The Golf Mk4 launched in 1997 and was replaced in Europe by the Mk5 in late 2003, but production continued elsewhere for years. It was built in China, Brazil, and South Africa, with Brazil keeping it ...

Believe it or not, it’s now 27 years since the Volkswagen Golf Mk4 first appeared. Yet despite its advancing years, the design approach of evolution rather than revolution means that, even today, the ...