« Reply #3 on: 08 April 2025, 18:02 »
It’s a very long time ago now but my brain and memory worked much better when I was younger, I can still remember the launch of the mk3 and the big announcements of improved corrosion resistance and safety with ‘mash welded’ sills and galvanised metal. And yet the metal must’ve been pretty rubbish as they used to rust far more rapidly than mk2’s and even late model mk1’s.
I also remember VW making a big thing of ‘global sourcing’ of components rather than relying mostly on German components. Maybe they used Far East steel to go with the trashy (UK supplied but sometimes Far East assembled) Wolfrace wheels which replaced the better quality BBS, Borbet and Ronal wheels previously used - and funnily enough a few years later things drifted back to the previous ways and suppliers.
The CH-R is a pretty cool car
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