Este era o VW Voyage,projetado aqui no Brasil,era a versão sedã do Gol,a sw por aqui se chamava Parati e contava também com a versão pick-up chamada Saveiro,também foi fabricado na Argentina mas só na versão 4 portas,é um carro muito querido por aqui,principalmente por colecionadores e preparadores de carros turbinados,eu possuo um ano 1985 há 20 anos,em ótimo estado de conservação.
I owned the wagon version. The company I was employed by at the time was located on a frontage road that was going to repaired and resurfaced so the owner decided to close for six weeks. I took the opportunity to cross a road trip from Wisconsin to Alaska off my bucket list. I bought my Fox with 37 miles on the odometer on a Friday and Saturday morning I left for Alaska with my two German Shepherds. The first leg of the journey was North up into Canada and then across the Canadian prairies to Alaska and the return journey was down the Pacific coast and then back across the Western States to Wisconsin. Over the next six weeks I put 14,485 miles on it. When I got back to Wisconsin I needed to replace the muffler because driving down gravel roads at 75 to 80 miles an hour battered the muffler with gravel so badly that it eventually wore a hole in it. I drove it for 190,000 miles and the issues that had were minimal and far between. Never left anybody stranded or failed to start.
Funny how i recognize your amazing story. Here in Europe those vw's were called Derby, Polo or Polo Classic. I got one in Spain. After 11 years, ragging in on the worst tracks possible, i brought it with me to my country, Belgium, finishing on 480k km.....the guy who bought it from me got the 1900diesel engine installed in his boat. It still runs today....most likely one of the best value cars ever to come from Europe...😉
@@svenlabots1869 this is not the same car as the european polo or derby. I've owned both. The Fox is slightly bigger as the polo and looks more like a small audi 80 or santana. Fox was never sold in Europe though. I am in the Netherlands and my Fox is originally from California.
That's to show the VW Reliability back in the day. Here in Brazil, where this car came from, it is called VW Voyage, and the Fox wagon, Parati. It's a Shame it was an upgraded version that was exported, and we never had a chance to have. It has the Great EA827 (AP) engine and it's insanely reliable if maintained properly. We had the Pickup and Hatchback versions too, where the Hatch is the Vehicle that the Pickup, Wagon and Sedan came from. The Pickup is called VW Saveiro and the Hatch is the VW Gol. The Gol family Started in the 1980's as a replacement for the Vw Beetle and it is the most sold Vehicle here. It ended production on 2022. More than 7 millions VW's made!
Here in Brazil it's an Legendary car! ( *IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IT's HISTORY, ALONG WITH VW's of Brazil History, CONTINUE READING!!!!* It's LONG! ) Thank you!!! :-) IT's long and it has TWO PARTS! If you are a VW Lover like me, It's worth reading! We had the VW Gol (Hatch), the Vw Saveiro (Pickup), along with the VW Parati (Fox Wagon) And the Voyage (Fox) (I'm mainly talking about the VW Gol here, the original vehicle, because it would be 100x longer if I put the other 3 variants here. So: Still 50x worse than the exported version, with cheaper materials and worsen overall interior, it had INSANE reliability. (It was exported from 1987 to 1995, when it ended production, along with the Voyage production that didn't continue with the rest of the Gol Family, retruning later on) The VW Gol History starts in 1980, the year of release, it was the replacement of the VW Beetle, It came with a Front Wheel drive Engine, a Boxer 1300L from the beetle, it was the second FWD vehicle VW sold here, as all the other VW's Sold were RWD, and Rear Engine, like the Beetle, VW Brasília and many others. (The First VW to be FWD and Water Cooled was the VW Passat B2, that started to be sold here in 1974, and with that, VW HAD to change the old VW Motto that was: "Air cooled NEVER Overheats", that was INSANELY Strong here, and that's why VW had all the hype of the legendary Aircooled vehicles. And slowly but surely, the Water Cooled engine stayed, and was another VW Legacy and legendary engine Here in Brazil (Ea-827)). NOW Continuing: It was a flop, with the anemic 1300L Boxer engine, as it was too slow, later on VW realized the thing they had done and put the 1600 Boxer on it, in 1982, it made the sales go up, along with the overall dynamics of