Rare Rivage edition understood to be one of 470 units made
Working factory power roof
Great potential as a light usable project
In highly original overall order
The Appeal
Take one of the original and all time great hot hatches, the MK1 Golf GTi, and chop the roof off, it's certainly a bold idea, one that perhaps on paper shouldn’t even work, but yet it does. It was the task given to legendary coachbuilder Karmann by VW engineers in the 1970s, and what spawned was one of the most adored Volkwswagens of the era, and one that remains highly sought after today. Despite moving on to MK2 standard GTi design the convertible variant remained in its MK1 guise into the early 1990s, at which point a selection of special edition runoff models were brought to market.
Limited to around 470 units, the Rivage edition Golf cabrio was one of the final and most highly equipped examples of the beloved VW. With a factory fitted power top, bespoke decals and Le Castellet alloy wheels, the Rivage stands today as one of the most desirable open top classic Golf variants and is a wonderful slice of classic collectible Volkswagen. For the committed VW enthusiast this 1992 Rivage holds excellent scope for improvement as a light summer project, already in good overall mechanical order, some general attention to the bodywork would see this become an exceedingly rare and stand out show piece.
Where the hot hatch revolution began. The MK1 Golf GTI is certainly one of the most significant cars in Volkswagen's rather impressive history, and for the avid collector, it perhaps gets no better than a run off special edition convertible. Limited to circa 470 units and with an understood 93 registered on UK roads according to online database “HowManyLeft” the Golf GTI Rivage is a top tier collectible Volkswagen.
This 1992 Rivage stands in highly original order, and with some general bodywork improvements will quickly become an top quality Volkswagen show piece.
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1992 Volkswagen Golf GTi Rivage Convertible
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