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General => General discussion => Topic started by: jv on 14 June 2013, 12:24
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Bit of VW press release action:
Wolfsburg, 14 June 2013: As landmarks go, this is a pretty big one: the world’s 30 millionth Golf has rolled off the assembly line at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg – a new production record for the most successful European car ever. Production of the original Golf began in early 1974. Since then, statistically speaking, an average of over 2,000 people have purchased a new Golf every day for the past 39 years. The 30 millionth car is a Golf TDI BlueMotion; this recently introduced model has a fuel consumption value of just 88.3 mpg, making it the most fuel efficient Golf ever built.
On Thursday, Prof. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, also officially accepted the “Car of the Year 2013” award for the Golf conferred by the 60 member international jury for the highly esteemed award. Prof. Winterkorn commented on both of these events: “The history of the Golf is also the history of automotive progress. With technologies such as the safe front-wheel drive of the first Golf, the debut of the TDI in the third Golf, ESC (Electronic Stability Control) and the dual clutch gearbox of the fourth Golf and the standard Automatic Post-Collision Braking System of the new generation, this car has continued to democratise progress. An optimum of safety, comfort and driving fun are no longer a question of money thanks to the Golf. And so our bestseller lives up to the Volkswagen name.” The milestone vehicle will be officially on display for employees of the Wolfsburg plant this coming Saturday at the plant’s open day.
My ownership contribution: 7 out of 3 million :grin:
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Says it all really one of the finest cars ever and still successful even now :afro:
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wasnt it the 5th golf with esc and dual clutch? i am assuming dual clutch is dsg. same with the 3rd golf did they do a tdi or are they talking about mk4? which golf are they ashamed of? They dare say mk3 cuz i loved my mk3
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They did a MK2 GTD? Was that just a normal fuel system rather than injection then?
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My contribution = 5
Well done VW!
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My contribution = 5
Well done VW!
7 golfs for me now :smiley:
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wasnt it the 5th golf with esc and dual clutch? i am assuming dual clutch is dsg. same with the 3rd golf did they do a tdi or are they talking about mk4? which golf are they ashamed of? They dare say mk3 cuz i loved my mk3
The MK4 R32 had DSG but this wasn't available in the UK.
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They did a MK2 GTD? Was that just a normal fuel system rather than injection then?
Yes only difference between it and the standard diesel was an intercooler, TDI was launched in the MK3.
I wonder how many are left from 30 million.
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They did a MK2 GTD? Was that just a normal fuel system rather than injection then?
Yes only difference between it and the standard diesel was an intercooler, TDI was launched in the MK3.
I wonder how many are left from 30 million.
Not many mk3s :grin: :lipsrsealed:
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My one and only Golf is of course a MK3 - that will go on forever!
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This going to turn into a "I've had more Golfs than you" thread. :grin:
3 for me.
How many long term posters are still at 0 then? :lipsrsealed:
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This going to turn into a "I've had more Golfs than you" thread. :grin:
3 for me.
How many long term posters are still at 0 then? :lipsrsealed:
I'm also on number 3!
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How many long term posters are still at 0 then? :lipsrsealed:
1 for me but loads of other VAG group cars over the years.
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2 golfs and one sirocco
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14.
3 MK4's.
11 MK3's.
Every single one of the MK3's were chopped up and scrapped other than one. :grin:
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My thingy is 10" long with 4" girth
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Sorry, I've had 7 golfs with my name on the V5 :grin:
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My thingy is 10" long with 4" girth
liar :grin: :grin:
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30 million Golf's
Err and who do they all belong to then? I'll bet the original press release hadn't been subjected to that sort of flying apostrophe abuse, had it? Tsk. :rolleyes:
Let me help you out: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
Yes only difference between it and the standard diesel was an intercooler, TDI was launched in the MK3.
No, you're quite wrong and spouting shyte. The RA and SB motors had a lot of differences from the standard 1.6TD motor, including a watercooled turbo, larger injectors, bigger valves, more aggressive boost actuation and some other stuff I've forgotten. Oh and yes they had an intercooler. 80BHP was a pretty banging output from a 1.6TD back in the 80s (look no apostrophe needed there either).
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Never mind 'Clarkson for prime minister'.. i'd vote for Mr Hell..
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Surely needs to take over as The Apostrophe Protection Society Chairman first.
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Surely needs to take over as The Apostrophe Protection Society Chairman first.
+1
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Four mark 2's and a mark 3 = 5 for me.
Not owned one since 2008, however.
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Neatinho! There's a blast from the past. Good VW scene in South Korea?
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Damn! Beat me to it jv!
Not the safest place in the world eh Neaty?
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Neatinho! There's a blast from the past. Good VW scene in South Korea?
Hello, sir. How are you?
You know what, there are actually quite a few VWs here. More than I expected. I have seen the odd Mk6 GTI but mainly it's Passatts or new Jettas.
Damn! Beat me to it jv!
Not the safest place in the world eh Neaty?
South Korea is probably one of THE safest places in the world to live. There is more or less no street crime whatsoever. I wouldn't pay too much attention to the bloody north, though. Northerners, eh? It's all flat caps and nuclear weaponry.