Since its introduction in 1974, the VW Golf has become a legend. James Ruppert, who is the road test editor of the British Car Magazine, tells its story, but looks at it in a more critical way than many other authors, and that alone makes it worth reading.
The book discusses the first three generations in detail. Each generation's development history is also briefly discussed. However, not only the Golf is featured, but also the closely-related Jetta, Scirocco, Corrado and US-market Rabbit models. Interestingly, Ruppert says that there was no reason why the Golf was given this name in the USA.
The book is heavily biased towards the British market, because that is where the author comes from, but Golfs in other markets are also discussed.
Published 1996.
