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Volkswagen Golf Mk1
First generation of Golf compact car / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For an overview of all generations of the Golf, see Volkswagen Golf.
The Volkswagen Golf Mk1 is the first generation of a small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen. It was noteworthy for signalling Volkswagen's shift of its major car lines from rear-wheel drive and rear-mounted air-cooled engines to front-wheel drive with front-mounted, water-cooled engines that were often transversely-mounted.
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Volkswagen Golf Mk1 (Type 17) | |
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![]() 1977 Volkswagen Golf I at the Autostadt ("ZeitHaus" exhibitions section) in Wolfsburg, Germany | |
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Manufacturer | Volkswagen |
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Designer | Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Small family car (C) |
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Layout | FF layout |
Platform | Volkswagen Group A1 platform |
Related | Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Caddy, Volkswagen Scirocco, Volkswagen Cabriolet |
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Wheelbase | 2,400 mm (94.5 in), Pickup: 2,625 mm (103.3 in) |
Length | 3,705 mm (145.9 in), later 3,815 mm (150.2 in), USA 155.3 in (3,945 mm), Pickup: 4,380 mm (172.4 in) |
Width | 1,610 mm (63.4 in), later 1,630 mm (64.2 in), Pickup: 1,640 mm (64.6 in) |
Height | saloon: 1,395 mm (54.9 in), Cabrio: 1,412 mm (55.6 in), Pickup: 1,490 mm (58.7 in) |
Curb weight | 790–970 kg (1,741.7–2,138.5 lb), USA 1,750–2,145 lb (794–973 kg) |
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Predecessor | Volkswagen Beetle |
Successor | Volkswagen Golf Mk2 |
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Successor to Volkswagen's Beetle, the first generation Golf debuted in Europe in May 1974 with styling by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign.[3]