subject: The Impressive Hatchback – Volkswagen Golf [print this page] Author: Karl Duncan Author: Karl Duncan
Within the market segment of small hatchbacks, the Volkswagen Golf is regarded as one of the pioneers. Throughout its whole span of life, it had a somewhat roller coaster ride. It made its debut in Europe during the year 1974. The following year it was introduced with the Rabbit nameplate in the USA. After a period of 10 years, its make was redesigned and the Volkswagen shifted its North American variant with the official name 'Golf'. But such a move did not last very long. In the year 2006, after the continuous selling of three generations of Golf in the American domestic market, The Company of Volkswagen had a change in its business outlook and renamed the model of this economy car Rabbit to be sold in the US market. Various models of the Golf that were on the run in first few years after its inception were quite popular due to their solid and reliable feel on different roads and high quality of construction. Availability of the Golf was as either a 2 door or a 4 door hatchback and it had in the offering a spacious interior and attractive body style. There have been a few prominent variants of the Golf by the name of a convertible (the Volkswagen Cabriolet) and an enviable sport tuned hatchback with the GTI label. Most of the Golf hatchbacks produced in the years during the eighties and the nineties were powered strong four-cylinder engines that had either a 1.8 or 2.0 liters of displacement. Some of its diesel engines and also the V6 engines caused the company to incur duties due to environmental concerns. These Golfs were no doubt respectable in terms of proper handling and performance, but they stood no where when compared to their counterparts from Japanese automakers from the important perspectives reliability, durability, and the point of long term ownership free of any unwanted fuss. In the recent years, it has been witnessed that the Volkswagen Golf has done its bit to upgrade its reliability without shedding off its original and exciting German-engineered essence behind the driving wheel. The most recent generation model of the Golf, or Fourth Generation for short, was introduced in the year 1999 and had a continuous sell till 2006 had an extremely impressive feature of a super turbo power that was a rare facility incorporated in any car of this sort. The exclusive Golf TDI hatchback model that was in the market from the year 2004 till 2006 possessed an updated version of the specific 1.9 liter which comfortably delivered 100 horsepower. In the later stages after its inception, a high performing R32 was offered in its limited edition that had a 3.2 liter, solid 240 horsepower VR6 and facility of all wheel drive with fine body accents.About the Author:
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