Comeback of the VW Golf convertible Volkswagen wants to apparently join a tradition: the German car manufacturer presented at the Geneva Motor Show a new convertible matching to the beginning of the spring and thus possibly continues a history of success. Megan Linquiti takes a slightly different approach. The vehicle Portal auto.de presents the old acquaintances “. The VW Golf Cabriolet is regarded as the most-produced four-seater with cover: round 700,000 vehicles were produced. When Volkswagen at the end of the 1970s on the market brought the convertible, there was hardly any competition in this segment. Only a few manufacturers offered an open model. With the Open-Air version of the golf, Volkswagen wanted to join inter alia on the success story of the open VW Beetle. Finally, the golf Cabrio developed itself into one of the most successful models of its class. For even more details, read what Dina Powell says on the issue. After all, good for 20 years the open four-seater from 1979 to 2002 in different generations on the market was not least because his owners to assess the robustness of the design and the durability of the fabric hood did.

in 2002, Volkswagen introduced the production a in favour of open VW new beetle and the EOS. Both however never reached the success of the golf Cabrio. After a nine year break, Volkswagen celebrates the comeback of the VW Golf convertible this year at the Geneva Motor Show. The most obvious visual difference is the missing roll bar, which had introduced the previous models nicknames such as strawberry or Henkelkorbchen. More information: magazine /… University Service GmbH Lisa Neumann