Editing Volkswagen Golf (section)

=={{Anchor|A1|17}}First generation (Mk1/A1, ''Typ'' 17; 1974)==<!--1993 is correct; Cabrio produced until then. Do not change. -->
{{Main article|Volkswagen Golf Mk1}}
[[File:VW Golf I Facelift front 20081209.jpg|thumbnail|right|Volkswagen Golf 3-door (Europe)]]

In May 1974,<ref>All dates for Mk1 to Mk4 according to: {{cite book|title=Deutsche Autos 1945–1990, vol.3 |last=Oswald |first=Werner |year=2001 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |isbn=3-613-02116-1 |pages=72–137}} and {{cite book |last=Kittler |first=Eberhard |title=Deutsche Autos seit 1990, vol.5 |pages=266–313 |language=de |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |year=2001 |location=Stuttgart |isbn=3-613-02128-5}}</ref> Volkswagen presented the first-generation Golf as a modern front-wheel-drive, long-range replacement for the [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. Later Golf variations included the Golf GTI (introduced in June 1976 with a fuel-injected 1.6-litre engine capable of {{convert|180|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}), a diesel-powered version (from September 1976), the [[Volkswagen Jetta (A1)|Jetta]] [[notchback]] saloon version (from October 1979), the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet (from January 1980 through 1994) and a Golf-based van and pickup, the [[Volkswagen Caddy]].

The '''Golf Mk1''' was sold as the '''Volkswagen Rabbit''' in the United States and Canada and as the '''Volkswagen Caribe''' in Mexico.

A facelifted version of the Golf Mk1 was produced in South Africa as the '''[[Volkswagen Citi Golf|Citi Golf]]''' from 1984 to 2009.<ref name="C4Wauto-4411956">{{cite web |url=http://topcar.co.za/user-generated/goodbye-citi-golf/ |title=Goodbye Citi Golf &#124; TopCar |work=topcar.co.za |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=19 March 2014 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320062853/http://topcar.co.za/user-generated/goodbye-citi-golf/ |archive-date=20 March 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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