Volkswagen has just reached a production milestone of 30,000,000 VW Golfs, since it was introduced in Germany in 1974. It is currently on its 7th
generation. 165,000 of them have been sold in Australia.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/06/14/volkswagen-builds-30-millionth-golf/
The Golf overtook the Beetle's 21.5 million total in 2002, and passed 25 million in 2006.
The Golf is behind the Toyota Corolla and Ford F-Series in total sales. But Golf totals do not include other VW models that are based on the Golf,
such as the Jetta, Tiguan, New Beetle or various Audis, Skodas and SEATs. In addition, the current Golf still has the same layout and geometry of the
original - unlike the Corolla, which was originally rear-drive with a longitudinal layout and is currently on its 11th redesign.
Now all you watercooled sooks can't complain about new part prices when you got 30 million other units around to possibly salvage second hand parts
from 
The rest of the world, yes. Lots of used Golfs in wrecking yards in Europe and the UK, and parts everywhere on Ebay. But not in Australia! VW
Australia (LNC Industries) sold only 11,740 Golf 1s here from 1976 to 1981. Then TKM imported only a few hundred Golf 2s in the early 1990s. Inchcape
only sold around 6,000 Golf 3s over five years in the mid 1990s. Even as recently as 2005, Golf sales were less than 5,000 a year here. The Golf's
record year here was 2011, when 18,383 were sold - that's still short of the Beetle's Australian one-year sales record of 24,388 set in 1960. Last
year there was a slight drop to 17,289 Golfs due to the Mk6 being run out for this year's Mk7 debut; who knows what will happen this year after the
DSG recall problem.
Still, there's lots of them on the local roads nowadays, at least in the cities, and lots of them in the used cars for-sales, something we didn't
have in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hi Phil
I don't think VW will have any BIGGER sales years in the years to come.. in Australia..
after the problem that wasn't fixed until it killed someone..
I just read today where Nissan are personally contacting about 9000 [?? from memory] owners of late PULSARS about the cars slowing down suddenly....
when the accelerator hasn't been touched for a while??..
a problem with the computer ....
COROLLA is just a name.. as you said they were RWD originally
so they are nothing remotely like the newer FWD models.
but with self park, self stop, engine turn off/ turn on/ etc
self sensing wipers/ self levelling lights , cameras and parking sensors front and rear etc..
and Now the New FORD SUV - the KUGA which will ring 000 when an air bag goes off...
I really don't think that is a good idea...
I wonder how the people who answer 000 are going to like it
Maybe there should be a sensor in the drivers seat to make sure some one human IS actually driving late model cars.. lol
LEE
When I first read the title I thought it was in regards to a recall count
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posted by Craig Torrens When I first read the title I thought it was in regards to a recall count |
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posted by Craig Torrens When I first read the title I thought it was in regards to a recall count |
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posted by 68AutoBug I just read today where Nissan are personally contacting about 9000 [?? from memory] owners of late PULSARS about the cars slowing down suddenly.... when the accelerator hasn't been touched for a while??.. a problem with the computer .... COROLLA is just a name.. as you said they were RWD originally so they are nothing remotely like the newer FWD models. but with self park, self stop, engine turn off/ turn on/ etc self sensing wipers/ self levelling lights , cameras and parking sensors front and rear etc.. and Now the New FORD SUV - the KUGA which will ring 000 when an air bag goes off... I really don't think that is a good idea... I wonder how the people who answer 000 are going to like it Maybe there should be a sensor in the drivers seat to make sure some one human IS actually driving late model cars.. lol LEE |
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