1988 Volkswagen Fox GL Wagon | Retro Review

The '88 VW Fox is still a stunningly sharp looking wagon!

[@christinestrong6060]

My son has a Volkswagen Fox! He sent you guys an e-mail to release the old Motorweek episode as a retro review and you guys listened!

[@heitorbernardes7977]

Be careful to not let he crash it... Its platform dates back to 1972... And the structure cracks if you drive it with bad shocks...

[@ilanoliveira4237]

My first car was a 1986 model of this Wagon. I'm a brazilian, so i get a previous version of this car, here it was called Volkswagen Parati. Nice car to be the first one. Sad VW never sold in USA the hatchback model, it would be interesting.

[@ericdanzero1974]

@@ilanoliveira4237 ih ala outro BR vendo motorweek aqui kkkii

[@DTD110865]

@@heitorbernardes7977 Used on the VW Dasher and Audi Fox, of course.

[@gregg9672]

Hmm I've been asking for the Ford Festiva for years and nothing.

[@DougsCars]

Keep the Retro Reviews coming please!! Loved watching these as a kid, and now again!

[@fernandorocha6486]

This VW Fox 88 wagon is test mileage 26 city, 30 highway, test mileage 26 MPG. This wagon brazilian is economic car

[@8-CylinderVelocity]

These were produced and sold in Brazil as the Volkswagen Parati, a station wagon version of the Volkswagen Gol (not to be confused with Golf), the 1.8L engines are bulletproof and can last very long, or support high turbo pressures if modified properly. We also had a GLS version which was the most complete trim level. You can still fetch one of these nowadays with low mileage for a good price. I wish VW made a AWD version of this wagon.

[@williieloman1549]

Way back then, I bought a wagon new. Then a used 2 door sedan and finally a beautiful black 4 door. They were great cars and fun to drive. I moved on to a new 1990 Passat which I owned for 10 years and 200,000 miles. Following these, purchased new were another Passat, Jetta, GTI, R32. Also bought new were 3 Beetles, 98, 03 convertible, 2012(still own). Also owned a TDI sportwagon and a gas sportwagen. Currently driving a 2020 Tiguan. I'm 69 years old. I really enjoyed each and everyone of them. And never had any problems with them.

[@igglybiggly6951]

VW lost me to Toyota in the late 90s after 2 very sour experiences with their Jetta and Eurovans

[@henriquebrenzinger4406]

Bulletproof car with an even more bulletproof engine, this legendary car can still be seen going down Brazilian roads today.

[@carwrtr1]

VW had NO EXCUSE why an automatic transmission wasn’t offered on this car, especially when it was going to be sold in America. The folks who made the decision to not offer an automatic transmission on Fox were IGNORANT. I think this car is cool, but that stupid manual transmission has GOT TO GO; probably over 70% of American drivers drive automatics..

[@theKevronHarris]

The Volkswagen Fox 2-door wagon is sold as the Voyage Parati in Brazil.

[@ftm1981]

It´s only VW Parati. The VW Fox is called Voyage in Brazil.

[@theKevronHarris]

@@ftm1981 True. What about the Gol?

[@ftm1981]

​@@theKevronHarris Fox hatch version.

[@theKevronHarris]

@@ftm1981 True.

[@edsonfrancisco9042]

👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@thomashouse6090]

Still have a Golf wagon. I've had a few actually. Love it. Glad VW still makes them. Shame very few other manufacturers make wagons anymore

[@scottlynch5804]

This thing is so freaking cool. I'm 45 years old, so grew up in the 80s and remember these!

[@KWY007]

I miss my Fox! i was the first one to get mine in 1987! It was totaled in 1994, repaired and driven for 6 months on a 6 hour round trip commute from Houston to Austin, TX! It finally died in 1997 at 179,000 miles!

[@Blakecryderman7244]

@kevin young you drove it alot in 10 years.

[@KWY007]

@@Blakecryderman7244yep! I bought it because I was in field service, the cargo room came in handy for parts. It was a great car for $9100!

[@bwxmoto]

I am thankful for Retro Reviews!

[@spedison_3824]

my brother and I had one of these a few years back. I learned how to drive stick with it, really cool quirky car. wish I still had it

[@hermesbars5871]

Here in Brazil, this is the station wagon based in the VW Gol, its name is Parati. Fox is the name of another car made by VW, a compact released in 2003 and sold until nowadays (it's my current car, a VW Fox 2018)

[@BriansRCStuff]

I cannot remember the last time I saw one of these on the road! At least 15 years ago....

