Episode
Wheeler Dealers: 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI
Overview
The Golf GTi was a symbol of the 80s, and gave birth to the term 'hot hatch'. Mike finds a prime example of a Rabbit which he believes can be transformed. The market is crying out for cars like this, but Ant has a lot of work to do.
Details
- Series
- Wheeler Dealers
- Season
- Season 16
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2018-11-14
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI is Episode 7 in Season 16 of Wheeler Dealers. It aired on 2018-11-14. The runtime is 45 min.
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