MINICHAMPS VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI PIRELLI RED IN JOHANNESBURG

Against the odds of many VW marketing employees the first GTI went on to become a sales success and founded the market for the later known “hot hatches” – compact sportive cars with high performance. This niche has reached great popularity as of today and is extensively used for tuning. The production started in with a four cylinder 1.6 liter 81 kW engine, in it was replaced by a 1.8 liter 82 kW (112 hp) engine. The basic price of the original version was DM. The price for the later 1.8 liter version had a retail price of DM in . At the end of the production run of the Golf I the special series “Pirelli” was introduced in May of . The base price was DM and the exterior colors to choose from were Mars red, Lhasa green metallic, Alpine white and Helios blue. Green tined windows, Pirelli alloys in the dimensions /HR14, Pirelli P6 tyres in body colour, painted wheel arch extensions, bumpers and exterior mirrors were included in the package. The “Pirelli Golf“ option had the order code W65.