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The Volkswagen Golf Mk4 [3] (or VW Type 1J) is a compact car, the fourth generation of the Volkswagen Golf and the successor to the Volkswagen Golf Mk3. Launched in October 1997 for the 1998 model year, it was the best selling car in Europe in 2001 (though it slipped to second place, behind the Peugeot 206 , in 2002).
VW Golf Mk2 VW Golf Mk3 VW Golf Mk4 VW Golf Mk5 VW Golf Mk6 VW Golf Mk7 VW Golf Variant Mk3/Mk4 VW Golf Plus VW Golf Sportsvan VW Jetta (A1) VW Jetta (A2) VW Vento VW Bora VW Passat (B1) SEAT Arosa SEAT Tarraco Audi 50 Audi 80 (B1) Audi 100 (C1) Components, Press shop, Seating technology: 1938: 53,461 (VW AG: 51,712, Sitech Sitztechnik GmbH: 1,749)
The car was introduced for sale in the UK in January 2009, [15] and in North America in October 2009 as the 2010 Golf, rather than Rabbit. [16] The Mk6 also reintroduced a diesel engine option to the North American market. [17] The Volkswagen Golf Mk6 was a 2012 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick. [18]
Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst.
For buyers, the site offers listings of new and used vehicles for sale from dealers and private sellers. [ 3 ] [ 16 ] It can search for cars through categories: make and model, price range, style, drive type ( automatic or manual ), engine type, color (exterior and interior), mileage and number of doors.
The company launched a website, Autotrader.co.uk, in 1996, giving people the ability to buy or sell a car online. [ 6 ] British international investment firm BC Partners bought a stake in the business from John Madejski in July 1998 for £260m; then Guardian Media Group , who had acquired Automart in 1982, merged that business with Hurst ...
UK owners have consistently ranked the brand at or near the top of customer-satisfaction surveys since the late 1990s. In 1991, Škoda built 172,000 units, exporting 26% of its production to 30 countries, while in 2000, it built 435,000 units, exporting 82% of its production to 72 countries.
The GTI was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1985, as well as VWVortex's "Best Golf of all time". In its first year on sale in the U.S., Golf sales were eight percent below those of the 1984 Rabbit. Sales of the all-new 1985 Jetta, by contrast, skyrocketed compared with the 1984 model.