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 ...

In 2024, exactly five decades after the Mk1 Golf hit the road, Volkswagen is addressing these complaints with this: the Mk8.5 GTI. It arrives as part of the Golf’s mid-life update and its last ...

The Golf Mk1 went into production in March 1974 ... unveiled in January next year with the launch of the facelifted Golf Mk8. In 1975, Volkswagen introduced air conditioning as an option in ...

YEARS, eight generations, and still going strong. That’s the story of the Volkswagen Golf in 2024 – the definitive compact hatchback. Over 37 million Golfs have been built since it first ...

If you’ve been thinking about one, a Mk1 Golf or Rabbit is still one of the best bang-for-buck time machines out there. Fifty years after it first came on the scene, the Mk8 Volkswagen Golf of ...