1976 Golf
European 1.1-litre · Type 17/A1
Volkswagen · model family
2 versions documentedGolf, through the years.
One name, many different cars. Choose a generation, then a documented year and version.
Dates describe the main European hatchback sequence. Cabriolets, estates, regional continuations and Rabbit naming can follow different schedules.
This is a growing history. A generation listed here does not mean every year or trim is documented. Each profile identifies its engine, transmission and market; available driving models are labeled separately.
Time-travel garage
How far can Golf travel?
Choose two researched versions. Joyride compares only the documented year, generation and version on their own pages.
0 years apart1976 Golf I to 1976 Golf I
This activity uses documented Joyride profiles only. Missing years and trims stay missing rather than being filled with invented versions.
Golf I
1974–1983The front-drive hatchback family gained its original GTI in 1976.
Explore year coverage · 1 of 10 years · 2 versions
9 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
1974To research1975To research19762 versions1977To research1978To research1979To research1980To research1981To research1982To research1983To research
1976 Golf
German GTI · 1.6 injection · three-door
Golf II
1983–1991Explore year coverage · 0 of 9 years · 0 versions
9 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
1983To research1984To research1985To research1986To research1987To research1988To research1989To research1990To research1991To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Golf III
1991–1997Explore year coverage · 0 of 7 years · 0 versions
7 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
1991To research1992To research1993To research1994To research1995To research1996To research1997To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Golf IV
1997–2003Explore year coverage · 0 of 7 years · 0 versions
7 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
1997To research1998To research1999To research2000To research2001To research2002To research2003To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Golf V
2003–2008Explore year coverage · 0 of 6 years · 0 versions
6 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
2003To research2004To research2005To research2006To research2007To research2008To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Golf VI
2008–2012Explore year coverage · 0 of 5 years · 0 versions
5 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
2008To research2009To research2010To research2011To research2012To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Golf VII
2012–2019Explore year coverage · 0 of 8 years · 0 versions
8 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
2012To research2013To research2014To research2015To research2016To research2017To research2018To research2019To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Golf VIII
Introduced 2019 · revised 2024Explore year coverage · 0 of 8 years · 0 versions
8 years remain to research in this span. A linked year has at least one reviewed version, not every body, trim, engine, transmission or market.
2019To research2020To research2021To research2022To research2023To research2024To research2025To research2026To research
Year and version profiles are still to be documented.
Explore another model family
Generation chronology: Volkswagen · fifty years and eight generations of Golf. Individual vehicle specifications have their own sources on each profile.