Volkswagen Golf

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The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car that has become one of the world’s best-selling and most influential hatchbacks since its introduction in the 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf compact car
hatchback
small family car
assemblyLocation Changchun
surface form: Changchun, China

Curitiba
surface form: Curitiba, Brazil

Foshan, China
Puebla
surface form: Puebla, Mexico

Wolfsburg
surface form: Wolfsburg, Germany

Zwickau
surface form: Zwickau, Germany
awardReceived European Car of the Year
World Car of the Year
bodyStyle 3-door hatchback
5-door hatchback
MPV
convertible
station wagon
class C-segment
countryOfOrigin Germany
fuelType diesel
electricity
petrol
plug-in hybrid
generation Mk1
Mk2
Mk3
Mk4
Mk5
Mk6
Mk7
Mk8
inception 1974
layout front-engine, four-wheel-drive
front-engine, front-wheel-drive
manufacturer Volkswagen Group
surface form: Volkswagen
marketSegment global
notableFor being one of the world’s best-selling cars
popularizing the modern front-wheel-drive hatchback layout
notableVariant Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volkswagen Golf GTE

Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volkswagen Golf GTI

Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volkswagen Golf R

Volkswagen e-Golf
platform Volkswagen Group A platform
Volkswagen Group A platform
surface form: Volkswagen Group A4 platform

Volkswagen Group A platform
surface form: Volkswagen Group A5 platform

Volkswagen Group A platform
surface form: Volkswagen Group A6 platform

Volkswagen Group MQB platform
predecessor Volkswagen Beetle
production continuous since 1974
relatedModel SEAT León
Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volkswagen Golf Plus

Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan
Volkswagen Jetta
Volkswagen Scirocco
Škoda
surface form: Škoda Octavia
successorModelLine Volkswagen ID.3
transmission automatic transmission
dual-clutch transmission
manual transmission

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A-Class competesWith Volkswagen Golf
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz A-Class
this entity surface form: Volkswagen Golf (higher trims)
Honda Civic competitor Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Group notableModel Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Golf notableVariant Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volkswagen Golf GTI
Volkswagen Golf notableVariant Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volkswagen Golf R
Volkswagen Golf notableVariant Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volkswagen Golf GTE
European Car of the Year notableWinner Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Passat platformSharingWith Volkswagen Golf
this entity surface form: Volkswagen Golf (various generations)
Volkswagen Golf relatedModel Volkswagen Golf self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volkswagen Golf Plus