Whilst many motorists today appreciate the exhilaration of roof-down 'wind-in-your-hair' motoring, few are willing to forego the comfort of a saloon car in order to enjoy it, however, the Golf GTi Convertible, introduced in 1980, made any such sacrifice unnecessary being designed and built by one of the world's most experienced builders of open-touring cars - Karmann of Osnabrück.

With the hood up these little cars were remarkably draught free, lower the hood and you were ready to take advantage of every moment of sunshine which a British summer could muster.
The 'Rivage' was one of three special editions produced to mark the end of the Mk1 Golf GTI Cabriolet production and was available in Classic Green Pearl or Classic Blue Metallic.

Mechanically they were identical to the standard car with a naturally aspirated 1.8-litre fuel-injected inline-four delivering approximately 110-112 bhp to the front wheels through a five-speed manual gearbox.

It was a rare UK-only model with just 470...