Но в то время он стал для европейцев со средним уровнем доходов просто машиной мечты. Golf first at the moment has already become a classic. A little more, and he will be able to go into the category of antiques. And in 1974, he became just a -  as the successor to the legendary “Beetle”, the first “Golf” really formed the small middle class car market. He had he needed to succeed: rare for that time front-wheel drive, a variety of gasoline and diesel engines, a complete set of manual or automatic , a large selection of bodies - three-and five-door hatchback, sedan (Jetta) and even a . By today's standards, the little car is just small.

But at the time, it became for middle-income Europeans just a dream machine. .