Brand-new Mk 1s !

[NBirkitt]

Beetles UK is importing S.African-built Golf (Mk 1
bodyshell) – now taking orders for the first batch of
cars due early 2005 We’ll have a feature on it in next
issue of Volkswagen Driver mag.

Spec. as follows:

5 doors, colour coded bumpers, beesting aerial, twin
headlights, remote control central locking, alarm,
immobiliser, rear door child locks, rear wash wiper,
heated rear window, digital clock, centre console
with cup holders, front door pockets, rev counter,
tinted glass, 14" alloy wheels, 5 speed manual
gearbox etc

The 1.6 i SPORT model also includes: Sports seats,
larger alloy wheels ( 15" 6 spoke alloys ), double
exhaust, lowered suspension, smoked rear lights
etc

Retail prices are:

1.4i £8795
1.6i £8995
1.6i SPORT £9495

All prices include all taxes and VAT and are plus
£710 on the road charges to include 1 years road
fund licence, registration fee, PDI, delivery to Beetles
UK, full tank of fuel and number plates.

For more information, contact Beetles (UK) on 0870
1202 356

(Neil Birkitt, Editor, Volkswagen Driver)

[Lhasa2008]

Spec. as follows:

5 doors, [snip]

[:^(]

Shame they don't make the 3 door ones like SA used too.

[Quiksilver]

South Africa are making these ones.

[mk1Matt]

Spec. as follows:

5 doors, [snip]

[:^(]

Shame they don't make the 3 door ones like SA used too.

Yeah but retro styled 5 door Mk1's are becoming fashionable now. Think of all the stuff you could do to it, without dealing with the dreaded rust! It could be like the blue one with polished zender turbos, but brand new. How cool... [;)]

[slythe_guy]

i like them yes, but there's just something about them thta looks really ugly, so i'd rather stick with a proper mk1 golf

i'm assuming this is the citigolf yeah?

[Guests]

would i spend almost ten grand on that? no i dont think so [:s]

[Higgim]

But think what other brand new cars you can get for less than 10 grand. There aren't any that I would consider. [:s]

I think its a great idea, still in keeping with the original.

[DarrenW]

Great idea [:Y:]

But you'd need new front wings and grille, and there's that weird crease in the rear pillar before it would like an ur-Mk1...

[Jon P]

they have to change that dash!!!! it just lets it down!!!

[Deako]

Polo dash isnt it?

Good idea to get someone importing them properly. Just a shame they slightly ruined the styling with modern safety implementation, if theres such a thing in SA.

And i so wish they did a 3 door version.

[wolfsburg85]

Anyone got any pics of this so called mk1 Golf?

[JonnyGTi]

Here -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/jonnygti/newmk1.bmp

Not good, ay. Looks like deeper nose for safety kit and suspension changes.

[JonnyGTi]

lovely interior, really goes well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/jonnygti/golfback.jpg

[Jon P]

its awful i still don't believe thats in a mk1....

the lupo GTI dash would of been better [;)]

[AndyG]

don't like the look of that skoda fabia dasboard [8(]

[Dave J]

How about a Caddy for £6995 +vat?
http://www.beetles-uk.com/newsimages/pickup.jpg
check out Beetles-uk (http://www.beetles-uk.com)

[Carl S]

Why are they making this car? surely it must be cheaper to retool with the newer MK3 or 4 than re-engineer all the new stuff?

reminds me of the whole Fiat 131 Miafuri reborn as a Lada saga a bit too much...

[Deako]

They havent re-engineered anything as far as i know. Just updated a few things.

[DarrenW]

reminds me of the whole Fiat 131 Miafuri reborn as a Lada saga a bit too much...

*cough* Fiat 124 *cough*

[superden]

reminds me of the whole Fiat 131 Miafuri reborn as a Lada saga a bit too much...

