Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1 Reviews

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Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1
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Average Ratings for Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1

  • Performance4.6 stars
  • Practicality4.4 stars
  • Reliability4.5 stars
  • Value for Money4.9 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.8 stars
  • Overall Rating4.2 stars

28 Reviews For Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1

  • Guest 14th Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Good Points: stood the test of time.
    best ever hatchback car.
    exhillirating to drive.


    Bad Points: stodgy brakes


    General comments: i just love the 80's in this Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1 car.
    it's so simple but yet, perfect.
    had one as my first car, but got rid of it,
    want another one so bad!!
    any suggestions as where to buy a good quality one?

  • mk1sportline 25th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1 is best car ever. I love this car.. i've had a sportline and now a golf gti cab 1.8 8v... i've owned a mk4 mk3 and a mk5 ... NOTHING COMPARES... only thing i would ever change is the brakes... want to also make it faster... as my sportline (that i still have but crashed:() was so much faster... any suggestions?

  • stellino 13th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I had in the past a convertible model and an Oettinger, both sold 5 years ago... Well, I'm dreaming of buying another one because all the other cars I drove later were not so much fun!

  • Guest 19th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    It's fun, practical and good looking, no bad points. Mint car!

  • Mk1dubbing 20th Feb 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    In my time as a driver I have owned 10 mk1 golfs. having worked as a mechanic and driven many different cars ranging from TVRs to sunny gti-r's at the end of the day the car I want to be driving is the mk1 it truly is a legend of a car!

  • Guest 11th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Legend. Better than any car on the road. Mk1 Jetta is the way forward, but the golf will do!!

  • Guest 23rd Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Nice car, beautiful car, love it. Nice to see people still putting in the effort to create something extraordinary.

  • markterri323 13th Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I'm now 35 and had to wait until I was 31 before I could get my hands on this - I still don't get much time to use her but could never part with her - I only did 300 miles last year and turned down an offer of £3000 for her and this is an old c reg - I could have sold it and bought 3 Saxos for that but then again that would have been stupid.

  • 16v2LturbogtiLPG84 7th Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Thank you to the person who sold me this close to immaculate condition Rabbit GTI for pocket change!

  • R4v3N 10th Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    It's a 1983 Mars Red Volkswagen Golf GTi MK1 converted engine to G60 pushing a standard 160 bhp mk2 break conversion and servo Koni and Eibech suspension. 15 inch alloys with Yoko grippy stuff stainless exhaust recaro interior suede and leather matching door cards front and back.

  • Andy the Cab 28th Apr 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have had this dream of owning a Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1 Cab since I was 18 it has taken me till im 41 to realise my dream due to family commitments (kids)

    I bought the car off ebay for £1000 about three weeks ago, I have put some alloys on it, new roof and cd player, so it stands me at about £1600 now, (bargain) I live in Bolton Lancashire and I have to say you don't see many Golf softops up here must be the rain. I have never driven a car that poeple stop and look at with green ...

  • Bigpimp 14th Sep 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I own a Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1 1.8 Cabriolet. My older brother owned a Golf convertable in its peak time, my sister owned one as well, and both never failed to impress the locals and neighbours.
    So now I followed the tradition and bought one as well. Now, I can without a doubt, say that the Golf is truely stunning.
    When I pull up to the lights, the guy sat in his £10,000 drop top goes green with envy, because he paid 10 times the amount I did, and I still look better sat on 17" rims, wi ...

  • mk1man4ever 3rd Apr 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    my little Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1 8v has a fast road cam, ported head, janspeed manifold, magnex exhaust, balanced 1900 bottom end and a close ratio gearbox. The power and handling is unbeatable, The original hot hatch is too hard to beat !!!!!!! sorry saxo boys and girls xxxx

  • nottslad111 Rank: Lance Corporal 17th Feb 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Ive had the VW Golf GTi Mk1 now for about 8 months in all that time nothing has gone wrong with it. Its got 15x7 inch alloys on and has been lowerd not much can touch it on the b-roads. As for straight line perfomance its not bad either its only a 1.8 8 valve but its still gives most thing a good run but in wet its hard to stop wheel spin which can be annoying. Im soon to put a 1.8 20valve turbo engine in it so ill update u soon.

  • viksdub 12th Feb 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have owned mk1 golfs for years, in my opinion you will not get a better hot hatch, the overall handling and performance will nail any standard hot hatch on the road today.......

  • d4m0n Rank: Corporal 12th Jan 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I own both a Saxo VTR and a Golf 1800 GTi campaign model. I use my Saxo as the day to day car and Golf for when I need cheering up and on the weekend.
    There is no comparison for me. I find the saxo fun to drive but the golf is amazing.
    The saxo is common and so was the golf in its time. Could you imagine a saxo standing the sands of time and still being in such good condition in 20 years time?
    They are both good cars, but the golf wins hands down.
    At the end of the day I'm lucky I have the ...

  • leehodson6969 6th Nov 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I own a 1.1 VW Golf GTi Mk1, it was my first car, ive been reading all your reveiws and agree with you all, i cant stop praising it! i bought this car for nothing off my parents at 17, i drove it for a yr an a half then misstakingly bought a ford orion! (what was i thinking!!) when the orion was causing me problems it was time to dust off the golf again, i resprayed the drivers door, wheel arches and boot, replaced all filters oil and rad antifreeze, turned the key and it roard into action! afte ...

  • lulu 8th Aug 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The VW Golf GTi Mk1 was my first ever car, Mars red, RH Alloys, 16v conversion! I bought it 6 months before i passed my test in october 2001. I was 21 yrs old and i was in love with it! She remains to be my only car and i love her more than ever she is still absolutely fabulous and i will never get rid of her unless she is cruely taken away from me or is ritten off! Mk1's the best car EVER!

  • barspin_matt. 26th Jul 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Well the Mk1 Golf is the best hot hatch and will be around for many more years to come. (I quote) The common mans porshe! However my personal taste with regards to the MK1 are not the late GTi shells but the early small tail light models, I believe last produced shell of this kind was in 82. These are a much simpler designed shell and are extremely light. For example, myself and partner imported a shell of this kind from Germany about 4 years ago. It really was just a shell. We were wanting to b ...

  • chimpy. 8th Jul 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    We should all be grateful for VW starting the hot hatch genre, however the best old school lightweight GTI's are the 205 and the williams clio. Both share the mk1's small size and lightweight and brittle build quality, but the quality of the driving experiance is improoved in the french cars by more direct steering and a tendancy to oversteer if provoked. The mk2 golf is a great car but the extra weight (1100kg as opposed to 840kg in the mk1)means more momentum and less instinctive cornering. Fo ...