Ubiquitous record breaker.

(From Business Day (South Africa))

Byline: Patrick Gearing

Ubiquitous record breaker The Volkswagen Citi Golf has celebrated its 21st year on the South African market with record sales and the promise of a performance model, writes PATRICK GEARING SA IS unique to the world in that it is the only market to continue manufacturing the first generation Volkswagen (VW) Golf. With the arrival of Golf 5 to markets around the world, SA has become to Golf a bit like Mexico was to the original Beetle: still going strong.

The local market also becomes custodian to the last of the dinosaurs among entry-level cars. The demise of the Tazz earlier this year ended …