[@lorenzo_br5803]

I see them almost daily here in Brazil! Either as a Parati (wagon), or as a Gol (hatch) or Voyage (sedan)!

[@organrick]

It’s only been a few days for me. There’s one that looks exactly like the test car in the area where I live.

[@gunnlover]

@@lorenzo_br5803 they rusted in America

[@davemcguigan218]

@@organrick I had this same color and model but it was an 87. I also had a new GTI 16V back then. Yes the car wasn't quick but with proper tires would handle quite well. Had plenty of room but I thought the quality of the Mexican and this Brazilian made model not as good as the German and my Pennsylvania made cars. I also had a 84 and 85 GTI. And earlier in the 70's a 76 Rabbit, 78 Rabbit and finally a 77 Scirocco. VW's had a better reputation for reliablity back then.

[@pmvaldez1]

I've seen a Fox or two in the wild recently.

[@rdtonet1]

My dad has a pickup version of these called Saveiro, wich was exclusive to Brazilian market, that he uses as a beater car and he loves it. It still a quite nice boxy utilitarian, it os practical, handles well, is fairly fast and is very very economical and cheap to maintain.

[@djmhyde]

saveiros are not exclusive to brazilian market, they just wasn't sold in america

[@rdtonet1]

@@djmhyde I'm sure that the newer ones were exported to many markets, but if I'm not mistaken, the older "squared" ones, like that Fox, were exclusive to Brazil.

[@BradYsseldyke]

Had a '93 sedan as my first car, and I miss it dearly. If I could find another in decent shape, I'd love to bring it home.

[@SanMartianRover]

There's one on CarGurus right now, just looked... $6250 asking though

[@Kingsoupturbo]

That giant analog clock in the instrument cluster! oh dear!

[@sutherlandA1]

A sign of a lower spec model without a tachometer, later on in the decade you got blessed with a digital clock with a economy gauge but still no tacho

[@Kingsoupturbo]

@@sutherlandA1 We had a 1988 mazda 323 manual trans with no tach either on the base model, funny that cars you used to have to just guess what rpm it was at

[@weedmastersr]

@@Kingsoupturbo I still have a 2004 Daewoo Matiz with no tach. I had to look up online the rpm it has in each gear at common speeds.

[@pmvaldez1]

@@Kingsoupturbo back in the day they'd give you a shift light 😂

[@robsrandomness7824]

Not sure why all the fuss over a missing tach. You should know when to shift by sound and feel.

[@alecfleming373]

I love my Fox! Managed to convince the ex to sell it back to me... Best choice in the world! Buying the same car twice fyi...

[@leodealmeida88]

I had one of those in Brazil. The brazilian name was Parati. It was a premium car in the 80s em 90s. I had a GLS version. Came with Recaro's seats, dashboard completed, more horse power, aluminium wheels. The bumpers and the head lights was differents too. But it haven't power steering.

[@wr70beh]

0-60 in a snappy 10.8 seconds. That's glacial nowadays.

[@wr70beh]

@Bryan LP oh for the time it was perfectly fine. My 88 Hyundai like the one they compared the Fox to couldn't get out of it's own way. I was just saying we've come a long way since those days.

[@777jones]

10.8 is pretty good. That is a car that can easily keep up with traffic even today. This car is ultra light, so you wouldn't want to crash it.

[@erikhertzer8434]

wr70beh : I remember when 0-60 in 5 seconds was considered the super car benchmark....now its under 3 seconds for super cars. Porsche 911 turbo S has been clocked at 0-60 in 2.5.

[@777jones]

Erik Hertzer people use less of the available performance today than ever before. In many cases they have to drive slower today than in 1980s. They probably haul less with their pickup trucks too.

[@weedmastersr]

The new Toyota C-HR has an identical 0-60 time, and so does the new Ford Ecosport.

[@LearnAboutFlow]

I drove a friend's Fox sedan years ago and that car was an absolute blast. And talk about a sleeper. You don't see many on the road today, so I'm guessing VW's 'reliability' kicked in.

[@williieloman1549]

I bought one new and LOVED it, great car! Driving a Golf sportwagen today.

