Your GTI cab does not exist

[The Mighty Elvi]

 

I couldn't help myself..I posted a comment.  Now lets see if it passes the Moderator.

 

[SoundillusioN]

I couldn't help myself..I posted a comment.  Now lets see if it passes the Moderator.

 

Have I missed something?

[The Mighty Elvi]

I couldn't help myself..I posted a comment.  Now lets see if it passes the Moderator.

 

Have I missed something?

Clearly. 

At the bottom of the article is a box to post a comment.  So I did.

[SoundillusioN]

I couldn't help myself..I posted a comment.  Now lets see if it passes the Moderator.

 

Have I missed something?

Clearly. 

At the bottom of the article is a box to post a comment.  So I did.

And what's wrong with that?

[The Mighty Elvi]

I couldn't help myself..I posted a comment.  Now lets see if it passes the Moderator.

 

Have I missed something?

Clearly. 

At the bottom of the article is a box to post a comment.  So I did.

And what's wrong with that?

Pointing out that the article writer was clearly wrong and clearly doesn't know his stuff, doesn't tend to down well.

 

[rich1977]

not defending them in anyway.

but are the gti variants actually vws? only reason I ask (and ive also own and driven this mirrage) is becuase im sure I once read in  some restoration manual that the vw stopped manufacturing the golf cabby themselfs when the mk2 came out and karmen bought the shells and made a number of special editions over the years one being the gti.

although these where badged and sold in vw dealerships they where not actually built by vw

so in theory vw hasnt ever produced a gti convertible.

[rich1977]

quick bit of research in said book.

vw got karmen (german coachbuilders) to design and build the convertible for them which is why all of them have karmen badges on them vw shelved the cabby when the mk2 was realised but karmen still had a number of shells remaining and continued to manufacture and sell them via vw dealerships vw never realised a golf gti cabby

karmen did

vw also got karmen to design and build the corrado

*info taken out of a golf mk1 restoration manual so not sure how accurate it is

[Guy]

so you're saying that all those VW Corrado owners don't have a VW Corrado either? 

VW still sold my GTi as a VW GTi.. so I have a GTi cabriolet which is still a VW

There has been a new comment added that this was the only time that the GTi Cabriolet has been sold 'globally' 

[SoundillusioN]

Pointing out that the article writer was clearly wrong and clearly doesn't know his stuff, doesn't tend to down well.
 

Ignore my previous comments, I thought you were talking about a post in here... 

As far as the rest of this thread has gone, I need to agree with Guy, he owns a VW Mk1 Golf GTI Cabriolet, there's no doubt about that.

However, what the Golf Plus article is trying to say is badly written IMO.  If the intention for the mk6 cabby is to be the first Global GTI version, then this is true.   But is not the first GTI Cabriolet.

Note the following though:

VW stopped the production of MK1's altogether at the end of 1983 and started producing the MK2

Karmann continue to put together mk1 cabbys as there were still a lot of shells left, this did lead to special editions and the introduction of the GTI versions which included the Sportline and the Rivage.  This stopped in 1993.  Think about it, what is the earliest version of the Mk1 GTI cabriolet and who built them?

Slightly off topic, VW South Africa continued making the Citi Golfs until 2009


At least this article kicked off correctly.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/golf-gti/first-drives/volkswagen-golf-gti-cabriolet

[vw_golf_nutter]

regardless of who put the car together, the shell is VW and the parts VW and the logbook states Volkswagen Golf not Karmen Golf!
What utter tripe and an insult to the mk1 golf i think!