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11 THE GREAT № 8

Number one was nearly a . Back in 1975, a handful of VW engineers were keen to put a more powerful engine into their new boxy hatchback, but the VW board wasn’t all that convinced. Fortunately, the engineers were enthusiastic and persuasive enough for the Herr Direktors to sign off on a run of just 5 000 examples of what was badged a Golf “GTI”.

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