[@GalFatal-nx1nk]

In Brazil this was called Vw Parati, it had less equipment than the american version. It was considered a medium car here at the time, losing in size only for the vw Passat(wich was called Santana over here). Love the retro reviews, cheers from Brazil!!

[@rdtonet1]

Era uma perua compacta mesmo. Os Del-Rey, Monza e Santana que são carros bem maiores eram considerados médios. Carros realmente grandes nessa época eram só o Opala e a Caravan

[@JaymeEduardo]

Meu saco cabeludo esta coçando mas eu estou no trabalho e portanto não posso lavar na pia. Será que dá pra cuspir nele e esfregar na cueca ?

[@joaogabriel40177]

No one cares bro

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

VW Fox wagon (Parati quadrada here in Brazil) is great wagon.

[@mkshffr4936]

I am so old that I remember when the dasher came out.

[@carzestindia626]

MotorWeek is probably the first KZbin channel where it has a share of 100 Likes/1 Dislike 😍 Ofcourse, these retro reviews are Fab!!

[@digitalfootballer9032]

To be honest, what is there to dislike? This show is legendary. And who else is going to put so much focus into luggage space?

[@TJCusumano]

Had this exact year and model (except in Champagne Gold) for four years (and 30,000 miles) before I gave it to my sister as a going-to-college Christmas present (who kept it for another four years). It was a great car and got me through some frugal times. I helped three people move with it.

[@IVR02]

My mom's 2nd car was a '92 Fox sedan. She had it until 1998, when she decided she needed more space and traded it for a Kia Sportage. The Sportage had a faulty transmission, so she traded it for a Mitsubishi Galant later that year, and has been leasing Mitsubishis ever since. But she's said that part of her still regrets getting rid of the Fox to this day, and if she didn't need more cargo space, she probably would still have it.

[@theKevronHarris]

The 2-door Volkswagen Fox looks very nice and interesting! Too bad that the wagons are outfoxed by SUVs and crossovers of today.

[@carlc5748]

It would probably perform a lot better, as a crossover, if it was equipped with fox shocks!

[@the66volks]

Thank you very much for this!! I drive a 1989 fox two door to college an I loved it!

[@manthony225]

Loved these. A friend had a coupe bought new in '90. He had a stripped base model but the interior was surprisingly nice.

[@Policearegood-mt6kx]

Very sleek and aerodynamic looking vehicle.

[@ericrolv]

It's our beloved brazilian built VW Parati

[@ohguy1991]

It's called a Fox, not a Parati

[@davidconde1521]

Erock it's a Voyage

[@rafinharoxx]

@@davidconde1521 no, this is the VW Parati and the sedan version is the Voyage and the ''Hatchback'' version is the VW Gol (in Brazil, its original country)

[@ltaldrich8270]

@@rafinharoxx Wow, three different names for the same car with different configurations. Seems complicated but I guess it's just a cultural thing.

[@rafinharoxx]

@@ltaldrich8270 I forgot the Saveiro (small pick-up from the same line)

[@oliverdelgado6952]

Love these retro vids

[@noreenhewson6933]

My first car! An ‘87 Fox sedan. Fond memories.😁

[@Trance88]

I love this car and I've wanted one for YEARS! I'm lucky if I see one of these putting around once or twice a year here in Michigan.

[@vwestlife]

The Fox got rave reviews but ended up confusing buyers because it was too similar in size and specifications to the Golf and Jetta. VW even had to put a very restrictive "donut" in the exhaust manifold to keep the Fox from being more powerful and faster than them, since it had the same basic 1.8L engine but was lighter. It was also one of the last non-sports-cars in the U.S. that was never available with either an automatic transmission or power steering.

[@TheRealCropDusterOB-GYN]

I learned to drive a manual transmission on one of these that had been donated to the vo-tech school I was attending at 15 years old.

[@Prodriver33]

I had a blue one with the black rubber spoiler from a scirocco that goes down the sides of the hatch, looked sharp

[@chesucat]

Nothing Runs Like A Fox!

[@larrymartinez3611]

The first new car I ever bought was an 88 Fox wagon like this. It's why I still love wagons (and currently drive an Alltrack).

[@mattg8369]

Love this funky little wagon.

