Deep dive: Volkswagen GTI history

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The recipe is familiar. Take a front-wheel-drive economy and add some spice. That's how the Volkswagen Golf GTI reinvented the affordable performance car. With the eighth-generation GTI on the way, VW delved into the car's origin story. In 1974, a handful of staffers hatched a plan (no pun intended) for a sporty Golf model, with no official...

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