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<blockquote data-quote="CobraBob" data-source="post: 16563660" data-attributes="member: 6727"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Volkswagen Golf dead in U.S., but sporty versions will survive</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/volkswagen-golf-dead-in-u-s-but-sporty-versions-will-survive" target="_blank">Volkswagen Golf dead in U.S., but sporty versions will survive</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Production of the </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/eighth-generation-volkswagen-golf-u-s" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">Volkswagen Golf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 15px"> for the U.S. ended last week in Mexico and won't be starting up again. </span>The <span style="color: #bfbfbf"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/auto/make/volkswagen" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">automaker</span></a> </span>has confirmed that the Golf will be eliminated from its American lineup as soon as supplies of the current $24,190 model are exhausted.</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The Golf name will live on, however, when the high-performance GTI and R versions of the all-new globally-available <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/eighth-generation-volkswagen-golf-u-s" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">eighth-generation Golf</span></a> go on sale late this year as imports from Wolfsburg, Germany.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">[ATTACH=full]1684738[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">A GTI based on the eight-generation Golf is coming in late 2022. (VW)</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">With the elimination of the standard model Golf, VW becomes the latest automaker to shift from <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/chevrolet-spark-only-car-under-15g" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">low-priced compact cars</span></a> in favor of an SUV-heavy lineup, although sales of the Jetta sedan will continue.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">To help fill the gap left by the Golf, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/2022-volkswagen-taos-suv-golf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">VW is launching the Taos</span></a> subcompact SUV, which will slot into the lineup under its best-selling Tiguan.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/01/640/320/taos-2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The VW Taos is a subcompact SUV. (VW)</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">VW has sold around 2.5 million Golfs in the U.S. since it went on sale as the Rabbit in 1974 and eventually replaced the original Beetle as VW's entry-level model. <span style="font-size: 15px">The Golf name isn't a reference to the sport, but is German for the Gulf stream, in keeping with the company's convention of naming some vehicles after winds, including <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/test-drive-2020-volkswagen-passat" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">Passat</span></a> and Scirocco.</span></span></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
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