[@SuperInline6]

Known as Volkswagen Parati in Brazil, was named after a historic City in the state of Rio de Janeiro. It was sold as an econobox piece of junk in USA, but it was a good family car in Brazil back in the day.

[@mtjeeves1234]

I drove one of these in high school. It liked to get warm in the summer, no matter what you did with it. Other than that it was an awesome runner. I still think about it a lot.

[@brettcannon74]

There's a guy in Dallas driving around a mint one of these. So cool.

[@nlpnt]

I looked at buying one in the mid '90s. The hatch struts were completely dead, half the body moldings were stashed in the back because the clips had rusted, but the car itself was solid. Ended up with a Dodge Colt that time.

[@danielmiller352]

Love my fox. This review is spot on, very precise handling car with a cheaply made plastic barebones interior. My wagon does have a tach though, I thought it was standard in the 4 door and wagon models.

I had an 88 VW Fox 4 door sedan. I Loved the car. It cost me $10,700 on the road with taxes etc!! I wish l still had it today.

[@Doobie1975]

Totally forgotten all about the VW Fox, haven't seen any of those cars around in years!

[@svenlabots1869]

Funny, all those variants on the European Polo, which as a faster version with nicer trim was called the Polo Fox. ( in the case of the Golf it was called the Rabbit). The Polo as a sedan was the Derby, later the Polo Classic. Never ever did Europe have a Gol, or a wagon version of the Polo/Derby/Fox or Parati. Only the Golf had a pick-up version, the Caddy. Only since the Golf mk3 there were stationwagons. The predecessors of wagons only existed in the Passat. All by all, everything from the Fox/Polo was originaly derived from the Audi 50 in the early 70's.😁

[@FrankOlsonTwins]

Haha, oh man... that clock is DREADFUL!!⏰🚗

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

we had a 74 Dasher wagon. The Fox was name Audi used.

[@timdowen76]

Love the retros

[@777jones]

This car is so hot. I can't think of a cooler car to be tooling around in.

[@DolleHengst]

More interior room and better economy than many suv's today. Not to mention visibility and ease of maintenance

[@djkenny1202]

I am a big watercolors VW fan up to 1992. I always liked these. There was one with only 35k miles in my area about 5 years ago for $2600. Wish I bought it.

[@djmhyde]

i've seen a lot of pepole nostalgic for this car in the comments and even with a desire to buy one....... here's a tip, Brazil is full to the brim with these cars, even to this day, you can take them all, take them instead our VW T1

[@valtermoraes8082]

Parati. Aqui no Brasil foi uma das melhores do seguimento. Carro muito bom.

[@creamwarrior]

Such a smart looking wagon. Something about a 3 door wagon just looks right.

[@chiil034]

When you have to wait until 7 PM to make it looks like your flying at 7k RPMs. :)

[@jamiepastman5594]

I'm the guy that actually had one. Well, two. First, I totaled the sedan, then got the wagon. To be honest, and maybe I was young and didn't know any better, but it wasn't a bad car at all. It handled well, good MPG, a VW vibe, and I could fit all my keyboards in the back. It was like $8500, a bargain! But pretty much done at 75K, not built to last. I loved my Fox, but I'm sure I'd be horrified if I drove one now!

[@DoubleSmackJacksSmackAttack]

A compact shooting brake, now that's my kind of wagon!

[@jamieheim8009]

I owned an 88 fox sedan. Though it was a good car., the door handles broke every time it got cold and CV joints busted every other month... The cool thing about it though was you could push the entire steering wheel to beep the horn. My passengers got a kick out of it.

[@l.cruces2223]

I went to hell and back in one of these. Fuel gauge stopped working. Headliner was falling apart. Weather stripping around the windshield came undone. But under the hood never failed me until that one Lady made a left turn in front of me.

[@nickwilczynski3684]

Just did a quick search: 'Volkswagen fox for sale.' Autotrader popped up: zero. So there's that!!! Jeeeeez

[@Hintonbro.]

Way to test those seats Craig Singhaus!

[@PrinceMoonbeam]

It's always nice to see Craig!

[@pmvaldez1]

Back in the day when Hyundai couldn't compete with Volkswagen when it came to quality. oh how times have changed!

[@brucehawk09]

I had the sedan, one of the best cars in the snow I have ever had.

[@TheSimonhammond]

Better looking than the current Fox in Europe!

