One of 6.3 million Golfs 2 produced in the years 1983 - 1992 will be presented in this episode. First Golf introduced in 1974 was a very late reply of VW to market trends of the era: a car with front-wheel drive and engine on the front. It took nearly 10 years to complete the development of the first model that was designed by famous Giorgetto Giugiaro. The second generation was a design inspiration for this project and was a big success (who can say he never has seen a Golf?). The newest, 8th generation was introduced in 2019.
The car presented in today's episode is 1.6 liters, 75 PS version with automatic transmission, this setup was not very common to see on European roads. Probably the American version called "Rabbit" instead of Golf was more often equipped with this type of transmission? Will the 31 years old automatic transmission work good enough to keep up with modern traffic? Jump with me into the car to find out! Car Rambler's opinion about the tested car: Overall needs love and attention, still a good runner for everyday modern traffic. The automatic transmission worked surprisingly very well and the gears switching was not noticeable and accurate to the situation. The price, the owner is asking for the car is not that big (~450 Euro). After investing a few Euros it will be a good everyday runner or a rolling restoration project. Car Rambler - POV (First Person Perspective) test drives with Oldtimers, Youngtimers, and future Youngtimer's! The average age of therefore tested cars on this channel: 25 yers
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Make/modell: Volkswagen Golf 2
Displacement: 1595 cc
Engine: 4, cylinders, 8 valves, gasoline
Torque: 125Nm by 2500 rot/min
Transmission: Automatic
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