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Volkswagen Golf
1974 – today
The Volkswagen Golf has been on sale since 1974. In that time it has had 12 generations or facelifts: Golf I (17) (1974), Golf I Cabrio (155) (1979), Golf II (19E) (1983), Golf II (19E) restyling (1987), Golf III (1H) (1991), Golf IV (1J) (1997), Golf V (1K) (2003), Golf VI (5K) (2008), Golf VII (5G) (2012), Golf VII (5G) restyling (2016), Golf VIII (CD) (2020) and Golf VIII (CD) restyling (2024).
Move has 253 versions with full specs, with petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and CNG engines, from 54 to 333 hp. 219 of them come with the manufacturer’s service schedule, so Move can remind you of every service.
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