[@aayonce4]

I would love to have this !!!

[@fleuger99]

I had one of these, a 5 speed manual and I enjoyed it. Mine was a Sedan though.

[@xq39]

Has a great sounding roaring engine.

[@robsrandomness7824]

I always liked the Fox, especially the wagon. They were fun to drive, and looked neat in my opinion. They didn't last too long, though.

[@LoveMyZJ]

2:20 the look on the driver's face is great lol

[@marcoslemes5643]

This is gold!

[@scdevon]

The best part of this car is the 1.8 engine. Tough as HELL and a strong runner and bog simple to work on.

[@kaduisaui8016]

I have that very one. I love it!

[@pnotuner1]

I really liked my Fox Wagon.

[@MaxRockatansky853]

My first car in 95 was an 88 VW Fox. Fook Yea! Lol

[@GabrielAntonio-br3wl]

Grande ícone da indústria automotiva brasileira, fez e faz parte da vida de muitos Brasileiros.(por aqui é chamada de Parati )

[@A4zkin...8753]

Vc acha q os americano liga pra isso ??

[@djmhyde]

english please......

[@Operationalexcellence263]

@@A4zkin...8753 yes, I think so

[@gabrielv.4358]

@@djmhyde It's an Brazilian Automotive Industry Icon, and it is part of the life of many Brazilians. (Here it's called Parati)

[@mikegehre570]

Had one of these fun wagons. Great little wagon. Sorry I sold it so hastily. I found it to be both enjoyable to drive and spacious. I thought the interior was not bad for its price point and the seats weren't all that bad. Miss the lil hauler.

[@igglybiggly6951]

These were ALL over the place here in the states in the late 80s/ early to mid 90s.....Unfortunately haven't seen one of these on the roads in at least 10 years now

[@GP1138]

Wish you guys were doing the marathon again this year!

[@bendavis9733]

Sorry, it's been crazy lately

[@qmto]

I want this Fox.

[@Daniel28021991]

Volkswagen used the Fox name very much the was also a version of the Polo called Fox and in the midde 2000s there was a small car for the EU marked called Fox.

[@djmhyde]

by the way, this small EU car was designed in brazil aswell

[@dbrxsdgo]

I loved the opening sponsor amendments that were done on a retro style. Nice touch. 👍😀 I loved these when I was a kid, but the car would most likely serve as a coffin in any substantial accident now. A good reason not to buy these older cars today. 😱 Also, anyone know if Motorweek ever reviewed the Mazda Protege'5 sportwagon from 202-2003? I would love to see that! 😀

[@xnopyt13]

I would love to have one

[@Success2gether]

Who else is listening to 80s music while watching these 80s retro reviews?

[@AdamSmith-rs6dj]

always wanted one

[@TheCOZ]

Same here!

[@IvanQuaglia]

here in Argentina was sold as Gol and only in 2 door hatchback not as wagon, and the sedan was sold under the Senda name. nice little cars!

[@VieVentar]

Ah yes, the first gen VW Gol. A car based on a 1972 Audi 80 platform reworked to fit a beetle engine, then reworked again to once again fit inline fours later, originally starting with a Ford engine... ..VW Brazillia made some weird ones.

[@iagofcardoso]

one of these (VW Parati) in good (rare) condition costs us$4.000+. it's very valuable in Brazil

[@landyachtfan79]

Could you please post the '87 sedan test as well as the tests for the Ford Festiva & Pontiac LeMans which were in the same episode?

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

My brother apparently bought the worst Fox that has ever existed back when he was in college. It was almost no better than the 74 Beetle I had. I say this as a lifelong and current VW/Audi owner. I still appreciate the Fox though. Glad to see other people have a better story than I do with it.

[@Taco-bomb-GTA]

In my country "Brazil" this car is called Parati

[@carwrtr1]

Good looking car; surprised it didn’t offer an automatic transmission.

[@fbt25]

They were made here in Brazil, and automatic was far from standard here at the time. Only the Santana and Quantum, the larger luxury models, had that option on their top trim. I truly wished they all had that option at the time. It's possible to fit the transmission from the Santana/Quantum as they used the same engines, but it would require enlargement of the floor mounting transmission tunnel.

