The history of the Golf GTI – fascination in just three letters
Supplied The second (1984) and third (1991) generation models produced more power than the original but lacked its finesse in design; that’s my opinion. The fourth-generation arrived in 1998 and again missed the mark in terms of a fresh and clean-cut design. However, it was the first GTI to use a petrol turbocharged engine. When I was in my late teens, a friend of mine had a MkIV GTI. He let me drive it once, and I was impressed. It was the first performance car I'd ever driven, and nothing to compare it to. Then came along the MkV, a car that’s labelled as the comeback GTI after three ...
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