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Volkswagen Gol
Manufacturer	Volkswagen
Production	1980-present
Class	Subcompact car
Layout	FF layout

First generation (Mk. I)
Also called	Volkswagen Pointer Volkswagen Fox
Production	1980-1997
Body style(s)	3-door hatchback 2-door sedan 3-door station wagon 2-door pickup truck
Wheelbase	2358 mm (92.8 in)
Length	Hatchback: 3810 mm (150 in) Coupe / Sedan / Station wagon: 4150 mm (163.4 in) Pickup: 4060 mm (159.8 in)
Width	Hatchback / sedan / Coupe: 1600 mm (63 in) Station wagon / pickup: 1622 mm (63.9 in)
Height	Hatchback / sedan: 1363 mm (53.7 in) Station wagon / pickup: 1385 mm (54.5 in)

Second generation (Mk. II)
Also called	Volkswagen Pointer
Production	1994-2007
Body style(s)	3 and 5-door hatchback 3 and 5-door station wagon 2-door pickup truck
Wheelbase	Hatchback / station wagon: 2470 mm (97.2 in) Pickup: 2600 mm (102.4 in)
Length	Hatchback: 3930 mm (154.7 in) Station wagon: 4190 mm (165 in) Pickup: 4450 mm (175.2 in)
Width	1640 mm (64.6 in)
Height	1420 mm (56 in)

Third generation (Mk. III)
Also called	Volkswagen Pointer Volkswagen Viva Volkswagen J5 Gol
Production	?—
Body style(s)	3 and 5-door hatchback (Gol) 4-door station wagon (Viva) 4-door sedan (Pointer) 2 and 4-door convertible (J5 Gol)
Wheelbase	Hatchback / station wagon: 2470 mm (175.2 in) 4190&ndsp;mm (165 in) Convertible / sedan: 4450 mm (175.2 in)
Width	1640 mm (64.6 in)
Height	1420 mm (56 in)

Not to be confused with Volkswagen Golf.

The Volkswagen Gol is a low cost subcompact car designed in Brazil and sold by German automaker Volkswagen since 1980. It is Volkswagen's entry-level car in the South American market, beneath the other superminis, the Fox and Polo. It has uninterruptedly been the best-selling car in Brazil since 1987, and since 1998 in Argentina. Gol sales in South America are also high; over 5 million Gols have been produced since 1980. Gol has also been produced in Iran under the same name.

The Gol, which takes its name from the Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish word for "goal" (In European Portuguese, the word for "goal" is golo). In Persian Gol means "flower."

Contents 1 Body styles 2 First generation Gol (1980-1997) 2.1 Special editions 3 Second generation Gol (1994-2005, 2005 -2007 facelift) 3.1 Facelift x2 3.2 Gol Turbo - Hot Hatch 3.3 Gol outside of Brazil 3.4 In Brazil 4 Third generation Gol NF (2008-) 4.1 Gol NF Engine Rumors 4.2 Gol NF Variant Rumors 5 The Voyage 6 Exports to North America as the Fox / Fox Wagon (1987-1993) 7 External links

The Gol family comprises many body styles:

• A hatchback which takes the name Gol in most countries; in Mexico and Russia it has been called the Pointer. The first-generation Gol was offered only as a three-door; a five-door version was added in 1997.
• A sedan produced only for the Gol I. The Brazilian-built two-door and four-doors sedans were called the Voyage and Argentinian-built ones Gacel; the nameplate Fox was used in the United States and Canada. After a facelift in 1991, Argentinian-built models were renamed the Senda.
• Parati, a station wagon built on both generations since May 1982. The Parati I was a three-door sold in North America as the Fox Wagon. The second-generation Parati is sold in Argentina as the Gol Country. A five-door version was added in 1997 and the three-door version was dropped after the first facelift. It is named after Paraty, a city on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
• Saveiro, a lightweight pickup truck. All Gol generations have been sold with this body, and was introduced to the market in September 1984. It is named after a traditional Brazilian fishing boat.
• Furgão, a lightweight panel van based on the Gol.

