Volkswagen Golf II
(1983 - 1992)
All 18 Volkswagen Golf II models
Car articles about Volkswagen Golf II by year
In 1987, Volkswagen almost beat the Audi Quattro on Pikes Peak - with a Golf. However, the racing version had little in common with the well-behaved off-the-shelf compact car. With an additional engine in front of the rear axle, there was certainly no lack of propulsion. This report describes the twin-engined Golf and shows it in many pictures.
The Beetle Cabriolet's fan community would probably have been large enough to give it another 10 years of production, but there were good reasons why the Beetle had to make way for the open-top Golf. And it did a really good job and managed to be built for 14 years with only minor changes. Even today, when almost all Golf Cabriolets are already classic cars, it still manages to impress with its modern virtues. This driver's report is about a late VW Golf Cabriolet and summarizes the 14-year history of the first open Golf generation, extensively illustrated and supplemented with the sales brochure of the time.
The Golf II GTI didn't have it easy, after all, its predecessor had initiated a new vehicle class and its fan base was huge. But the successor could do almost everything better and it won over the trade press in all respects. But is this enough to make it as popular a classic as the first GTI? This report describes the second-generation VW Golf GTI and portrays it in many pictures.
Convertible fun doesn't have to be expensive, especially not with a classic car. The Opel Kadett, Ford Escort and VW Golf prove that you can enjoy open-top driving fun even on a budget.
In 1989, the Golf Rallye was the first model to receive the newly developed G60 engine with a larger G-charger. However, the Sport Golf, which was intended as a homologation model, was a flop. Shortly afterwards, the engine found its way under the hood of the Golf GTI, which breathed the much-missed sportiness back into the famous abbreviation. The 210 PS Golf Limited even surpassed this goal with a vengeance. However, only a few were able to enjoy the über-Golf. This article is dedicated to the VW model series that offered more G-Lader variety than any other.
Four-wheel drive was no longer new at Volkswagen in 1989, but the fact that the VW Golf was raised and given a brute off-road vehicle look was still something of a sensation. The result even went into series production and drove quite convincingly, even if the high-traction VW Golf Country was more suitable for asphalt and gravel than for rough terrain. This report is about one of the surviving VW Golf Country, tells its story and shows it in many illustrations and in the sales literature of the time.
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