Wow even the way Mr Georgetto speaks in a interview is so artistic. 🎉

I always loved the Golf and Volkswagen in general. In 2000, I became a VW salesman because I was passionate about the car industry, especially Volkswagen and the Golf in particular; I thought it was the perfect car. And I wasn't alone, I sold many Golfs to people who had only bought Golfs since the '70s and weren't interested in anything else. I eventually bought a brand new Golf IV that I kept for many years. It's probably the best car I've owned, not the most powerful, not the most exclusive or luxurious, but the most well-rounded car; everything was so well thought out and engineered, although it had its share of VW-related issues. I travelled all over the US and Canada in it, I drove it when I got married (didn't care for a limo) and brought my baby girl home in it. Today in North America, you can't even buy a Golf anymore, only the performance-oriented GTI. In a world where the majority of cars on the road are soulless, lookalike SUVs that feel completely disconnected from the road, it seems people have forgotten the joy of driving and the new generation of drivers will never have the chance of experiencing what it was like to drive off the dealer lot at the wheel of a car that makes you feel like you're in charge while wanting to have fun with you. Peak Car has passed and I'm glad I was just the right age to enjoy it while it was there. Now I have to rely on maintaining older cars to feel that joy that used to be accessible to the common person on the daily.

The brazilian VW Gol is not a Golf derivated car! But a simplified and shorted Passat B1 platform, and used al the suspention, longitudinal monted gearbox and engines with front wheel drive. The mk5 Gol switched to Polo mk4 platform, and finaly used a transversal mounted engine and gearbox.

I love my '83 Rabbit GTI! I still get all warm inside when I'm behind the wheel.

Manufacturers forget that they sold well because lower income people could afford them. Price them at a different bracket and it won't sell as good.

Owned a golf since my late 20s, throughout my 30s and still no plan to replace it now in my 40s

1993 Volkswagen Cabriolet Collectors Edition, my 7th mk1! Driving this car feels like wearing a comfortable, familiar pair of sneakers. So much fun!

Never getting rid of my Mk2 Golf 16v GTI. :)

such a shame the regular golf and golf wagon aren't sold here in the USA because we like SUVs to much. I still love my dads TDI wagon

I'll never give up my MK7. It will always have a place in my garage.

The original was very beautiful.

I'll have to stand up for my Mk7 Golf, in silver, just like the one pictured in this video. It's been a fantastic car since buying it in September 2015, always reliable and a joy to drive. Nothing out of the ordinary in expenses, I keep it away from the dealer's workshop and do my own oil changes, plugs, tyres, etc - only ever visiting the mechanic for brake related items. It's still as fuel efficient as it was when new, over 161,000km (100,000 miles) and will likely see twice that many trouble-free travels.

Adore my mk8 GTI. Even more than my mk7, which I also adored.

Aussie Golf owner here - bought new and still own Mk6 GTD stage 2 with custom coding and other bits…It has a bit of torque 😜 G’day to all other Golf lovers 👍

Here in the USA, parts for my Mk2 Golf are cheaper now than they were 25 years ago, due to the old designs and tooling having been sent to China, to become one of their most popular vehicles. It was so beloved by Taxi drivers and Police departments there that another (final) year of production was added so they could top off their fleets.

My dad had golfs(5,5variant,6variant,7variant,7.5variant) as a company car. Loved every one of them

Wish VW would offer the regular Golf in the US again, at least they still have the GTI and R.

In Brazil the Golf lauched only in 1993 in the mk3 GTI 2.0 8V 2 doors version, imported from Mexico. 1 Year later came the 4 doors GLX 2.0 8V from Mexico too, and a 4 doors GL 1.8 8V from Germany. Only in 2000 began the manufacturing the mk4 in Brazil.

Volkswagen has to give its designers the freedom to save Volkswagen from itself.

I'm 62. My first car was a Mk2 GTI, purchased in 1984. My second car was a Mk3 Golf, purchased in 1995. And my current car is a Brazilian made Mk4 GTI VR6, purchased in late 2002. I've had my 2003 GTI VR6 now going on 22 years as my daily driver, and this car has been more reliable than a Toyota or Lexus!