The Gol was released in 1980 to replace the Brasilia, which was in turn a replacement to the Beetle in the Brazilian market. Based on its own unique BX platform, with a design specific to Latin America, the Gol featured the 1.3-liter air-cooled, Boxer engine from the Beetle, but front-mounted. A 1.6-litre engine was added later. In the mid 1980s, this engine was replaced by 1.6 and 1.8-litre water-cooled gasoline engines from the Passat. A 1.6-litre Diesel engine was made only for export (Diesel engines are not allowed to cars in Brazil).

The first generation had two mild facelifts in 1987 and 1991. The 1988 Gol GTi was the first Brazilian-built car to use fuel injection. The 2.0-liter engine was the same used by the Santana.

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• GT 1.8 (1984-86)

The Gol GT 1.8 was produced with a straight-4 carburated gasoline engine. It was used for high performance tuning for the Brazilian Drag Championship.

• GTS 1.8 (1987-1991)

Successor of Gol GT, the GTS cames with a more powerful engine straight-4 OHC with 91 hp, and a fuel feeding with an eletronic carburator (later with an analogic fuel injection). The GTS was well accepted among Brazilian consummers for its low fuel consumption and high performance.^{[citation needed]}

• GTI 2000 (1988-1994)

Successor of the Gol GTS, the GTI 2000 was designed to continue the GTS's success. It came with a straight-4 2.0-litre gasoline engine with 109 hp.^{[citation needed]}).

The Project AB9, otherwise known as second generation (or Generation 2) Gol, debuted in September 1994, was completely different from the earlier model, with no genetic links to the 1980 original. Basically VW took a hatchback Passat B2, and applied on it a more profound facelift to become the Gol Generation 2, smoothing many of the lines and dramatically changing the truck to resemble the design of the first Gol Generation. The B2 platform heritage of the Gol G2-G4 can be easily identified by comparing the passenger doors of both 5-door versions.

Second Generation Gol has received two facelifts which include cosmetic and engine upgrades.

The first upgrade was in 1999, Generation 3 as the Brazilian's coined it had a new VW face similar to the Jetta/Bora IV. G3 came with optional airbags and ABS brakes.

When the 2005 (Generation 4) Gol was released with styling cues from the Volkswagen Fox which incorporated the V Grill, most avid automotive enthusiasts were unimpressed with the leap backwards in interior design.

The Gol 1.0 16V Turbo, launched in 2000 with a 112 hp 1.0-litre turbocharged gasoline engine, was the first one of its kind in South America, as it was the flexible fuel vehicle Gol Total Flex, available since 2003.

• As a result of a joint-venture with Kerman Khodro, the Gol has been built in Iran since 2003.

• It is currently sold in Mexico as the Volkswagen Pointer, a name previously used in Latin America for a rebadged model based on the Ford Escort.

• Gol G3 was briefly sold in Russia in 2005 as the Pointer, but the sales were soon discontinued due to low demand.

• Gol G3 is also currently made and sold by Shanghai Volkswagen in China.

• It is currently sold in Egypt as the Volkswagen Pointer

As of 2006, multiple generation overlapping (which occurred in previous years) has been dropped from production.

Volkswagen currently sells four versions, "City", "Plus" "Special" and "Power", with increasing price and build quality.

Still, it is placed as an entry-level below the other two Volkswagen superminis, the Fox and Polo.

This article contains information about a scheduled or anticipated future automobile. It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the vehicle.

The Gol Mk 4 is expected to last for one more year, as an all-new Gol is to be built in 2008.

The new model, codenamed Gol NF for Nachfolger or Neue Familie (German terms for "successor" and "new family" respectively), may be sold in Eastern Europe as a Škoda Auto to compete with the Dacia Logan and future low cost Chinese entries.

[1] Petrol engines will be available as tetrafuel (they work with gasoline, ethanol, mixtures of them and natural gas), with 1.0-litre and 1.4-litre as probable displacements, while the 70 hp or 80 hp 1.4-litre TDI would be the only Diesel engine.

Besides the three and five door hatchback and pickup versions (Saveiro), a sedan and a panel van would be added to the range to replace the outdated Polo Classic and Caddy Type 9K.

The wagon (Parati in Brazil, Gol Country in Argentina) might not be built anymore, since current mini MPVs (like the Volkswagen SpaceFox/SpaceFox) have better building quality, and they are expected to outsell station wagons in the future.