the upgraded engine and power. (The car later on originated the Pickup, Wagon and Sedan). Vw made the vw Gol start to be a well sold car when they introduced the Water Cooled Gol GT In 1984 (The GT was the Sport version of the Vw Gol, with 99hp's, and some said it had more than that, like 103hp's. VW Lowered the numbers because of tax reasons, as if the vehicle had more than 100hp it would have been more expensive to be sold, and this GT version had resemblances of the Rabbit /Golf GTi like the Golf Ball knob in the shifter) The car was a success, making from 0 to 60mph (0 to 100km/h) in amazing 9,7 seconds, beating bigger cars with 4.1L Six Cylinder engines like the GM Opala, the fastest car yet. The top speed was of 180 Km/h (111 MPH) A great achievement at the time. In 1987 VW Facelifted the Gol, Releasing the Gol GTS, an upgraded Gol GT, sport version, with the same but sligtly upgraded 1.8l engine. (1.8S). The GTS had 99Hp's, 167KM/h top speed (104MPH) and a 0-60 of 11 seconds. This same year, the VW Gol reached top sales, staying in the top vehicles sales for 27 YEARS! In 1988 VW released the VW Gol GTi, the upper and top class sport version, as the GTS was (now) one step down, still with a carburated 1.8S engine, The GTi had, at the year of release, the ALL NEW 2.0l AP engine, (Ea-827 2.0l, 8v) with EFI, it was the first car to have Fuel Injection as standard here. It was a BOOM! Everyone was amazed and blown away because of the Electronic Fuel Injection it had. It made whopping 120hp's and was the fastest car available at the time for a while. Gol GTi Numbers: 0-100 (0-60) of 8,8 seconds and top speed of 185 KM/h, 114MPH (Interesting fact: Every other VW or any other car brand or make sold at 1988, had carburated engines, and Yes, pretty late to add EFi if we think about it, but..) After that, all other brands started adding fuel injection in their vehcles, and by 2000's all cars had EFI. ( The Exported version of the Voyage and Parati we NEVER sold here, It was a totally upgraded vehicle, it had OVER 2000 changes or add-ons to make it up to US and Canada legislation specs. If it was sold here, it would be the " Voyage GLS Diamond ", or something like that, being a higher tier than the already existing Voyage GLS (the Voyage GLS was the top tier Voyage in Brazil THere was the CL, GL, and GLS). This GLS sold here was still slightly worse in equipment if we compared it with the " FOX Base " exported car. Weird, isnt it? The GLS here Had A/C and Power Steering as optional, and never had an AUTO transmission. And this Fox had EFi, that no other car had here. the first to have EFI was the GTi. Very weird.) Now back to the history. In the next generation, so-called Gol G2, affectionately known as Gol Bola (Ball Gol?) (Released in late 1994) was a huge upgrade over the previous version. Now ALL VW Gol's had EFi as standard in all versions (Previously only the Gol G1 (Or Gol Quadrado) GTi had it). Even if it was single point injection in lower end versions, The Gol G2 was a smash sucess, but the GTi still had the 2.0L 8v engine. Top speed of the G2 GTI 2.0L 8v was 185 Km/h (115MPH) and 0 to 60 was 11,2 seconds. Chevrolet (General Motors of Brazil) was threatening the Volkswagen Gol GTi G2 "Crown" with it's Newly Released Corsa GSi 1.6 16v, VW quickly responded by upgrading the 2.0l EA-827 engine with a 16v head from Germany, and, before it made 109 hp's on it's 8v version, after the upgrade it made some crazy (At the time) 141hp's! , and It was the fastest car at the time, beating the GM's Corsa GSI top speed of 195,5KM/H (121MPH). The GTi 16v even had a slight " bulge " in the hood to fit the taller engine, that was an awesome fix, as it gave another cool detail to the 16v GTI. (Gol Gti 2000 16v SPECS: 141 Hp, 0-60 of 8,8 seconds and top speed of 206 Km/h or 128MPH, it was The FASTEST car at the time! (Here in Brazil, and the fastest and more powerful VW Gol ever made here). The 3rd generation (Released in 1999) had great technological advances, and some say it was THE BEST and MOST Beautiful VW GOL of ALL TIMES. (Including me) End of Part 1 Part 2 on replied comment:
Part II: The New Gol G3, had a new facelift, fully new interior and the interior was kinda inspired in the Mk4 Golf interior, and was the Last Gol To have the GTI Sport model on it's production line. It had the same 2.0 16v EA888 engine as the previous generation, It was AMAZING, it was still the fastest and most powerful Gol ever made, but barely lasted one and a half years, it had 145 hp's, a 0-60 of 8,7 seconds and a top speed of 206km/h 128MPH, and the "Normal" Gol GTI 2.0 8v was out of production.(If I'm not wrong.) There were very rare Gol G3's with the 2.0l 8v ea827 engine, but the GTI never came back in the next generation, the Gol G4. The advancements of the Gol G3 were: The NEW 1.0 16v engine (Ea111) now came with a Turbo, making the Gol 1.0 16v Turbo to be the First production vehicle to came stock from the factory with a Turbo, and VW at the time (Year 2000, the year of the 1.0 16v turbo release) VW Made comparisons to the Gol GTi/Non GTI with the 2.0l engine, to say that the New 1.0L engine had the Performance of the 2.0L Engine, with the Economy of a 1.0L engine, making the same power as the 2.0l NA engine of the 2.0L Gol. (1.0 16V Turbo Specs: 112Hp, 0-60 of 9,5 seconds and top speed of 192kph / 119MPH. Faster than the 2.0l Golf at the time, it was the fastest 1.0L car at the time here. The G3 received Flex Fuel too, in 2003, with the VW Gol Total Flex, with the 1.6l engine (ea827) , making it the first vehicle to run on Gas and or Ethanol in any mix. (VW Gol 1.6L Total Flex Flex specs: 97hp with Gas, 99hp with ethanol, 0-60 of 11,6 seconds, and top speed of 183Km/h / 113MPH.) Now, In the next generations it had significant improvements, The Gol G4 was now the cheapest VW as the New VW FOX (not the one of the 90's) was going to replace it (but it failed) and the Gol G4 was stripped down bad, to make room to the all new Vw Fox. It was still as reliable as any VW. (There were VERY rare G4's with the great interior of the Gol G3, and it was a must have interior on the top versions, as the G4 cheap interior couldn't handle the Airbag system, so they retrofitted the G3 interior on it). The 5th gen Gol G5, had a FULLY NEW Platform, and returned the Voyage to production, that had stopped in 1995 when the Gol G2 was introduced, a dumb VW Move. The Polo was going to replace the voyage but it was a flop. The VW Parati stopped production some time later after the Gol G5 release, as VW had other cars to replace it. The Gol G5 to G8 were good cars, but not even close to having that great reliability of Gen 1 to 4. It still had it's merits of a great car, but it was becoming less and less the Reliable and indestructible car as it once was. The VW Gol was the MOST sold vehicle for over TWO DECADES (28 years) nonstop, from 1987 to 2013, (to show that the VW realiability of the Air Cooled beetle was still present in the next 4th gen's of the VW Gol, G1, G2, G3 and G4, along with the Saveiro Pickup and Parati Wagon, and reliabity of Vw's at that time were not a joke, most of it because of the AP / Ea827 Engine, the engine with most modifications and swaps here, it's a legendary engine, some making over 1000hp's). It sold OVER 8 MILLION vehicles, and it sadly ended production in 2022, with a pathetic 1.0l 3 cylinder engine. The GOL was simply THE "Second Beetle!" (In my opinion) as it was a really successful replacement. That is the history of this cheap but Great car, that was designed and made Here, inspired by the Scirocco and Golf, was exported to various other countries and continents, like US and Canada, and even to Russia, and even having a weird FORD / Renault (CHT) engine in the 90's. (The CHT From Ford was weaker and replaced the VW's 1.6L engine from 1988 to 1993, when the VW 1.6L returned, and the buyer could choose if they wanted the Economy CHT / AE engine or the Performance VW AP Engine, same price for both versions. (CHT specs: 75hp's in the Gas version and 80hp's in the Sugar cane fuel version, 0-60 of around 13 seconds) and It didn't stop the top high sales of the car, and it was another amazingly reliable engine, and it was downsized to 1000cm3 to make the Gol 1000, the CHEAPEST vw gol ever made, a "Popular car Craze" era that started with reduced taxes because of the lower engine size, and a really stripped down version came to life Gol 1000, making crazy 49hp's and a 0 to 60 of about 20 seconds, and a insane top speed of 137kph, 85mph, (it cant go back to the future, lol.) Later on on the Gol G2, VW put a single point EFI on it and offered a Plus version, with optional of AC and Power steering, and Power windows. in 97 VW changed this really old engine and put the EA111 1.0l engine, making the car be 100% quicker, and when it was later modified with a 16v head, it was even more quicker for a 1.0l aspirated engine. 