Vehicle Description
1992 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Wolfsburg Edition
Several VW models take their names from winds, a pattern that's
more of a historical accident than a planned strategy, and many
think that trend continued with Golf. But "Golf" isn't a type of
wind - it's the German word for the Gulf Stream ocean current. It
also happened to be the name of a key manager's horse,which appears
to be the real inspiration.
To both commemorate the prior success - the reference to Wolfsburg,
the site of the main VW factory since the 1930s - and some added
blingification - new colors, special combinations, etc. There was
no "set" thing that made a given car a Wolfsburg Edition - it was
whatever the factory decided to do to boost sales. For consignment,
a 1992 version of the Wolfsburg edition of the VW Golf. This car
presents nicely but does have some areas of wear and tear, but hey
its 31 years old and it's a convertible.
Exterior
Sticking to the square and rectangle design ... hey it's the 90's,
we see Inca Blue Metallic bathing steel panels with well minded
gaps in this econobox car. The paint is good but there are some
dents and dings and repairs in the lower wheel wells, the edges of
the wheel wells and the bumpers have scratches. A black front
grille houses a single headlight on either side and a slightly
smaller fog light nearer to the VW badged center. A body matching
bumper is below. As we move back, the front quarters frame 14-inch
alloy wheels that have some curbing and repairs painted over to
peel off of the finish and corrosion. This is present on all
wheels. A wide door with a blackened handle cozies up to the rear
quarter and when the blue canvas top with a white tonneau is down a
black roll bar is revealed at this junction between the door and
quarter. A simple vertical rear to the car has wrap-around
horizontal rectangular tail lights and another blue bumper below. A
snappy looker with a body design by Karmann.
Interior
So this year's edition of the Wolfsburg decided to use actual
leather on the interior, (at least it looks like it, as one never
knows for sure...). Door panels are white with black uppers and
lowers as well as an inset actuator, armrest, and mirror joystick
as well as some lower storage. Seats are low back buckets with high
rising headrests and are also white leather. These seats are
showing some wear, cracks and seat center/edge soiling. A rear 2
plus 2 bench is installed and this is in the similar condition as
the front seats. Between the buckets is black carpeting and the
hump as well as a small white console near the dash. This console
has the shifter and a trio of gauges staring at the driver. As we
move upward there are the power window toggles, temp sliders and an
AM/FM Cassette player. The dash has turned to black plastic inserts
and this is where in front of the driver we see round gauges in
square holes and a black padded dash top. The factory wheel is in
and in black.
Drivetrain
Under the hood in a tight engine bay is a 1.8 L 4 popper which is
electronically fuel injected. There is a 5 speed manual
transmission on back and a 4.25 final drive to whisk you down the
Autobahn. It's all tightly compacted in here but is looking fairly
clean and mostly rust free.
Undercarriage
Sone blue undercoating which has road dirt and some oil blowback is
near the spare tire cover. The remainder of the undercarriage has
more rustproofing and mostly flat German aero panels. Suspension is
independent Macpherson strut for the front, and a torsion beam and
coil springs for the rear. Power discs in front and power drums in
back and a new single exhaust system is noted.
Drive-Ability
A cool day but the top went down and I was off like a prom dress to
the test track. Here it did nicely with smooth acceleration,
shifting and handling. Braking was bias free and all but the AC was
working.
A fun little second car or a nice car to have at your beach house,
this little Wolfey is a hoot to drive and what the heck it's a
convertible! Uh um Cabriolet..excuse me.
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1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
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