HOW DID THE "GOLF 2" BECOME A CULT CAR?

10.03.2022

How did the "Golf 2" become a cult car?

The year is 1983. Volkswagen presented its new Golf model, the "Golf 2", at the Frankfurt Motor Show. About 40 years later, the "Golf 2" has the cult status of a durable and almost indestructible vehicle. He gained the greatest trust in our region. The legendary "Golf 2" cars continue to cruise our roads every day, and official data show that there are over sixty thousand of them in BiH, which is one twentieth of the total number of all registered vehicles.

What are the main advantages of "Golf 2"?

The main advantages of this Golf model are functionality and cheap maintenance. These claims are quite true, having in mind that these cars are still being driven after the cessation of production, which means that they are in a good class. A lot of people still bring them to the maintenance service. There are new and used parts, so the golf deuce is not too expensive to maintain.

Between August 1983 and December 1992, the "Golf 2" was manufactured  in more than 6 million copies, and its first presentation took place in 1983 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Its popularity in the 1980s is evidenced by the fact that the name "rabit" was changed to "golf" for the American market, and in 1986. it was named the car of the year by journalists.

Did you know that "Golf" was also manufactured in Sarajevo?

The main Golf production facility was located in Wolfsburg, Germany. But due to the huge demand, it was also manufactured all over the world, including since 1985 in the former Sarajevo Car Factory (TAS) in Vogošća. TAS manufactured about 25,000 vehicles a year, and exports based on TAS cooperation before 1992. amounted to between 250 and 300 million German marks, and the plan was to achieve exports worth half a billion German marks.

Specimens of golf descending from TAS production lines, compared to those in Germany, had special markings that were known to have been produced in Yugoslavia. Thus, the Golf produced in TAS had the designations: J, JL, JX, JD, JLD and JGL.

Top ten searches on OLX

The statistics of the well-known OLX advertisement site have confirmed for years that "Golf 2" is still ranked high in the top ten most searched terms and that the term "Golf 2" is typed tens of thousands of times a month.
An interesting fact is that 7-8 years ago in Banja Luka they were the most common target of thieves.

All this speaks in favor of the fact that the "two" in this area at some point gained the status of a cult vehicle.