1.0l EA111 specs: 62,5HP's and the 16v having 70 hp's. 1.0 8v 0-60: 18 seconds, top speed:147km/h / 91mph, 1.0l 16v 0-60: 17,5s and top speed of 157kph / 97mph. Ugh... The G3 still had the 8v and 16v engines, this 16v was later fitted with a turbo and the G4 had only the 1.0l 8v engine, The g5 had an upgraded version of this engine that had a scandal for breaking down early even with 101% correct maintenance, that was less bad in the 1.6l version. The AP Still continued production till 2012 with the VW Parati. The Ea111 was upgraded and was still available till 2021. The 3 cylinder engine was added in around 2015. THE END! That is not even 10% of the history of this car, this was just a quick glance of this legendary car. If you made it to here, you are *A W E S O M E* , and I thank you VERY VERY much, because it took me more than 3 hours to write this, with great care and love, to spread this very cool history of this " not so great and technological " of a car, a peculiarity of VW of Brazil, and changed VW's history, and has a HUGE Cult here. Thank you so much, and have a Great Day, Evening or Night!! Goodbye!! Stay safe! History is Amazing! #VWLOVER #VW My Family has two VW's, the Gol G1 CL with the Ford Renault CHT engine, 1.6L, and the other one is a Gol G2 4 door, CL, 1.6L, AP engine. Great cars! Any questions just ask! (Sorry if I have any wrong sentences or grammar, I'm still learning English :-).
My first car was a ‘71 Super Beetle in 1986. I wanted a Fox from the time I saw the first commercial in 1987. Finally bought a used 87’ 2 dr. In 1989. I loved that car and absolutely hammered it for the 2 years I owned it. Parts were expensive but it handled great and took all the abuse I could throw at it in stride. Just a great, cheap little all around car. It’s a shame plucky little cars like this don’t exist today.
I wish they would still make basic, easy to work on, no frills cars like this today. No LCD dashboards and touchscreens and massaging heated and air conditioned seats, etc. Instead, actual buttons and dials for controls.
Ditto. I got into a pissing contest with someone recently who turned his nose up at a new car because it didn't have push button start. Freaking kids these days.
I had a grey VW Fox sedan. It was my first car and I liked it a lot. I bought a used one. Only issue was a leaking gas tank which would leak on a hill. I had to get it replaced for $350.
It made things interesting. Honestly I didn’t realize it was doing it until a school friend followed me home doing spirited driving. I never realized it would do that.
I had a 1992 Volkswagen Fox, in stock red. My first new car from a dealership. I completely forgot how cheap the interior was. I remember now thinking the engine would last forever but the rest of the car wouldn’t. 😂
I had a 2 door black GL. I never had any problems with it. I kept mine for 15 years. I sold it to my cousin for $1000 who wrecked it in about 6 months of owning it. I would love to get another one and refurbish it.
Mother has one. Everything broke on it including every exterior door handle, and the sunroom flew off one day and the shifter burnt up. There was no tail pipe either so the back fire was loud.
I have a 1993 Wolfsburg edition, the pods on the dashboard are about what you would expect them to be 30 years later 😂 i’m always having to snap them back into place
i'm from brazil, i hate this car, but i'm the exception, most pepole here loves this car and is the most famous 4cyl in our performance scene, is what honda civics are for americans...for the good and for the bad
@@marceloho1984, ALL Foxes were built at Anchieta plant, in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Four-door Voyages sold in Brazil until 1985 were also Brazilian-made. The four-doors started to come from Pacheco, Argentina, in late-1990 (1991 MY) all the way 'til early 1996 (February, if I'm not mistaken). 😉
"Largest engine in its' class". Must have been before Chrysler announced the price-cut Omni/Horizon America which had a 2.2. Would've been a tough call between them in '87, but for '88 EFI and the 7/70 warranty would've tilted the scales to Mopar.
For me: no possible steering leaks + shifting your own shifts is a win-win Btw, this was sold as Volkswagen Gacel, and later renamed to Senda here in Argentina where I live.
Most people in thus segment wanted a manual-cheaper, easier to some get up and go, better mpg, cheaper to maintain. Much the same, aside from the desire ability, today
@@djkenny1202 Not anymore. Here in America we don't need manuals anymore unless you're talking about a sports car. Even small cars don't need manuals anymore.
