This exceptional Mk1 is a ‘Campaign’ edition, which was one of the final models offered for sale in the UK and was our version of the ‘Pirelli’ edition (Germany) and the ‘Plus’ edition (France).

Only 1000 ‘Campaign’ edition cars were made available for sale in the UK, which makes the already rare and much sought-after Mk1 GTi an even rarer and more sought-after vehicle in its ‘Campaign’ guise.

You can tell the ‘Campaign’ cars from their lesser brethren by the presence of a four-light front grille with inner fog lights, matt black A-pillars and 14-inch Pirelli alloy wheels and centre caps.

And you can tell this particular car apart from its less worthy counterparts simply by looking at it, driving it and trusting the evidence provided by your eyes and ears.

The vendor, who is an engineer, has owned the car since 2013.

He has spent several years and many, many thousands of pounds refurbishing, restoring or replacing everything and anything that needed to be refurbished, restored or ...