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Style icon. Today, the Golf IV is regarded by design experts as a style icon and groundbreaking for the model series – no doubt also because it bridged the gap to the Golf I of 1974 with all its clarity and the C-pillar design that characterised the series. With the Golf IV, Volkswagen set a completely new quality standard in the segment. At the same time, with the debut of the ESP, the democratization of security continued to advance. A short time later, ESP became the first standard in Germany. This was followed in 2001 by the Golf GTI with 132 kW / 180 hp on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the GTI, followed in 2002 by the first Golf with petrol direct injection (FSI) and the debut of the standard head airbags. Also in 2002, Volkswagen also introduced the sportiest Golf to date: the 250 km/h R32, the original version of today's Golf R. In 2003, it was this Golf R32 that was available with a dual-clutch transmission (DSG) for the first time. In the same year, the Golf IV vacated the production lines for the Golf V after 4.9 million units.

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The specified fuel consumption and emission data are determined in accordance with the measurement procedures prescribed by law. 1 January 2022, the WLTP test cycle completely replaced the NEDC test cycle and therefore no NEDC values are available for new type approved vehicles after that date.

This information does not refer to a single vehicle and is not part of the offer but is only intended for comparison between different types of vehicles. Additional equipment and accessories (additional components, tyre formats, etc.) can alter relevant vehicle parameters such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, affecting the vehicle's fuel consumption, power consumption, CO2 emissions and driving performance values in addition to weather and traffic conditions and individual driving behavior.

Due to more realistic testing conditions, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to WLTP will in many cases be higher than the values measured according to NEDC. As a result, the taxation of vehicles may change accordingly as of 1 September 2018. For further information on the differences between WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp.

Further information on official fuel consumption data and official specific CO2 emissions for new passenger cars can be found in the "Guide to fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption for new passenger car models", which is available free of charge from all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de/co2.