Golf 2nd Generation (1983 - 1991)
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First stage of evolution. It was the second Golf that the baby boomer generation, those born in the 1960s, learned to drive: while its predecessor had already become the darling of all driving instructors and learner drivers, the new Golf now finally and indelibly drove itself into the minds of this generation, which was later even named after it in a novel by the German writer Florian Illies. And it was this Golf that democratized progress to a particularly large extent – with technologies such as the controlled catalytic converter, the anti-lock braking system and the first all-wheel drive in the series. Part of the secret of Golf's success, however, is the fact that the designers transferred the DNA of the first Golf to its successor, thus manifesting a golf design culture for eternity. This DNA still makes every Golf unmistakable today. After 6.3 million units, the second generation of the Golf came to an end in the summer of 1991.
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