The most exciting are certainly the golf Fire&Ice and the extremely rare Golf 2 Limitedbut the colorful palette extended from the snow-white matchwhich picked up the tennis boom of the 80’s up to the fully equipped carat. The Golf versions pasadena, Manhattan, memphis and Boston took advantage of the popularity of the USA at the time, they fit the zeitgeist of the 80s. But also flair and bistro as well as style and sky exuded an exclusive touch, hit and fun suggested cheeky sportiness. The wave of early special models ended with the model launched parallel to the Golf 3 function.
Strong Fire&Ice with its own look and lots of equipment
But first to the Golf 2 Fire&Ice: The car designed by Willy Bogner impresses with its unusual paintwork in the color tone Dark violet pearl effect with a particularly extensive standard equipment. These included 15-inch Estoril wheels, the Dual headlight grill with the black VW logo, thermal insulation glazing in green, partially painted in body color bumperwheel house and fender flareswhite indicators and dark taillights.
An eye-catcher: the color of the Golf 2 Fire&Ice changes depending on the incidence of light.
The interior was in no way inferior, the fabric panels of the seats in blue and violet tones offered a contrast to the black cockpit. Also included in the series package tachometer, sports steering wheel and Power steering. Powerful engines were under the hood. It all started with the 80 hp turbo diesel, with GTI engines with 107, 129 and even 160 hp rounding off the range.
How rare is the Golf 2 Limited?
Recognizable by the radiator frame in Riviera blue, a Porsche color
The VW Golf 2 Limited reveals only a small riviera blue detail on the radiator grille and at the rear. That 71 times built top model combines all variants of the top models in itself. Under the hood sits a 1.8-liter, 16-valve, G60 scroll-charged engine. who performs 210 hp at 0.54 bar boost pressure. Top: 230km/h! Join in four wheel drivePower steering, ABS and fully equipped with leather, sunroof, electric windows and central locking. Every car has one Aluminum plaque with serial number on the lock carrier, an ABE sticker from VW Motorsport and a GTI key with a VW Motorsport key fob. Fans look at the car like the blue Mauritius among the Golfs.
What special models were there?
The Golf 2 Boston drove on 185 wheels and, according to the advertisement, came with an interior in a “sports check design”.
The Golf 2 was less spectacular but much more common Boston. He had, among other things, a height-adjustable driver’s seata four-spoke steering wheelone center console and on the “Sports check design” Door and side panels matched to the cloth seats. From six paint colors the customer could choose: alpine white, tornado red, black, silver-grey metallic, black metallic or royal blue metallic. The spectrum ranged from 55 to 90 hp, plus diesel and turbodiesel. The knitting pattern of the special models was always the same, the scope of equipment and package price suggested a good deal when buying. Here one Overview of the coolest special models of the Golf 2, from Carat to Function:
