I wonder what colour options the GTI comes in on Mars! 
....Red of course! Not because mine is red and I'm born under the sign of Mars (Aries), but because Mars is aka The Red Planet.

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....That explains a lot! Assuming of course that you accept a degree of belief in birth-sign characteristics.
So, marshmallow, you have entered the parallel world of a flower-power hippy love-fest!! 1976 was a good year not just for the motoring world.