I had a 1983 cabriolet. The love of my life, so much fun. There is an electric future for the Golf, the ergonomics just make sense.

Trip to Dubrovnik was amazing because what seemed in 2022 to be the most popular car was the mark 2 golf. Not as a collectors item but just an everyday car. Was amazed. Even the odd mark 1.

It's understandable that VW is trying to embrace its heritage by releasing electric versions of legacy models. However, it's doubtful that they can truly capture the magic of, say, the Beetle or the Golf with the materials in use today. If petrol becomes too expensive or less readily available, there could be a substantial market in the future for converting classic legacy vehicles to electric power.

Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa. My brother bought himself a Citi Golf recently and he loves it. Although I cant drive because was blind from birth, I love it too. I also love the Mk4, Mk5 and Mk6 generations of the Golf for it's fuel-injected 1.6l naturally aspirated 4 cylinder petrol engine

I love my 20th anniversary Golf 8R!!!! Truly an amazing bit of kit and fits my daily routine as well as track days.

I’ve got 2 GTI’s, an 07 mk5 and a 23 mk8. Love both.

I bought a new VW Scirocco in 1980 and loved it. its a Golf with different body,. Put Koni shocks headers and Abarth exhaust system on it,. Drove it coast to coast twice and kept it until 1991. I wish I still had it. It got 35 MPG cruising at 70 mph in 5th gear. Easy to fix and maintain. also put a electronic ignition in it, the CIS injection system was faultless.

It's 2024 and here in South Africa the Vw Golf and VW brand is loved and will be loved for generations. It's simply in our DNA, what kept the flame in most of us burning amid all the issues we face.

1984 Rabbit Convertible here says hello to everybody 👋🏼 And grazie mille Giorgetto!

I have a MK7.5 Golf R, my favorite car ever. It always brings a smile to my face with the way it drives, the sound and the size and shape of the car.

I am using every day my Golf 3. And I love it ))

Had my '83 GTI Mk1 since 1988 and it's still a hoot to own and drive. It's simple but well engineered, easy to maintain and a great design. Cars of today are too complex, too expensive and have far too much reliance on electrical systems.

I was in Greece a few times over the last few years, and I was shocked at how many MK4 VW's I saw there! If you go to Athens, you will marvel at the sheer numbers of specifically MK4 VW's on the road there! I spoke to a local mechanic there, and he told me that mechanically, the MK4's are the soundest and most reliable VW's ever built! They were probably the last generation of VW's that didn't have too much computerized tech on board, and they spend a lot less time in the repair garage as their latter counterparts.

Proud owner of 2golf2Gti s and 2Golf4s Gti s and Golf R and now I moved on with RS3 !!!Lots of fun

Fully enjoyed this video I own a golf gti mk5 GTI l have also owned the mk2/mk3 :mk4 l GTI a bit more don’t tell the S3😂 l Also own a vw transporter T5 sportline love that to love vw as a brand there’s something that’s special can’t say what it is that makes you go back for more there not as cheap as they once was which made them even more of a bargain vw have realise what they have. Great video to watch beautifully edited love it keep them coming 👏🏽👊🏽👍🏽💯🥂

The base Golf just got canceled in several countries, including the U.S., where we have only the GTI and R. Last time I checked, Mexico doesn't have ANY Golf models available anymore!

The Brazilian Gol is a beefed-up Polo.

In my country, the Golf is seen more as a premium car because it's relatively expensive here. Most of the people who buy it are people who cant afford the GTi so they buy the regular Golf and modify to look like GTi and pretend they're driving the GTi.

I hope that the Golf lives on because, selfishly, there is no other car that combines all the elements of performance, comfort, safety, and quality like it does. When you include how functional a hatchback is, there really is no other car that does what it does as well as it does.

The Golf 4 remains my favorite. I've had a few in the past. My recently purchased Skoda Fabia 4 evokes the same feeling in terms of dimensions and experience.

I learned how to drive on that 1969 Beatle and bee in love ever since!!!!!

8:40 "the wait was up to 6 month" That was quick, I waited 14 month for Skoda Enyaq in 2022.

I've owned a Golf, Jetta and (my favorite) the Cabriolet. Simple, practical and nice cars.

