| Since 1974 Volkswagen has produced the massively | | | | has been a part of your driving life: If you haven't |
| popular Golf. It is VW's best selling model, and it is now | | | | owned or driven at least one variant then barely a day |
| in its 6th mark. | | | | can go by without you having seen one on the road. In |
| - Volkswagen Golf Mk 1 1974 - 1984 | | | | deed with the takeover over Skoda and SEAT it is |
| - Volkswagen Golf Mk 2 1985 - 1992 | | | | difficult to believe that you don't see a vehicle |
| - Volkswagen Golf Mk 3 1991 - 1998 | | | | containing Golf parts every day. |
| - Volkswagen Golf Mk 4 1997 - 2006 | | | | Many of us started out our driving lives in a VW Golf. |
| - Volkswagen Golf Mk 5 2003 - 2009 | | | | They were fun and reliable but even a quality car will |
| - Volkswagen Golf Mk 6 2009 - present | | | | need replacement parts and spares at some stage in |
| It replaced the VW Beetle, but not straight away. VW | | | | its life. The search for parts can be time consuming, |
| Beetle production kept going until 1978 in Germany and | | | | calling main dealers [gasping at the quoted price as |
| until much later in Mexico. | | | | often as not] and traipsing round the scrap yards [if |
| This transition from air cooled to water cooled engines | | | | you can get there if the car is laid up] and as time |
| was in part thanks to Volkswagen's access to Audi | | | | goes on the classic Volkswagen parts supply will be |
| technology. | | | | dwindling. With scarcity of supply goes a rise in price - |
| Here is something to ponder [and may win you a pub | | | | so if you need Golf parts or spares at a reasonable |
| quiz]: What has the Golf and its variants [Bora, Jetta, | | | | price you may need help searching for them. |
| Scirocco, Passat] all have in common? | | | | Getting a search done at up to 250 breakers and |
| The answer is easy if you know that Jetta is the | | | | scrap yards at one go could greatly improve your |
| German for 'Trade Wind'. The word Golf does not | | | | chances of sourcing that quality used VW engine or |
| refer to the pleasant game which Europeans beat | | | | the body parts you need. It will probably save you a |
| Americans at. It refers to the Gulf Stream, the warm | | | | great deal of time and money. Let us help your search |
| water that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and that | | | | for cheap car spares. Cheap scrap car parts could |
| flows to the north west coast of Europe. | | | | help your Golf stay on the road at a reasonable price. |
| PART OF THE LANDSCAPE | | | | Click on the accompanying links to start your search. |
| If you are under 55 years of age then the VW Golf | | | | |