Friday, March 4, 2011
Since 1974 Volkswagen has produced the massively popular Golf. It is VW's best selling model, and it is now in its 6th mark. * Volkswagen Golf Mk 1 1974 - 1984 * Volkswagen Golf Mk 2 1985 - 1992 * Volkswagen Golf Mk 3 1991 - 1998 * Volkswagen Golf Mk 4 1997 - 2006 * Volkswagen Golf Mk 5 2003 - 2009 * Volkswagen Golf Mk 6 2009 - presentIt replaced the VW Beetle, but not straight away. VW Beetle production kept going until 1978 in Germany and until much later in Mexico.This transition from air cooled to water cooled engines was in part thanks to Volkswagen's access to Audi technology.Here is something to ponder [and may win you a pub quiz]: What has the Golf and its variants [Bora, Jetta, Scirocco, Passat] all have in common?The answer is easy if you know that Jetta is the German for 'Trade Wind'. The word Golf does not refer to the pleasant game which Europeans beat Americans at. It refers to the Gulf Stream, the warm water that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and that flows to the north west coast of Europe.
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