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Mk1 Golf Gti on The Grand Tour, season 2 episode 5

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Anyone else spot the Mk1 Golf Gti being compared to a UP Gti, shame they got some of the info wrong about the car they showed, the later cars had 112bhp not 109 as James May stated….

I would of like the seen the Mk1 Golf go around their track as it was filmed there. It would been nice to see if it was any quicker than the UP Gti as they do have simular bhp…

Is the Mk1 a press car, I'm sure I've seen it on other programs as the reg looks familiar?

1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.

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The silver mk1 gti is for sale on eBay at the moment, it's nice and tidy

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Just had a look at that one and it's not the one on Amazon's The Grand Tour but on Top Gears web site.

The reg of the car on The grand tour is
A651 FEJ

Any ones on here?

1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.

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That one is VW's press car.

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Just had a look at the MOT history of the car, it's not done many miles, 44,670 in May 2017 and never failed an MOT in it's life….

Still think they should of took it around the track but saying that the engine is probably still not loosened up enough yet to get the most BHP out of it as I'm sure I read somewhere the engines go quicker the more miles they get on them?
Anyone else heard/read this?

1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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