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The Undriven Legend: Affordable VW Golf IV 1.9 TDI Still Available for Driving Until Death

The undriven legend called the VW Golf IV 1.9 TDI is no longer on sale, you can drive it cheaply until you die

7 hours ago | Peter Miller

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Photo: DP, published with permission

If you do not like modernity and want to drive an affordable car with the prospect of keeping it for several decades, you will hardly find anything more time-tested on sale. A diesel Golf IV with minimal mileage is a total rarity on sale today.

The fourth generation of the Volkswagen Golf is one of the most successful iterations of the German automotive icon. It was created at a time when the reins of the entire German concern were held in the hands of Ferdinand Piëch, who, as a technician, knew with his head and heart that the brand’s cars would sell best in the long term with a kind of solidity, an image built on technology, quality and longevity, combined with an unobtrusive, but not unpleasant by design. The four-wheel Golf accomplished all this perhaps better than any other.

At one time it was simply a Golf, today we know that it was one of the greatest legends of the VW concern, which time has tested as a very durable car, especially in diesel versions. With the Golf IV TDI, you can easily drive a million kilometers with the original technology with the usual maintenance. And drive on. Now add to that the fact that it’s a very versatile car that can be used for almost anything, and it’s very, very fuel efficient. What else is missing? Perhaps the only acceptable price and condition in which the car lacks a million kilometers… almost a million kilometers. We have exactly such a car in front of us.

It’s a Golf IV in spec that could once have served as a sedative. It is a completely unobtrusive, silver-painted, modestly equipped piece with a 1.9 TDI engine in its 100 horsepower version with a manual gearbox. It was never the most desirable version, far from it, but with a mileage of only 41,000 km in 21 years of operation, it is a real treasure from the current point of view. Such cars are an absolute rarity on the market, and this one is completely untouched from the point of view.

According to the seller, it was almost always only garaged, despite the minimal annual visits, it was always regularly serviced, it had only one owner besides the seller, and the 1.9 TDI engine, which only meets the Euro 4 standard, charms many because it can drive in the real world for 4 liters per hundred. without trying anything. And with a weight of only 1,205 kg, it doesn’t even drive as badly as the 100 horsepower might suggest.

This is simply an interesting combination of features today, which you can have today for 9,900 Euros, i.e. about 237,000 CZK. It’s enough for a Golf IV, but at a time when the new Fabia costs at least 370,000 CZK, is legendary only as a lame manifestation of its three-cylinder engine, and only 41,000 km separates it from this car, it almost seems like an interesting alternative to us. The Golf IV 1.9 TDI could easily be the last car you use until death. And you don’t have to be 70 years old, there’s no reason this car can’t keep going for decades with minimal maintenance.


At one time, this car did not arouse much desire, today for 237 thousand CZK? It has its own charm, no, you haven’t seen anything like it in sales for a long time. Photo: DP, published with permission

Source: Volkswagen Golf 1.9 TDI Special 41000 Km@Mobile.de

Petr Miler

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2023-07-30 08:46:18
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