Experience a wild Viertelmeile (¼-mile) drag race between a heavily modified VW Golf Mk1 Drag Racer and a turbocharged Toyota ...

As in many of the Golf Mk1s tuned in Germany, the original 1.8 8V engine was swapped for the publically acclaimed 16-valve 1.8 KR-type motor first seen in Mk1's successor, Golf GTI Mk 2.

a 1.6-litter was made available on a new version called Citi Golf Sport. The original idea was to continue Mk1 production for two or three years, but the Citi was so popular that VW South Africa ...

It boasted around 108 hp from its 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine and featured ... The unbridled success of the original Mk1 Golf meant that Volkswagen was reluctant to change the winning formula ...

Gasoline units ranged from 1.1 liters to 1.8 liters (in late GTI ... more than a two- or four-door Golf sedan. In the U.S., the Golf Mk1 launched as the Rabbit in July 1978, followed by the ...

So if you own an Mk1 Golf in mint condition, keep it, take care of it, save it for your grandkids. The first-generation Golf came out over 45 years ago and is one of the most iconic shapes ever ...

Tuned cars don’t get much cooler than a classic Volkswagen Golf Mk1 with a V8 engine strapped ... or if Boba Motoring’s crazy 1,233hp Mk2 deserves the crown.

his Mk1 Golf packs a Volkswagen VR6 engine, which powers the front wheels through its standard five-speed manual transmission. That engine was swapped in years ago, replacing the original 1.1 ...

Timeless, fun, cool, quick... expensive Take this Mk1 Golf GTi. It's a late 1.6 in Mars Red (recently resprayed) and plenty of history to back up its 31 years and 162,000 miles. It appeared to ...

Its 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine still manages ... to land you in trouble on most roads in 2024. In this respect the Mk1 Golf represents the point at which cars had already started to become ...

The ultimate David vs Goliath battle: a lightweight VW Golf Mk1 Drag Racer takes on the legendary Toyota Supra Turbo in this ...