This new generation of the Gol is expected to appear in April of 2008 with sales beginning in summer 2008 and it will likely be sold as a 2009 model.

The Voyage 2 door sedan was released in June 1981 with a a 1.5 inline watercooled gasoline engine. The same engine was offered with an ethanol option.

By May 1982 the 1.5 were upgraded to 1.6. In 1984 a watercooled 1.8 was launched as a higher level option.

In January 1983 the four-door sedan was released.

Between 1991 and 1995 the Ford CHT 1.6 was in the range as part of the Autolatina lineup.

The four-door Voyage was built in the Autolatina Pacheco factory in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1983 to 1994. It was sold under the name Gacel with the Argentine built 1.6 ohc engine with a carburettor.

it's expected the new Voyage 2008 to be release in Brazil along with the upgraded Gol, Parati and Saveiro

The sedan and station wagon versions were sold in North American as the Fox and Fox Wagon between 1987 and 1993 as an entry-level model. The styling changed slightly in 1991, with different grilles, headlights, turn signals etc. Badges also were changed slightly, and the interior was updated. Other differences included such things as two towing hooks instead of four, and a different style of hubcaps for the two of them.

Compared with the rest of the Volkswagen lineup of the time, the Fox was very similar and very different at the same time. Its suspension was indeed Fox-specific, but as noted before it shared a transmission with the Quantum, took its engine from the Golf/Jetta, and used the same generic wheels from other models in the lineup.

The only engine offered was a longitudinally-mounted straight-4 1.8 L gasoline engine. The same engine could have been found in the Jetta and Golf of the time, but the Fox variation was heavily restricted compared to the other models. The engine produced 81 hp @ 5500 rpm and 93 ft·lbf at @3250 rpm. In North America, three different variations of the engine were available. In Canada, the UM model came with CIS fuel injection, no catalytic converter, and no oxygen sensor. By comparison, the US version had CIS-E fuel injection along with the catalytic converter and oxygen sensor. The third variation was on the 1991-93 models, which had a Bosch Digifant II system which stored error codes, and had a 6000 rpm limiter. However, unlike Golfs and Jettas of the same time, all of the North American models did not have a knock sensor or a wide open throttle (WOT) switch.

The different versions were the Fox, Fox GL, Fox GTS, Fox GLS, Fox GL Sport, Fox Polo, and Fox Wolfsburg. Fox options included air conditioning, GL trim (with special cloth seats, map light, glove compartment light, trunk light, tachometer, painted bumpers, etc.), five-speed manual transmission and metallic paint.

• Shanghai-VW Official Gol Site (in English)
• Pictorial History (in English)
• Gol history (in Portuguese)

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Economy car	Gol / Parati (I)							Gol / Parati (IF)								Gol / Parati (II)				Gol / Parati / Gol Country (III)						Gol / Parati / Gol Country (IV)
	Voyage / Gacel (I)							Amazon / Senda (IF)										Polo Classic (III)
Supermini																								Fox / CrossFox
																											SpaceFox / Suran
Supermini																							Polo (IV)					Polo (IVF)
Small family car															Pointer			Golf III		Golf IV
											Apollo			Logus						Bora							Vento / Jetta
Large family car	Passat I															Passat III			Passat IV							Passat VI
					Santana / Carat / Quantum
Panel van																	Caddy III
Pickup truck					Saveiro (I)				Saveiro (IF)									Saveiro (II)			Saveiro (III)						Saveiro (IV)

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Subcompact								Fox / Fox Wagon
Compact	Rabbit I					Golf II								Golf III						Golf IV							Rabbit V
	Jetta I					Jetta II								Jetta III						Jetta IV						Jetta V
	Dasher
Mid-size			Quantum								Passat III				Passat IV				Passat V							Passat VI
Full-size																									Phaeton
Coupé	Scirocco I		Scirocco II								Corrado
																			New Beetle
Convertible	Rabbit Convertible					Cabriolet										Cabrio											Eos
																								New Beetle Convertible
Van	Vanagon (Type 2 - T3)												Eurovan
Pickup	Rabbit LX
Compact SUV																														Tiguan
Luxury SUV																									Touareg