{"product_id":"volkswagen-golf-iii-gti-vr6-1996-indian-red","title":"Volkswagen Golf III GTI VR6 1996 Indian Red Norev 1:18","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 1:18 scale model car of the 1996 Golf III GTI VR6 in period-correct Indian Red, produced in die-cast by Norev. One of the last Mk3 GTIs before the generation closed in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduced in 1992 and produced through to 1997, the Golf Mk3 GTI VR6 occupied the top of Volkswagen's hot-hatch hierarchy throughout the mid-1990s. The 1996 model year sits near the end of that run, making it a representative snapshot of the generation at its most mature. Norev captures that moment in die-cast at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e, finished in factory Indian Red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"the-vr6-engine\"\u003eEngineering the Mk3 GTI's Flagship: the VR6\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the standard Golf Mk3 GTI was available with 8-valve and 16-valve four-cylinder engines, the VR6 variant brought an altogether different architecture under the bonnet. Volkswagen's narrow-angle VR6 used a single cylinder head covering both banks, making a six-cylinder unit compact enough to sit transversely in a Golf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"indian-red-and-the-gti-bodywork\"\u003eIndian Red on a GTI Body\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndian Red — Indianrot, VW colour code LA3K — was a factory paint option for the Golf Mk3 range during the mid-1990s production run. On the GTI VR6, the warm red tone works across a body already differentiated from lesser Golf variants by its front chin spoiler, widened sill extensions, and twin exhaust outlets. It is a colour rarely encountered on \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e representations of this generation, setting this release apart from the more frequently modelled black and silver examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"norev-118-die-cast\"\u003eNorev's 1:18 Die-Cast Reproduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorev produced this model as a \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e die-cast, replicating the 1996 Golf III GTI VR6 in Indian Red. Die-cast construction gives the piece the weight and dimensional fidelity collectors associate with road-car reproductions at this scale. The GTI-specific exterior details — front lip, sill extensions, rear valance — are carried over from the real car's bodywork, as is the Indian Red paintwork drawn from Volkswagen's own factory colour palette.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOREV","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60332382749056,"sku":"188505","price":99.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-188505-front34-v2_a94ab773-6f25-4e0c-81e5-ccb15752f34d.jpg?v=1793968188","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/products\/volkswagen-golf-iii-gti-vr6-1996-indian-red","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}