July 2025

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What does Mk8 mean?

What does Mk8 mean? What does VW Mk mean? Sometimes we – and other websites – have referred to the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 or Mk8. Mk is short for ‘mark’, and it’s just another way of saying the generation of the car. So the latest Mk8 Golf is the eighth-generation car to wear that name […]

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When did Golf TDI come out?

When did Golf TDI come out? There were numerous other Golf milestones with the car: the first six-cylinder VR6® engine , the Ecomatic transmission, cruise control, the first oxidation catalytic converter for diesel engines (1991), the first direct-injection diesel engines (TDI® in 1993 and SDI in 1995), and the first side airbags (1996). TSI engines

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Is the Golf 2. TDI fast?

Is the Golf 2. TDI fast? The Golf 2. TDI is a fast car. Not quite-a-fast-car, but one which in normal driving circumstances is comfortably faster than machines we called hot hatchbacks not many years ago. TDI (Turbocharged Direct Injection) is Volkswagen Group’s term for its current common rail direct injection turbodiesel engine range that

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