Accessories Volkswagen Golf 1 Cabriolet (1979 - 1993)
Spare parts, spare parts and accessories Volkswagen Golf 1 Cabrio (1979 - 1993)
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History of the Volkswagen Golf 1 Cabrio
The Volkswagen Golf 1 is the first generation of a family vehicle small manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen. It was presented at the Geneva motor show in march 1974.
It was in 1969 when he was born the project of a compact sedan and modern. The German mark was anxious to establish a real break with the Beetle, Volkswagen decided to rely on a young stylist named Giorgietto Giugiaro, the founder of Italdesign. Fan of the cubic shapes, this one offers in August 1970, the design of a small hatchback, functional, but not very common, which immediately receives the approval of VW-1.
This model was a change in the brand, which went on to manufacture cars with rear-wheel drive and air cooling, models with front wheel drive and water cooling.
It was the successor of the legendary vw beetle, the first generation Golf debuted in Europe in may 1974 with a design from Italdesign of Giorgetto Giugiaro
Design of the Volkswagen Golf 1 Cabrio (1979 - 1993)
Giugiaro was a design that reflected his signature style of "origami", emphasizing the sharp corners and the flat plain.
According to the Giugiaro-the Volkswagen Golf 1 is the most important design of his career.
Interestingly the first prototypes included headlights and rectangular sets of rear lights wide.
During development, it proposed several possible names, including "Blizzard" and "Caribbean", but in the end the balance in favor of “Golf". The origin of the name is believed that refers to the gulf stream, which in German is "Gulfstream”.
To test its reliability and durability, two-Volkswagen Golf 1 toured 30.500 km, from Alaska to the Land of Fire between October 2, 1974, and January 14, 1975.
The engine of Volkswagen Golf 1 Cabrio (1979 - 1993)
The initial offer of the Golf and consisted of two different engines and two levels of equipment. The engines were inline 4-cylinder water-cooled and fed by a carburetor. The first of them is a 1.1 L 50 HP (37 kw), while the second has a displacement of 1.5 L and 70 HP (51 kw). The variants of the team were:
"Golf" with engine 1.1 L, 4-speed manual transmission and front brake drum.
"Golf L" in the engine 1.1 L, manual 4-speed transmission and a larger equipment.
"Golf S" engine with 1.5 L and 4-speed manual transmission, automatic transmission with 3-speed optional.
"Golf LS" engine-1.5 L, manual 4-speed transmission line, transmission 3-speed automatic optional, and greater equipment. This additional equipment consisted of front disc brakes, headlights halogen and desempañante rear electric.
Subsequently, it was introduced to the market two levels of additional team: "Golf GL" and "Golf GLS", depending on the type of engine.
The coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH filed to the direction of Volkswagen's a convertible version of the Golf already in 1976. This first prototype lacked the roll bar of the later version and had a line-of-body-flat in the rear, where he turned the soft convertible top. below the level of the sill.
The production version of the Golf convertible was designated Type 155 . In Europe and Canada it was called the Golf Cabriolet , while in the united States was sold as the Rabbit Convertible until the model year 1985. When the Rabbit was replaced by the Golf II in the united States, Mark 1 Cabriolet was renamed to just "Volkswagen Cabriolet" (without the identification plate of the Golf or Rabbit).
The Cabriolet was sold from 1980 to 1994. It had a reinforced body, a roll-over bar cross-section and a high level of equipment. From stamping to final assembly, the Mk1 Cabriolet was built entirely in the factory of Karmann. Volkswagen supplied the engine, suspension and interior trim for Karmann the install. The roofs, vinyl or cloth, were heavily insulated, with a rear window glass with heating. The convertible top is going up and down manually until 1991, when it passed to function electrically.
The dimensions of the Volkswagen Golf 1 cabriolet did not change during the entire production, except for a fuel tank larger. He maintained the style previous to 1980, groups of tail lights. Installed a spare wheel, space-saving from the beginning, including models, pre-1978, unlike the sedan that not adopted until 1984. All Cabriolet from 1988 came factory equipped with a body kit "Clipper", which presented a solid color of the body. bumper, extensions wheel arch and side skirts.
Prior to the model year 1984, the Volkswagen Golf 1 cabrio, with the standard specification, the higher the GLI, which was essentially a GTI in all but name. It was only in late 1983 with the introduction of the model of 1984, which finally became available a version GTI with the official insignia of the convertible.
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