As an ex GTi owner, and still a current VW product driver I pose a (few) statement(s). If VW hadn't made such a mess of the Mk8, they wouldn't have to commission production of these type of videos. In my opinion the Mk8's exterior and interior have veered so far off the legendary Golf's signature looks, that I've a feeling, that sales of the Mk8 are bad. And it's so typical of VW to remind us of their history whenever sales become bad, appealing for sales this type of way. This is a matter of my opinion only of course.

Bring back 3 door manual 😢

Good Job DW! I Love VW Golf MK 1, 2, 3.

After 2003, VW tried to make it more family car and that's when everything went wrong. Golf is no longer golf

Giugiaro the greatest car designer ever….. I own one his masterpiece design of the GT-Veloce at very young age when worked for Bertone!

A great story of the VW Golf all over the world wow 50 years same age as me this year👌👌👌👌

Por favor DW traduzcan este reportaje al español, somos miles los fanáticos del VW Golf que nos encantaría tener este documental en español.¡Gracias! 😊

very good document

I have one :). Last year Golf celebrated his 40 years of solid age :). Opinions are different about it. All my relatives hate it, except my son and wife... Now it is harder to maintain, because of rust e.t.c.

More than 50 million Corollas have been sold world wide.

I had an 84 Rabbit L in the early 90s. I loved it dearly with OEM parts, yet it just kept breaking (despite not being that old). Changed over to an 86 325es and later an 88 325is (both with stick) and never went back to anything VW again.

i have my golf 1 convertible for a very long time and i love the car

The power of narrative is never to be underestimated. To call it the most successful model ever is a big of stretch, but hey, nobody is perfect, not even DW.

Still looks good.

The Brazilian Gol that is mentioned had nothing to do with the Golf, the golf was only introduced in 1994

Long Live the Golf

The best model of Golf is the Plus and Sportsvan versions - somewhat higher than the basic model - makes it very comfortable and roomy for its size.

I am very proud of my VW GTI.

Maestro Giorgetto Giugiaro said everything at the end: the German executives have no ball between their legs! But German women prefer them, rather than courageously standing behind more ambitious men, like Bertha Benz did.

Good video! :)

I love hot hatches. Wish Honda continued evolving its Civic with a true hatchback variant like the Golf. The Golf is the perfect size for today’s daily needs. The GTI is on my radar as my next daily driver - unless Honda makes a comeback with a true hot-hatch.

Jeremy Clarkson owns a GTI. Enough said

I love my 1st car Golf II C '86

The Golf mk4 was famous and beloved here in morocco 🇲🇦 Im moving soon to germany for ausbildung and im planning to bring my Golf MK1 Cabriolet karmann with me and i don’t know if its possible to register it there or not 🤔

Mexico has their own hystory arround the golf too, The MK1 was launched in the late 70´s as Caribe offering a GTI´s version called Caribe GT instead of fuel injection the car has a carburetor and has a rich legacy as the "Mexican GTI".Late the car was launched as Golf when the MK2 was offered in Mexico. As in every country the car has a reputation of reliable and good car even today the golf is a car for VW´s lovers who love add GTI emblems and accesories related to the original model and of course choosing for love and nostalgia into the families who grow with one and they keep good memories of it.

I think its absolutely crazy how much ground clearance the old Golf and other cars had back in the day. Now they are all so impractical and slammed to the ground. They just aren't made for a majority of us in mind anymore. One of many reasons people keep buying crossovers and SUVs. Just basic usability.

The GTI from 1978 was fantastic. Successors still would be, if silly regulations didn’t rip out its soul. Giugiaro nailed it. The Germans killed their car industry a long time ago.

This video is a pathetic marketing attempt to persuade people that VW is still in the game. Overpriced cars with the outdated technology clearly lost the competition to Korean and Japanese companies. To me the future of VW strongly reminds the history of Nokia. Reliance on the established technology and failure to predict the future industry development.

He says that the Golf is classless but that is old, that was only true in the past in the 1970s-1990s. Today it is a more middle income car, and the vintage old ones are indeed classless but that is for all vintage cars unless they are high value.

