Pointing out that the article writer was clearly wrong and clearly doesn't know his stuff, doesn't tend to down well.
Ignore my previous comments, I thought you were talking about a post in here...
As far as the rest of this thread has gone, I need to agree with Guy, he owns a VW Mk1 Golf GTI Cabriolet, there's no doubt about that.
However, what the Golf Plus article is trying to say is badly written IMO. If the intention for the mk6 cabby is to be the first Global GTI version, then this is true. But is not the first GTI Cabriolet.
Note the following though:
VW stopped the production of MK1's altogether at the end of 1983 and started producing the MK2
Karmann continue to put together mk1 cabbys as there were still a lot of shells left, this did lead to special editions and the introduction of the GTI versions which included the Sportline and the Rivage. This stopped in 1993. Think about it, what is the earliest version of the Mk1 GTI cabriolet and who built them?
Slightly off topic, VW South Africa continued making the Citi Golfs until 2009
At least this article kicked off correctly.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/golf-gti/first-drives/volkswagen-golf-gti-cabriolet