As with the larger Passat, launched a year earlier, the MK4 Golf helped form a part of Volkswagen's strategy of moving its products upmarket to plug a gap between mainstream economy cars … 展开

GTI 25th Anniversary Edition (2001) / 337 Edition (2002)
The GTI 25th Anniversary Edition was a special version of the Golf GTI for the European market to … 展开

In 2002, Volkswagen produced the Golf R32 in Europe as a 2003 model year. It was the world's first production car with a dual-clutch gearbox ( 展开

• 2004 SEMA: Gran Turismo Award
• 2000 CAP Used Car of the Year Awards - Best Small Hatch
• 2000 Diesel … 展开

Golf Cabriolet
As with the Mk2 Golf, Volkswagen did not make a convertible version of the Mk4 Golf. Instead, they … 展开

China
In China, the Golf Mk4 commenced production in 2003 by FAW-Volkswagen where it was sold alongside a new version of the Golf IV with 展开

In 1999, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Catholic Church's Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope John Paul II, purchased a fourth-generation Golf in which to drive around Rome, selling it in 2005 after John Paul's death in … 展开