[@EuFaloDeCarro]

I have a VW Fox wagon. A 1995 CL brazilian Spec. So I don't have air conditioning or fuel injection. The CL means the interior looks even cheaper. But I have split folding rear seat, which is odd. Cheers from Brazil

[@dkt1976dt]

They sold the VW Fox from 1987-1991, the wagon was a new model for 1988. I remember seeing the Fox Wagon here and there but not many sold, also the Fox never came with an automatic. The VW Passat Wagon replaced both the Fox Wagon and Quantum Wagon.

[@gabrielv.4358]

Here in Brazil it's an Legendary car! ( *IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IT's HISTORY, ALONG WITH VW's of Brazil History, CONTINUE READING!!!!* It's LONG! ) Thank you!!! :-) It's worth reading if you're a VW Lover! IT HAS 2 PARTS! We had the VW Gol (Hatch), the Vw Saveiro (Pickup), along with the VW Parati (Fox Wagon) And the Voyage (Fox) (I'm mainly talking about the VW Gol here, the original vehicle, because it would be 100x longer if I put the other 3 variants here. So: Still 50x worse than the exported version, with cheaper materials and worsen overall interior, it had INSANE reliability. (It was exported from 1987 to 1995, when it ended production, along with the Voyage production that didn't continue with the rest of the Gol Family, retruning later on) The VW Gol History starts in 1980, the year of release, it was the replacement of the VW Beetle, It came with a Front Wheel drive Engine, a Boxer 1300L from the beetle, it was the second FWD vehicle VW sold here, as all the other VW's Sold were RWD, and Rear Engine, like the Beetle, VW Brasília and many others. (The First VW to be FWD and Water Cooled was the VW Passat B2, that started to be sold here in 1974, and with that, VW HAD to change the old VW Motto that was: "Air cooled NEVER Overheats", that was INSANELY Strong here, and that's why VW had all the hype of the legendary Aircooled vehicles. And slowly but surely, the Water Cooled engine stayed, and was another VW Legacy and legendary engine Here in Brazil (Ea-827)). NOW Continuing: It was a flop, with the anemic 1300L Boxer engine, as it was too slow, later on VW realized the thing they had done and put the 1600 Boxer on it, in 1982, it made the sales go up, along with the overall dynamics of the upgraded engine and power. (The car later on originated the Pickup, Wagon and Sedan). Vw made the vw Gol start to be a well sold car when they introduced the Water Cooled Gol GT In 1984 (The GT was the Sport version of the Vw Gol, with 99hp's, and some said it had more than that, like 103hp's. VW Lowered the numbers because of tax reasons, as if the vehicle had more than 100hp it would have been more expensive to be sold, and this GT version had resemblances of the Rabbit /Golf GTi like the Golf Ball knob in the shifter) The car was a success, making from 0 to 60mph (0 to 100km/h) in amazing 9,7 seconds, beating bigger cars with 4.1L Six Cylinder engines like the GM Opala, the fastest car yet. The top speed was of 180 Km/h (111 MPH) A great achievement at the time. In 1987 VW Facelifted the Gol, Releasing the Gol GTS, an upgraded Gol GT, sport version, with the same but sligtly upgraded 1.8l engine. (1.8S). The GTS had 