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Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk2 and Mk3: Pennsylvania’s GTI, the weight problem and the VR6

October 15, 2026 by Petrolhead

Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk2 and Mk3: Pennsylvania’s GTI, the weight problem and the VR6 America got the second-generation GTI before it ever got a car called Golf GTI. Volkswagen of America sold it simply as the “GTI”, a model of its own, and some of the early ones were bolted together in a factory in … Read more

Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1: the bootleg hot hatch America bought as a Rabbit from Pennsylvania

October 16, 2026October 15, 2026 by Petrolhead

Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1: the bootleg hot hatch America bought as a Rabbit from Pennsylvania In 1982 Volkswagen of America was in trouble. Rabbit sales that year were down a devastating 44 percent on the year before, according to the Christian Science Monitor, and the cheap, clever little hatchback that was supposed to replace the … Read more