Superb long-term family provenance and an unusually well-preserved period interior.

Registration: VKM 68X
Chassis: WVWZZZ17ZCW204673
Odometer: 78,801
Transmission: Manual
MOT: Exempt

In the same family's ownership since 1989
Current keeper since 1994
Working sunroof and wonderfully period working radio/cassette player



Very few cars have had quite the impact of the original Volkswagen Golf GTI.

Developed from the practical first-generation Golf, the GTI formula was brilliantly simple: a relatively light family hatchback, fuel-injected engine, sharper chassis and discreet sporting details.

The result helped establish the template for the modern hot hatch and, almost half a century later, the Mk1 GTI remains one of the most instantly recognisable performance Volkswagens.
This 1981 example is particularly appealing for the story behind it.

Although the V5C records six former keepers and notes that the car was previously registered overseas, it has effectively remained within the c...