Volkswagen Golf Mk4

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The Volkswagen Golf Mk4 (or VW Type 1J) is a compact car, the fourth generation of the Volkswagen Golf and the successor to the Volkswagen Golf Mk3. Launched in October 1997 for the 1998 model year, it was the best-selling car in Europe in 2001 (though it slipped to second place, behind the Peugeot 206, in 2002). The Mk4 was a deliberate attempt to take the Volkswagen Golf series further upmarket with a high-quality interior and higher equipment levels - a policy which Volkswagen began a year earlier with the Passat B5. This move however however placed the Golf in direct competition with its luxury branded stablemate - the Audi A3 - with some of the higher trim versions of the Golf actually being as expensive as the A3. It was replaced in late 2003 for the 2004 model year by the Volkswagen Golf Mk5 in European markets. However, manufacturing continued in South America and China for developing markets until 2014.

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