Threesome! The Mk 3 was a good car but, as Peter Noad reports, it needed the 16V engine before it could be regarded as a true GTI ...

摘要

THE THIRD GENERATION of GTI began rather inauspiciously. The Mk 3 8-valve had the unwelcome distinction of being the first GTI to weigh more than 1,000 kg, and the first (and only) GTI to have an official 0-60 acceleration time of more than 10 seconds! There was no denying that it was a better car than its predecessors in terms of build quality, corrosion protection, safety and level of equipment, but this didn't make it a better GTI. Then, with the introduction of the VR6, the GTI was no longer the top model in the Golf range,