It’s not surprising that it was missed really, a scene that exploded in Europe and the UK went by relatively un-noticed here in NZ. Reasoning was likely due to the lack of need or requirement.
After-all, why get into small, compact, low capacity cars when there’s no insurance or congestion reason to do so. So, whilst NZ and Australian (and America) were still kicking about in V8s and large saloons, the UK and Europe got onto something altogether different, no doubt the Mini was a contributing factor to it all, however the 205GTi, the Golf GTi, the Alfasud’s and others kicked this up a notch.
VW Golf GTI - MKI
