Golf 2 Shipments to Australia

[syncro]

Around 86-87, the Euro GTI's went to Digifant....

Depends which country. I think it was later than that.

[syncro]

my build date is 06/90, complied in 10/90 and first registered in 1991.

Can you check that build date again that it is not 08/90?

does anyone have the website where you type in the vin number and it tells you where it was made? i think i remember mine being built in Wolfburg.

Yeah here

So far we have 4 8/90 builds and 1 6/90.
No confirmed 91s yet.

[Golf Loon]

Tell us the website.
I reckon anything after 1990 had just been on the shelf for a while.
Post 1990 the writing was on the wall and VW were gearing up for the Mk3.
Thats why I believe they dumped the 1990-1992 Mk2 on the Aussie Market.

[syncro]

Isnt it Digifant? I thought it was digifant with a smaller valve head for emissions. The head would be the biggest difference with emissions, so it makes sense...

Why?

Digifant (Aussie type) is electronically controlled with a cat and oxygen sensor, knock control for third world fuels.

Kjet is mechanical injection and more for performance and has been in Golf GTIs since 1976 with little change.

RV Engine (Aussie Digifant) + EV,RD,PB (K-Jet)
Inlet valve 048 109 601A
Ex valve 053 109 611

These parts are the same from Golf 2 start to finish.

[crazygee]

All of the GTIs sold here were made in Germany.
Definately less than 300 were brought in. I have an idea there may have been 150.
A lot of immigrants came from South Africa in the early 90s and they brought their cars with them. (They probably heard that we had the gutless ones here!)
I wouldn't say that they were lower spec than the UK cars, just lower performance. The UK/Euro spec engine did not meet our pollution laws.
The insurance here was definately GTI. Maybe they would have sold more of them if they called them GLIs?

How about some replies from Aussie Golf 2 owners with your build date?
It is on the firewall on a small plate not the compliance plate

see attachment

[syncro]

What attachment?

[Golf Loon]

Yeah George, are you crazy? Where is this mythical attachment?

[evorobin]

Haven't read most of this thread but my PB engined 8v is an 88 and was the first year digi (2) was released as far as I know. Believe the US market ran a digi 16v but Europe stayed with K-jet for the life of the mk2.

SEE THIS LINK FOR ANSWERS APPARENTLY

[Golf Loon]

I also thought there were no digi 16vs in the UK, but carpoid said he owned one!

[syncro]

I also thought there were no digi 16vs in the UK, but carpoid said he owned one!

I'm not sure, but I thought there were no Golf 2 digifants, just K and KE (the electronic K)

[Satanstoenail]

What about g60's? Are there any in Oz at all?

[syncro]

What about g60's? Are there any in Oz at all?

A couple of engines are here.

[Golf Loon]

I'm not sure, but I thought there were no Golf 2 digifants, just K and KE (the electronic K)

There are heaps of digi golf, but 16v digis. I dunno.

[MK2 GTI]

Mine is 6/90 build date and 10/90 compliance.

[syncro]

So far it looks like there were two shipments 6/90 and 8/90.

Looks like all of the Australian ones are 1990 models. (WVWzzz1GzLW................)