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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: boneybradley on 30 October 2007, 18:10
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I have just made a list for the mk3 section and found they include info on the mk2 also, and thought i would be good and post the links here too... just click on the brouchures to enlarge each page
This is the 1989 model year Golf GTI/16v original sales brochure. the last year of production before the introduction of the milestone (or unneccesary?) 'big bumpers'. The 8v remains on the earlier style, 14 hole 14" steel wheels, while the 16v continues to be factory fitted with the 14" 'Coke bottle top' Montreal alloy wheels. Power steering is still not standard on either of them though a fair number of 16v's had it fitted as an extra cost option. Also at some point in 1989, the 16v front brake dics were uprated from 239mm to 256mm but don't expect to find this in a brochure!
clicky http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/brochures/1989mk2gti16vbrochure.htm (http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/brochures/1989mk2gti16vbrochure.htm)
This is the 1990 model year Mk2 Golf GTI/16v original sales brochure. As it was the first year of big bumper production it does have some historical significance. The 8v still wears the 'Sportcheck' upholstery first seen in 1988 but the 16v had reached its optimum specification with big bumpers, BBS alloy wheels and horizontal coloured stripe 'rainbow' seat fabric officially called 'Colour-stripe). Curiously however it now lacked electric windows which, only for the 1990 model year, were consigned to the options list costing around £500. Another curious point is the unavailability of a 16v in Tornado Red, a decision reversed in 1991 due to public demand though many must have regretted this when the car transformed into Tornado Pink as the original finish faded.
clicky http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/brochures/1990mk2gti16vbrochure.htm (http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/brochures/1990mk2gti16vbrochure.htm)
This is the 1991 model year Mk2 Golf Driver and GTD brochure. Unlike the GTI, these models never got the 1990 makeover and retained the small bumpers right to the end. Everybody knows about the Driver, a 1.6 in 1991 it became a 1.8 for the 1992 model year and proved a very popular car for those who couldn't justify GTI insurance premiums - though if your troublesome Pierburg 2E2 carburtettor started playing up, your fuel costs would negate any savings when compared to the hyper-efficient fuel injected GTI. The GTD is and always was a rare beast not helped by the fact most were used as workhorses and covered huge mileages with service intervals often neglected. Still it's interesting to look back at the GTD which at the time did a reasonably convincing job of starting the process of educating VW fans that a diesel could be good to drive.
clicky http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/brochures/1991driverandgtdbrochure.htm (http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/brochures/1991driverandgtdbrochure.htm)
and i have to thank http://www.volkswizard.co.uk (http://www.volkswizard.co.uk) for letting us use the brouchures
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I really want an 1989 brochure to go with my car but regular searches of eBay have yeilded no results.
nick
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I have a mint copy of the 1984 brochure introducing the 'new' golf.
I found it amongst a pile of paperwork that came with an a plate mk2 golf I bought about 3 years ago. The car is long gone but I will never part with the brochure, it's a really cool read checking out all the available trim options etc. The picture of a mars red mk2 is absolutely gorgeous. I dug it out recently after buying another a plater to see what the interior trim/ paint colour etc was called.
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Interesting reading the MKII GTi one. It does state in there that dark colour GTI's didn;t get the black window surround. I always though this was a cop out when people were trying to flog one where thay had replaced the boot for one off another model due to the original one rotting.
Mine didn't have the black surround so I sourced a used tail gate in Atlas Grey that did have one and fitted it because I wanted the car to look original. I guess really I should swap back for originality but I like the black surround and as I found a boot with a black suround some must have come with it fitted!
Nick
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46.3 mpg is a bit optomistic for the 16v :laugh:
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46.3 mpg is a bit optomistic for the 16v :laugh:
I Drove home from Oxford on a spacesaver once and the MFA read 44mpg :shocked:
Although I should point out we were going so slow we got overtaken by an old dear in a Rover!
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Random question - My GTi (90 spec 8v) has the aeriel in the front wing, was it a 16v thing to be roof mounted?
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Random question - My GTi (90 spec 8v) has the aeriel in the front wing, was it a 16v thing to be roof mounted?
Was a 16v thing yes, my 1990 16v had the roof mount, my 92 8v doesnt yet my friends 91 8v does although we dont think it is genuine fitment
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I really want an 1989 brochure to go with my car but regular searches of eBay have yeilded no results.
nick
Ive got a Ryder one, recieved it whilst i was in hospital in th summer.. cheered me right up!
Thinking aobut putting it on the dash on sunday :grin:
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It took me ages to find one of the GTD brochures to go with my car (8 months browsing ebay until one came up!)
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Random question - My GTi (90 spec 8v) has the aeriel in the front wing, was it a 16v thing to be roof mounted?
Was a 16v thing yes, my 1990 16v had the roof mount, my 92 8v doesnt yet my friends 91 8v does although we dont think it is genuine fitment
If the 1991 8v is the run out model which I think ran from October 1991 (mine being an August with the wing ariel) it would have the rainbow interior, tinted lenses and BBS alloys as well as the roof mounted ariel, if it doesn't have these it is probably not an original fitment.
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i think the runout had them on the wing as well? its a 16v thing
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Interesting reading the MKII GTi one. It does state in there that dark colour GTI's didn;t get the black window surround. I always though this was a cop out when people were trying to flog one where thay had replaced the boot for one off another model due to the original one rotting.
Mine didn't have the black surround so I sourced a used tail gate in Atlas Grey that did have one and fitted it because I wanted the car to look original. I guess really I should swap back for originality but I like the black surround and as I found a boot with a black suround some must have come with it fitted!
Nick
Interesting reading indeed. Thanks for that.
Oh and Horney my 85 does have the black rear screen surround.