GOLF MK2

About the Golf Mk2

The Mk2 is the Golf that grew up without losing the plot. Unveiled in August 1983 and designed entirely in Wolfsburg, it was 17 cm longer, 5.5 cm wider and about 95 kg heavier, and it was the first car Volkswagen designed for fully automated production in Wolfsburg's Hall 54. Current design chief Andreas Mindt credits Herbert Schäfer with modernising it while keeping the original's DNA. It gave the Golf its first regulated catalytic converter in 1984, then ABS and syncro all-wheel drive in 1986. The 1989 Rally Golf G60 paired syncro with a supercharger for homologation, and the raised Golf Country followed in 1990. Golf production passed 10 million in June 1988, and 6.3 million Mk2s were built.