Regular visitors to SB may experience a little déjà vu here.

We recently sold a remarkably similar Japanese-import Mk7 Golf GTI (albeit finished in black) and when the opportunity arose to offer its white counterpart from the same seller, we were only too happy to do so.

Few cars have mastered the everyday performance brief quite as convincingly as the Volkswagen Golf GTI, and the seventh-generation car is arguably one of the high points of the breed.

Fast enough to entertain, comfortable enough to use every day and discreet enough to go almost anywhere unnoticed, the Mk7 remains a brilliantly rounded modern hot hatch.

This 2013 example is a Japanese-market car that has subsequently been imported into and registered in the UK.

Showing approximately 64,000 miles, it is finished in white over the classic GTI tartan cloth interior and is equipped with Volkswagen’s six-speed DSG dual-clutch transmission.

Power comes from the familiar 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, deliv...