2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI review

Forty-four years. That’s how long the Volkswagen Golf GTI has been on sale – not always in Australia, but in its German homeland and many other markets. A rather decent run so far, then. The first-generation model, introduced in 1976, established the formula that each of its successors has carefully followed, with a decisive increase in performance and dynamics over the standard Golf together with a styling package that is as simple as it is subtle.