Mk1 all day long. I think people get put off by the age, but if you find a goodun then it's the most fun, reliable car ever. I've had mine for a year, and it's the most reliable car I've ever had, you'd never know it had done 175k and was 23 years old. And as for the torque, it pulls like a train, and leaves my 4-MOTION for sh!t on a 0-40!