 1.6-litre 16-valve engine in 1986 that boosted power to 139bhp and outgunned several turbocharged rivals.
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