The Golf Mk1 went into production in March 1974, and sales officially began in May of the same year. About a year later, the hatchback reached the US market under the Rabbit moniker.

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The Volkswagen Golf line is 50 years old! Let's look back the successive generations of VW's best selling car model, from GTIs to e-models, and beyond.

Volkswagen developed the second electric Golf, the CitySTROMer, in 1981. Using lead-acid batteries, it had a range of around 60 km (37 miles) and was built in 25 units.

Production of the first-gen VW Golf ended in 1983 (except for South Africa where it continued until 2009), by which time the automaker had sold 6.99 million units worldwide, including the ...