The original hatchback paved the way for the most successful model line in VW ... engine layouts, overall shapes, and interior designs. The final design of the Golf was known as the Type 17. The ...

There was the Renault 4 and 16, and the Austin Maxi, but it was the arrival of Volkswagen’s Golf in 1974 that started ... of the Audi 80 GT’s 1588cc engine, a barely silenced exhaust and ...