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Since the mid-1970s, Volkswagen’s replacement for the iconic Beetle found its niche as an affordable little hatchback. Adding the Golf GTI with a stronger engine and a sporty interior for 1983 — called the Rabbit GTI in North America — began a series that existed through seven generations.
The eighth iteration of the front-wheel-drive GTI, along with the hardcore all-wheel-drive Golf R, have arrived here, but without the accompanying basic Golf models tagging along. It would seem that VW buyers in this bracket prefer the somewhat larger Jetta sedan or the new Taos utility vehicle.

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Colour is a subjective thing. Usually. You could argue all day long that a car should not be painted this shade of green, let alone a Porsche Cayenne. But green seatbelts, too?

“What do you think of these,” Garry says, presenting the bright green ribbon as if it were a mounted trophy fish.

Garry pulls up in what is possibly the most unanonymous anonymous vehicle ever built. A white van with no windows.

We all joke about big, white windowless vans cruising suburban neighborhoods. Get the licence number and call the cops, ASAP. Guess the joke’s on me this time.

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