By James Richardson. When Volkswagen launched the Golf GTI, over thirty years ago, it could hardly have known the impact its compact and sporty model would have on the car-buying public. Through an uncertain birth to its class-topping iconic status of today, rarely does a new model of car make a whole new market segment for itself but the Golf was the original hot hatch, a car that others would copy but seldom equal. Details of every model of GTI with many archive images and covers cabriolet and hatch variants. Hardback, 208 Pages, Size: 189 x 246mm. Book is new and unread.