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The Volkswagen South Africa plant assembled genuine Golf I in 1978-1983 period.
Golf II arrived to ZA as 1984 model and Citi Golf as 1985.
In 1988 the factory have been bought complete Golf I's tooling from Germany.
The face lifts and interior modifications weren't lonely changes comapring to genuine Golf I.
First one was the fuel tank expanded from 37 to 49 litres.
The basic petrol 1349 cc. engine introduced 1998 (later boosted to 1423) cc.) wasn't available for any other Volkswagen.
Since 2004 Citi Golf had Skoda Fabia's dashboard.
The power steering was available on demand.
etc. etc.
The article with development story:
http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/latest-launches/golf-with-the-right-stuff-the-story-of-the-citi-1.839484
Golf II arrived to ZA as 1984 model and Citi Golf as 1985.
In 1988 the factory have been bought complete Golf I's tooling from Germany.
The face lifts and interior modifications weren't lonely changes comapring to genuine Golf I.
First one was the fuel tank expanded from 37 to 49 litres.
The basic petrol 1349 cc. engine introduced 1998 (later boosted to 1423) cc.) wasn't available for any other Volkswagen.
Since 2004 Citi Golf had Skoda Fabia's dashboard.
The power steering was available on demand.
etc. etc.
The article with development story:
http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/latest-launches/golf-with-the-right-stuff-the-story-of-the-citi-1.839484