99Hp's, 167KM/h top speed (104MPH) and a 0-60 of 11 seconds. This same year, the VW Gol reached top sales, staying in the top vehicles sales for 27 YEARS! In 1988 VW released the VW Gol GTi, the upper and top class sport version, as the GTS was (now) one step down, still with a carburated 1.8S engine, The GTi had, at the year of release, the ALL NEW 2.0l AP engine, (Ea-827 2.0l, 8v) with EFI, it was the first car to have Fuel Injection as standard here. It was a BOOM! Everyone was amazed and blown away because of the Electronic Fuel Injection it had. It made whopping 120hp's and was the fastest car available at the time for a while. Gol GTi Numbers: 0-100 (0-60) of 8,8 seconds and top speed of 185 KM/h, 114MPH (Interesting fact: Every other VW or any other car brand or make sold at 1988, had carburated engines, and Yes, pretty late to add EFi if we think about it, but..) After that, all other brands started adding fuel injection in their vehcles, and by 2000's all cars had EFI. ( The Exported version of the Voyage and Parati we NEVER sold here, It was a totally upgraded vehicle, it had OVER 2000 changes or add-ons to make it up to US and Canada legislation specs. If it was sold here, it would be the " Voyage GLS Diamond ", or something like that, being a higher tier than the already existing Voyage GLS (the Voyage GLS was the top tier Voyage in Brazil THere was the CL, GL, and GLS). This GLS sold here was still slightly worse in equipment if we compared it with the " FOX Base " exported car. Weird, isnt it? The GLS here Had A/C and Power Steering as optional, and never had an AUTO transmission. And this Fox had EFi, that no other car had here. the first to have EFI was the GTi. Very weird.) Now back to the history. In the next generation, so-called Gol G2, affectionately known as Gol Bola (Ball Gol?) (Released in late 1994) was a huge upgrade over the previous version. Now ALL VW Gol's had EFi as standard in all versions (Previously only the Gol G1 (Or Gol Quadrado) GTi had it). Even if it was single point injection in lower end versions, The Gol G2 was a smash sucess, but the GTi still had the 2.0L 8v engine. Top speed of the G2 GTI 2.0L 8v was 185 Km/h (115MPH) and 0 to 60 was 11,2 seconds. Chevrolet (General Motors of Brazil) was threatening the Volkswagen Gol GTi G2 "Crown" with it's Newly Released Corsa GSi 1.6 16v, VW quickly responded by upgrading the 2.0l EA-827 engine with a 16v head from Germany, and, before it made 109 hp's on it's 8v version, after the upgrade it made some crazy (At the time) 141hp's! , and It was the fastest car at the time, beating the GM's Corsa GSI top speed of 195,5KM/H (121MPH). The GTi 16v even had a slight " bulge " in the hood to fit the taller engine, that was an awesome fix, as it gave another cool detail to the 16v GTI. (Gol Gti 2000 16v SPECS: 141 Hp, 0-60 of 8,8 seconds and top speed of 206 Km/h or 128MPH, it was The FASTEST car at the time! (Here in Brazil, and the fastest and more powerful VW Gol ever made here). The 3rd generation (Released in 1999) had great technological advances, and some say it was THE BEST and MOST Beautiful VW GOL of ALL TIMES. (Including me). END OF PART I Part 2 in the replied comment:

