When did Air Con become Climatronic?

[Ninj]

Hi all,

GTi 1.8t:
Did air con become Climatronic after a certain year/code or were the two available at the same time?

Also was ESP/Traction standard fit, if so, from when?

Thanks

Rgds

Rich

[Rally_Chris]

Manual Air Con and Climatronic are two totally different systems, manual air con was the normal option on all GTI 1.8T Golfs (in lieu of sunroof), and as far as I know climatronic has always been an expensive option on the GTI (approx ?1200 more that a/c?). Only on the V5, V6 4 motion and late SE models (2002/3) has climate become standard fit.

No traction control was standard until approx late 2000. My car is a mid 2000 model and has no ECS/ESP etc. I think it was however available as an extra cost option on earlier models.