*cough* Fiat 124 *cough*

BWAHAHAHA [LOL] [LOL] [LOL]

Picky picky [;)]

[Steve B]

id have a caddy

[Carl S]

Darren, I'm not sure what's worse, me getting the exact model of Italian rustbox wrong... or you knowing the lineage of a Lada [;)]

[DarrenW]

Darren, I'm not sure what's worse, me getting the exact model of Italian rustbox wrong... or you knowing the lineage of a Lada [;)]

[LOL] I know more about Ladas than any sane person would ever need to! [:^(]

[1990]

Horrid!!! It looks like a yugo [xx(]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/jonnygti/newmk1.bmp

[DarrenW]

Nah, it just looks like a Mk1 Golf that needs a damn good lowering and some mods to the front end!

[drew]

Come on, where's your imagination you bunch of woosies.

Little bit of work and you could remove the crease, tidy up the grille. 5 doors presents a bit more of a challenge, but not impossible.

You'd be getting a BRAND NEW Mk1 shell with a modern dashboard transplant and a lovely brand new 1588c GTI engine.

RHD drive too, I wonder what they've done with the cross linkage in these cars? Notice the bonnet pull is on the right hand side....

Yes, a bit expensive, but ... it's a mk1. Imagine driving around with a UR05 GTI numberplate!

Cheers,

Drew.
Edited by: drew

[DarrenW]

http://www.angelfire.com/oh/Pfro/images/Cti1.jpg

http://www.autostyle.co.za/vwgolf1/golf1pics/front_golf1_27.jpg

http://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/dbimages/pic1large_15.jpg

http://www.vwfixx.com/dubs/40/images/jp-89citi-1.jpg

[DarrenW]

http://vortex3.rely.net/gallery/albums//Features/Feature%20Cars/AUTObiographies/GOLFLIF3ZN=Citi%20Golf%201.6i/003.jpg

[Jon P]

yeah loose the mk2 stuff from the front and it would look lovely!

[drew]

I see the servo is still on the wrong side of the bulkhead. Excellent! [LOL]

Cheers,

Drew.

[Deako]

South Africans obviously dont use the brakes then! [:)]

[drew]

I wonder why they use the 1588cc block rather than the 1781cc one though. You'd have thought the 1781cc was more common and easier, particularly since it is more powerful and economical than the 1588cc, and used in a lot of other VAG cars too.

Cheers,

Drew.

[robertnes]

I would have one if it was 1.8 and 3 door. at least its a bit different from most new cars on the road.

[DarrenW]

Maybe it's a tax thing? I know it's aimed at the bargain basement end of the new car market - car hires companies, young drivers etc... Cheaper to insure and tax?

[drew]

The odd thing is, if you look at the picture of the engine bay, the coolant hose comes off between cylinders 3 and 4, like the 1781cc engine.

I wonder if this 1.6 isn't based on the original 1588cc from the mk1 1.6 GTI? Perhaps it's something out of the mk3/mk4 range?

Cheers,

Drew.

[mk1Matt]

What's the deal with the front end anyway? It looks like it uses a Mk2 grille? Or am I going mad...?

[drew]

Looks like a late model mk1 cabriolet grille to me.

Cheers,

Drew.

[mk1Matt]

Must be the shape of the wings throwing me off. The seem to slope backwards at the front, Mk2 style.

[Lhasa2008]

Little bit of work and you could remove the crease, tidy up the grille. 5 doors presents a bit more of a challenge, but not impossible.



And then weld up the back doors to convert it to a 3 door shell.. [8-}]

I don't care how many kids/dogs/cats/shopping you've got, it's got to be 3-door. [;)]

[DarrenW]

A twin engined one! (http://www.ferroli.co.za/twin.htm)

[Jon P]

A twin engined one! (http://www.ferroli.co.za/twin.htm)


that beast Vs R1 (http://www.ferroli.co.za/images/movies/800Mrun.mpg)

QTR mile (http://www.ferroli.co.za/images/movies/10.7%20sec%20run%20@%20Track%20Attack.WMV)

how does that compare to the dubsport one?
Edited by: jonboy

[Lhasa2008]

A twin engined one! (http://www.ferroli.co.za/twin.htm)


That's ones OKish!, being 5 door it'll be easier to change the oil filter on the rear engine [LOL]

I wonder where they got the idea of the exhausts from. [LOL]

[Bronze MK1 Cab]

It's cool they are still making them, but the 5 door just doesn't do it for me.