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Part II: The New Gol G3, had a new facelift, fully new interior and the interior was kinda inspired in the Mk4 Golf interior, and was the Last Gol To have the GTI Sport model on it's production line. It had the same 2.0 16v EA888 engine as the previous generation, It was AMAZING, it was still the fastest and most powerful Gol ever made, but barely lasted one and a half years, it had 145 hp's, a 0-60 of 8,7 seconds and a top speed of 206km/h 128MPH, and the "Normal" Gol GTI 2.0 8v was out of production.(If I'm not wrong.) There were very rare Gol G3's with the 2.0l 8v ea827 engine, but the GTI never came back in the next generation, the Gol G4. The advancements of the Gol G3 were: The NEW 1.0 16v engine (Ea111) now came with a Turbo, making the Gol 1.0 16v Turbo to be the First production vehicle to came stock from the factory with a Turbo, and VW at the time (Year 2000, the year of the 1.0 16v turbo release) VW Made comparisons to the Gol GTi/Non GTI with the 2.0l engine, to say that the New 1.0L engine had the Performance of the 2.0L Engine, with the Economy of a 1.0L engine, making the same power as the 2.0l NA engine of the 2.0L Gol. (1.0 16V Turbo Specs: 112Hp, 0-60 of 9,5 seconds and top speed of 192kph / 119MPH. Faster than the 2.0l Golf at the time, it was the fastest 1.0L car at the time here. The G3 received Flex Fuel too, in 2003, with the VW Gol Total Flex, with the 1.6l engine (ea827) , making it the first vehicle to run on Gas and or Ethanol in any mix. (VW Gol 1.6L Total Flex Flex specs: 97hp with Gas, 99hp with ethanol, 0-60 of 11,6 seconds, and top speed of 183Km/h / 113MPH.) Now, In the next generations it had significant improvements, The Gol G4 was now the cheapest VW as the New VW FOX (not the one of the 90's) was going to replace it (but it failed) and the Gol G4 was stripped down bad, to make room to the all new Vw Fox. It was still as reliable as any VW. (There were VERY rare G4's with the great interior of the Gol G3, and it was a must have interior on the top versions, as the G4 cheap interior couldn't handle the Airbag system, so they retrofitted the G3 interior on it). The 5th gen Gol G5, had a FULLY NEW Platform, and returned the Voyage to production, that had stopped in 1995 when the Gol G2 was introduced, a dumb VW Move. The Polo was going to replace the voyage but it was a flop. The VW Parati stopped production some time later after the Gol G5 release, as VW had other cars to replace it. The Gol G5 to G8 were good cars, but not even close to having that great reliability of Gen 1 to 4. It still had it's merits of a great car, but it was becoming less and less the Reliable and indestructible car as it once was. The VW Gol was the MOST sold vehicle for over TWO DECADES (28 years) nonstop, from 1987 to 2013, (to show that the VW realiability of the Air Cooled beetle was still present in the next 4th gen's of the VW Gol, G1, G2, G3 and G4, along with the Saveiro Pickup and Parati Wagon, and reliabity of Vw's at that time were not a joke, most of it because of the AP / Ea827 Engine, the engine with most modifications and swaps here, it's a legendary engine, some making over 1000hp's). It sold OVER 8 MILLION vehicles, and it sadly ended production in 2022, with a pathetic 1.0l 3 cylinder engine. The GOL was simply THE "Second Beetle!" (In my opinion) as it was a really successful replacement. That is the history of this cheap but Great car, that was designed and made Here, inspired by the Scirocco and Golf, was exported to various other countries and continents, like US and Canada, and even to Russia, and even having a weird FORD / Renault (CHT) engine in the 90's. (The CHT From Ford was weaker and replaced the VW's 1.6L engine from 1988 to 1993, when the VW 1.6L returned, and the buyer could choose if they wanted the Economy CHT / AE engine or the Performance VW AP Engine, same price for both versions. (CHT specs: 75hp's in the Gas version and 80hp's in the Sugar cane fuel version, 0-60 of around 13 seconds) and It didn't stop the top high sales of the car, and it was another amazingly reliable engine, and it was downsized to 1000cm3 to make the Gol 1000, the CHEAPEST vw gol ever made, a "Popular car Craze" era that started with reduced taxes because of the lower engine size, and a really stripped down version came to life Gol 1000, making crazy 49hp's and a 0 to 60 of about 20 seconds, and a insane top speed of 137kph, 85mph, (it cant go back to the future, lol.) Later on on the Gol G2, VW put a single point EFI on it and offered a Plus version, with optional of AC and Power steering, and Power windows. in 97 VW changed this really old engine and put the EA111 1.0l engine, making the car be 100% quicker, and when it was later modified with a 16v head, it was even more quicker for a 1.0l aspirated engine. 1.0l EA111 specs: 62,5HP's and the 16v having 70 hp's. 1.0 8v 0-60: 18 seconds, top speed:147km/h / 91mph, 1.0l 16v 0-60: 17,5s and top speed of 157kph / 97mph. Ugh... The G3 still had the 8v and 16v engines, this 16v was later fitted with a turbo and the G4 had only the 1.0l 8v engine, The g5 had an upgraded version of this engine that had a scandal for breaking down early even with 101% correct maintenance, that was less bad in the 1.6l version. The AP Still continued production till 2012 with the VW Parati. The Ea111 was upgraded and was still available till 2021. The 3 cylinder engine was added in around 2015. THE END! That is not even 10% of the history of this car, this was just a quick glance of this legendary car. If you made it to here, you are A W E S O M E , and I thank you VERY VERY much, because it took me more than 3 hours to write this, with great care and love, to spread this very cool history of this " not so great and technological " of a car, a peculiarity of VW of Brazil, and changed VW's history, and has a HUGE Cult here. Thank you so much, and have a Great Day, Evening or Night!! Goodbye!! Stay safe! My Family has two VW's, the Gol G1 CL with the Ford Renault CHT engine, 1.6L, and the other one is a Gol G2 4 door, CL, 1.6L, AP engine. Great cars! Any questions just ask! (Sorry if I have any wrong sentences or grammar, I'm still learning English :-).

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Here in Brazil this car is called Parati my father had a 1994 ..... I remember as if it was yesterday the first time I drive Defeat my English

[@jeepguy95]

They once sold the Fox here? And it wasn't a little subcompact? Cool!!! :)

[@Mrdrcaptaintroy]

The size of that clock in the dash!!