Production Figures

[Len]

This is on MSN today, the Top 30 Cars Produced.
All 4 Golfs in there!

Mk 1 = 6,986,458

Mk 2 = 6,301,000

Mk 3 = 4,805,900

Mk 4 = 4,888,426

Wonder why the Mk 5 hasnt made it into the top 30?

[SoundillusioN]

This is on MSN today, the Top 30 Cars Produced.
All 4 Golfs in there!

Mk 1 = 6,986,458

Mk 2 = 6,301,000

Mk 3 = 4,805,900

Mk 4 = 4,888,426

Wonder why the Mk 5 hasnt made it into the top 30?

What a waste of metal 

What was number 1, as I know vw made around 30 million beetles or something like that!?

[Len]

Way less waste than the Mk5 though!

Yes the Beetle with 21,529,464

[nige_s]

I guess the larger production run of the earlier cars is down to a longer production lifespan and less competitors in their class for consumers to choose from?

[Wayne]

I would guess the mk1 figures include the citi Golf as well.

Would also be interesting to see how many are left these days.

no3 Lady Riva and n04 Fiat Uno wtf.

[ash-lough]

Quick wikipedia search tells me only 291,497 mk2 Sciroccos were produced  (504,153 mk1's)

[jv]

This is on MSN today, the Top 30 Cars Produced.
All 4 Golfs in there!

Mk 1 = 6,986,458

Mk 2 = 6,301,000

Mk 3 = 4,805,900

Mk 4 = 4,888,426

Wonder why the Mk 5 hasnt made it into the top 30?

Divide the figure by the time each model was produced for and it might.

[nige_s]

Surely more Golfs have been produced compared to the Beetle if you add up those figures as one model it exceeds the 21.5 mil for the Beetle?!

There was more than one variation of the Beetle.

[SoundillusioN]

I would guess the mk1 figures include the citi Golf as well.

Would also be interesting to see how many are left these days.

no3 Lady Riva and n04 Fiat Uno wtf.

Not sure it does to be honest as that was never technically a mk1 golf.... however the citi only got to about 380,000 or si in numbers...

Surely more Golfs have been produced compared to the Beetle if you add up those figures as one model it exceeds the 21.5 mil for the Beetle?!

There was more than one variation of the Beetle.

I kind of get what you're saying and although the beetle did have various changes over the years the overall shape never really changed. where as a golf MK1 and golf mk6 are very different cars.

[nige_s]

Mmmm but still the same model name, a Golf is a Golf whatever year and the same applies to a Beetle.  I doubt there is much that can be swapped over between a late 40's Split and a late 70s 1303.  Different engine, different suspension front and rear, different brake system different body panels, different glass, just to name the obvious stuff.