Golf gti ,which was the greatest generation

[gazmondo35]

https://youtu.be/_-eF3JNFNLM

[kalimon]

I enjoyed that, thanks for posting it.
Has to be the Mk2 for me, it just looks superb!
I'm also a fan of the Mk5 and should have bought one in 2006 instead of buying a diesel A3 ( I know, what a dick! )

[JoeGTI]

For me it would be MK5 first, then MK7, possibly MK2 3rd (purely down to its timeless looks, as I've never actually driven one).
The MK5 was my first GTI and I really loved that car. While the MK7 is arguably better in every way I don't think it's as much fun as the MK5 was in its heyday.

[gtiaps]

For a trip down memory lane that I do remember it's gotta be the mk2 for thr pure nostalgia then the mk7 because that's wot iv got now then the mk5 except I didn't like the rear light clusters other than that cooool lol thanks for sharing old memories 

[PompeyFC1972]

Got a soft spot for a Mk1 Campaign in either black or white, loved my Mk 5 that I had for 6 years and of course my Mk 7 is fantastic!

[andrewparker]

For me it would be MK5 first, then MK7, possibly MK2 3rd (purely down to its timeless looks, as I've never actually driven one).
The MK5 was my first GTI and I really loved that car. While the MK7 is arguably better in every way I don't think it's as much fun as the MK5 was in its heyday.

I agree 100%. I owned a MK5 GTI for 6 years and absolutely loved it. Still miss it to this day and often harbour thoughts of buying one, but I know it would probably seem a bit slow alongside my R. A MK2 would be great, but good ones are very hard to come by nowadays.

[JoeGTI]

For me it would be MK5 first, then MK7, possibly MK2 3rd (purely down to its timeless looks, as I've never actually driven one).
The MK5 was my first GTI and I really loved that car. While the MK7 is arguably better in every way I don't think it's as much fun as the MK5 was in its heyday.

I agree 100%. I owned a MK5 GTI for 6 years and absolutely loved it. Still miss it to this day and often harbour thoughts of buying one, but I know it would probably seem a bit slow alongside my R. A MK2 would be great, but good ones are very hard to come by nowadays.

I think there's a huge rose-tinted nostalgia with the older cars too. Have you ever sat in a MK4 or hell, even a MK5 recently? As much as I love the MK5, it does feel rather dated now when you sit into one, if you are used to the newer stuff. You're far more cosseted in the mk7 cabin.

As I said, I've never driven a mk2, but I can't imagine using one as a daily driver. A great car it was for sure, but in the modern era it's bound to feel very very old.

[Booth11]

For me it would be MK5 first, then MK7, possibly MK2 3rd (purely down to its timeless looks, as I've never actually driven one).
The MK5 was my first GTI and I really loved that car. While the MK7 is arguably better in every way I don't think it's as much fun as the MK5 was in its heyday.

I agree 100%. I owned a MK5 GTI for 6 years and absolutely loved it. Still miss it to this day and often harbour thoughts of buying one, but I know it would probably seem a bit slow alongside my R. A MK2 would be great, but good ones are very hard to come by nowadays.

Completely with you both on this. 

My Mk5 was my first Golf GTI (had a Peugeot GTI before that), and still is my all time favourite car (so far), loved it so much that I replaced it after 3 years with another Mk5 GTI which I kept for 4 years - so 7 years in a Mk5 in total.  It had an exciting rawness that is missing now. Mk6 and Mk 7 (ok not a GTI) too refined.

[Mk7-GTD]

Was it really 1979 when the GTI came over here. It was 1978 in Ireland.

For me yes there are better cars than the Mk1 but because it was the first for me it has to be the best.

[Mk7-GTD]

I'm guessing the editor of that wasn't a big GTI fan as he put the Mk6 in in place of the Mk7 at 7:00 minutes. 

Edited because of stupid apple autocorrect