Mine's assembled in South Africa, and half of the parts in the car say they're made there too. I've got the 2.0L 8V which is an affront to modern engineering.
It's among the last nice looking VWs made, nice manual gearbox, slow, expensive to maintain, would not go there again though. My interior has held up really well though.
Other than the headlamps I think it looks mean as fuck
>You mean Mexican... since they were built in Mexico.
it doesn't matter if it's built by Juan or by Hans if the engineering behind it its shit.
fuck volkswagen
I used to own a mk4 gti. The 1.8t is pretty fun in a 5 speed but still needs some mods to be fast. I heard the vr6 is great tho, never driven it.
Im a vag fag at heart
but only to mk1's
pic related, my old baby
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Yeah it looks mean but it can't back it up. I just don't understand these people wasting money on a slow turd by making it slower. I know, I know "to each his own" but I just don't get it.
It doesn't help that here in Yurop like 90% of the scene are stanced VAG shitboxes, legit nobody actually cares about driving they just wanna take pictures. Fuck I sound so butthurt.
Pic related, it's a 1.4 mk6 with Porsche wheels
Pretty much. My first car was a Mk4 Jetta and, while the 2.0 was tough as fuck, everything around it was completely terrible.
>trans stopped shifting to fourth gear. eventually shifted fine later, then the problem returned
>sticky interior, but it did look nice otherwise
>loved the blue and red lighting at night
>alarm and electric locks wouldn't work half the time
Got it at 200k miles for $750 running, sold it at almost 240k for $400 to a Mexican. Pic related is the last pic I took of it. I don't really miss it at all.
Aside from not ever figuring out why mine wouldn't shift to fourth, I only had to replace a starter motor. I just hated that it was extremely deep in the engine bay. What is a pretty simple job on other cars is an ordeal with that one.
May have liked it more if it were a manual.
>making it slower
I don't understand this, but I agree on mk4 being nothing more than stancefags for the most part.
Most of Veeky Forums has a massive hate-on for Volkswagen, which is only partly deserved.
In simple terms the Mk4 is rather heavy for what it is, and fwd limits its potential for upgrading.
It can serve as a decent DD, even a fun one with some mods, but be prepared for the usual electrical gremlins and higher-than-average parts cost.
Mk1 and Mk2 ('92 and earlier) are much better cars
>interior
I fucking hate this about this era of Volkswagens. it actually looks okay when new, but ages horribly.
Though it may technically share the platform, the New Beetle is utter garbage. I'll admit this even as a fan of VW. Cramped and awkward up front, bizarrely long dash, poorly placed mirrors... and a reported tendency to catch fire. For some reason most of the paint colors they offered on the things fade really badly, and in a way that makes the plastic bumpers more obvious with age.
They fixed the issues with the 2012 redesign (just "Beetle" now) but there's not much reason to buy one over a golf/GTi unless you really like the look.