The ultimate David vs Goliath battle: a lightweight VW Golf Mk1 Drag Racer takes on the legendary Toyota Supra Turbo in this explosive ¼-mile (Viertelmeile) drag race. With brutal burnouts, ...

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.

“VW’s tiniest, cheapest hot hatch has similar horsepower and weight to the original Mk1 Golf GTI. Time to party like it’s 1975” On paper, this is merely a VW city car featuring a lightly ...

VW ended up building 120 in various bodystyles – minibuses, vans, pick-ups and so-on. Then the Mk1 Golf landed, and within two years of its introduction VW engineers had turned a few they had ...

Volkswagen Golf vs itself: original Mk1 head-to-head with today’s Mk8.5 VW’s legendary Golf is 50. We look at where it started, how it’s changed – and where it’s going ...

Experience a wild Viertelmeile (¼-mile) drag race between a heavily modified VW Golf Mk1 Drag Racer and a turbocharged Toyota Supra. With high-rev burnouts, aggressive launches, and raw turbo power, ...