Great car brilliant advertising

Thanks for uploading such clips again. Germans are know for their over engineering but GOLF wasn't. So keep it that way in my opinion. If I may ask that VW reproduce some original models, would sell fast. Again originality speeks.

In 1982 when I got my first real job I still drove my high school car. A 1959 Plymouth Belvedere. They gave me a Golf! From a sleek spaceship to a little boxshaped thing where everything was manual. Much like a Ford Model A. No wonder I felt downgraded. But 42 years later that Golf still sits in my carport. So yes I guess there was something good about it afterall. The Plymouth is there as well, aged 65 by now and it's still the better car by far. But I digress. I never expexted the little box with the waferthin materials to last long but it's still around. Good jump little Rabbit!

I love the golf ❤️ Mk4 and mk7 for life

In our video, we claim that the VW Golf is the most successful car in the world. Technically, the Toyota Corolla may have sold more units than the Golf. Yet its cult following around the world, we believe, can be said to make it the most successful car ever.

Love my 7.5 R

👌🙂 In Mexico we also love Golf. I had 5 of them myself 😂

I love my black VW Golf 8. ❤

It seemed "unexceptional" until I saw the more recent offerings by VW (T-Roc, ID3). Now I appreciate how truly awesome this car is, and it's sad that it will likely be replaced by these newer design disasters.

I believe the next Golf will be one of the first Volkswagen models to use the highly modular Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). This could mean not only a new EV Golf, but closely related Jetta saloon, Jetta Estate or even small crossover model.

Gibt’s das Video irgendwo auch auf deutsch?

There is an error in the video. The car from Brazil is the GOL, a poor cousin from Golf. It was launched in 1983 with air cooled engine and was a total failure. In 1985 VW decide to use the water cooled 1.5 , and very soon changed to the 1.6, and was a success. Gol was the best seller in Brazil to years. GOLF came in 1993 as a imported car, and became "nacional" in the mk 4 generation. It was very superior but more expensive than GOL, and because of that was never a "best seller" in Brazil.

The Golf/Rabbit is so cute 🥰

Car good, price bad..

Still a masterpiece of german engineering, but today the masterpiece is to make the costumer pay the car twice. Once for the new car and twice for the repair-bills during its life-span.😂Probably MK 2 and 4 were the best. As a used car buyer avoid at all costs the TSI and DSG junk, the epitome of planned obsolescense. Greetings from Germany.

Waiting for the 8.5 R to be released. Trade in my 7.5

The Golf II was the best generation. It was built like a tank, very roomy and very lightweight. With the Golf III VW started to use cheaper materials and lost a lot of reliability.

Golf is a luxury car in Brasil, very expensive. It's funny seeing it being treated as a popular car.

My mum used to drive a VW Golf

VW Golf Mk1 "Monacoblau" DIESEL 1983 between 1994 - 2005 From Gothenburg - Sweden to Murmansk in Russia and back !

A firend of mine has his gti tattooed in his arm. By the way vw, when can we expect the new vershion of Golf with manual transmiton in MX ? Mine is 12 years old I a need a new one.

Schön!❤

In numbers the fiat 124 is Lada 1200 2104 fso polonez fso classic etc etc. But since it is communist countries' ehm giving presents (barter deals is the business term) it is doubtful if these are units sold. But no doubt in numbers worldwide it is biggest in its time, one also have to compensate for total sales of course in a particular decade.

VW effectively destroyed it by introducing the ID3 and essentially putting all their energies into the latter, in terms of EV technology. The irony is that the Golf 'killer' is another VW! VW could have capitalised on the latest fashion for 'retro' cars.... old cars re-imagined for now - think the Mini, Fiat 500, and the return of the new Renault 5. They (VW) could have 're- imagined' the Golf MK1 in the same way, but for the 21st century. This way, the Golf story over the last 50 years would come full circle - very nicely indeed.

They forgot their mission a long time ago.

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VW (and DW) should look into the new generation VW Polo "Vivo" in South Africa. It has taken over from the Golf Mk 1 and has been the bestselling vehicle here for many years. It is also a lower cost version of the regular VW Polo, much like the Citi Golf. I still have a Citi Golf and will never get rid of it. I notice that their values are rising exponentially! 😊

I have golf mk 6 trendline❤