After the "dark ages" of Volkswagen's mk3 and mk4-generation ... a spirit recaptured from the first two generations of Golf GTI. The mk6-generation GTI continued this when it launched in 2009.

Judging by our brief time with this Kermit Metallic, not-for-North-America Golf GTD – essentially a diesel GTI – we think we could learn to love again. And given that Volkswagen is freely ...