@@johnnymason3265 we do have some with manual that are not spirts cars. During my search of cars under 15 grand in 2018-20, I looked at the Nissan Versa, Mitsubishi Mirage, VW Jetta, Toyota iM and base Corollas. and a few others with manual available. There’s plenty other options (not a ton) higher end-Impreza, Fit was, etc. I settled with a 15 Scion XB manual (love it). I cannot stand automatic, unless its EV.
Worked (for a minute) at a VW dealer. Company car was basic 2 door Fox. Was ok but my previous Golfs were better. Sold a 4 door Fox to a customer. She traded a Mazda that only lasted 1 day on the lot and my commission was way better.........
Nice car; VW has NO excuse why an automatic transmission wasn’t offered on Fox. They would have sold more of these cars had an automatic transmission been offered.
Since domestic market (Brazil) didn’t respond well to automatic cars at the time, it would probably be too expensive to build automatic transmissions only in exported cars.
Not in the U.S. Power steering was also rare for a Fox (Voyage, Gol, Parati, Saveiro...) in Brazil/South America. Usually only on a few GT or higher optioned models
Didn't need it. VW's manual steering was well engineered and easy to drive. My first car was an 88 GL 4door, 4 speed. Still my favorite car of all time.
Este era o VW Voyage,projetado aqui no Brasil,era a versão sedã do Gol,a sw por aqui se chamava Parati e contava também com a versão pick-up chamada Saveiro,também foi fabricado na Argentina mas só na versão 4 portas,é um carro muito querido por aqui,principalmente por colecionadores e preparadores de carros turbinados,eu possuo um ano 1985 há 20 anos,em ótimo estado de conservação.
I owned the wagon version.
The company I was employed by at the time was located on a frontage road that was going to repaired and resurfaced so the owner decided to close for six weeks.
I took the opportunity to cross a road trip from Wisconsin to Alaska off my bucket list.
I bought my Fox with 37 miles on the odometer on a Friday and Saturday morning I left for Alaska with my two German Shepherds.
The first leg of the journey was North up into Canada and then across the Canadian prairies to Alaska and the return journey was down the Pacific coast and then back across the Western States to Wisconsin.
Over the next six weeks I put 14,485 miles on it.
When I got back to Wisconsin I needed to replace the muffler because driving down gravel roads at 75 to 80 miles an hour battered the muffler with gravel so badly that it eventually wore a hole in it.
I drove it for 190,000 miles and the issues that had were minimal and far between.
Never left anybody stranded or failed to start.
Funny how i recognize your amazing story. Here in Europe those vw's were called Derby, Polo or Polo Classic. I got one in Spain. After 11 years, ragging in on the worst tracks possible, i brought it with me to my country, Belgium, finishing on 480k km.....the guy who bought it from me got the 1900diesel engine installed in his boat. It still runs today....most likely one of the best value cars ever to come from Europe...😉
@@svenlabots1869 this is not the same car as the european polo or derby. I've owned both. The Fox is slightly bigger as the polo and looks more like a small audi 80 or santana. Fox was never sold in Europe though. I am in the Netherlands and my Fox is originally from California.
That's to show the VW Reliability back in the day.
Here in Brazil, where this car came from, it is called VW Voyage, and the Fox wagon, Parati. It's a Shame it was an upgraded version that was exported, and we never had a chance to have. It has the Great EA827 (AP) engine and it's insanely reliable if maintained properly. We had the Pickup and Hatchback versions too, where the Hatch is the Vehicle that the Pickup, Wagon and Sedan came from.
The Pickup is called VW Saveiro and the Hatch is the VW Gol. The Gol family Started in the 1980's as a replacement for the Vw Beetle and it is the most sold Vehicle here. It ended production on 2022. More than 7 millions VW's made!
Growing up my dad had a grey 1989 VW Fox & a black 1995 BMW 325i. I never understood why he loved to drive the Fox until now lol
These had a restrictor in the exhaust to knock ~10 hp off the engine. With that removed, they're faster than the Golf GTI because they weigh less!
Wow!!! And in Brazil we had the Gol GTi with a 2.0l EFi engine.
Loved my 89. Bought it brand new and put 300k on it. Never had any issues at all except replaced leaky coolant cap and worn out bushings in shifter.
Here in Brazil it's an Legendary car! ( *IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IT's HISTORY, ALONG WITH VW's of Brazil History, CONTINUE READING!!!!* It's LONG! ) Thank you!!! :-) IT's long and it has TWO PARTS! If you are a VW Lover like me, It's worth reading!
We had the VW Gol (Hatch), the Vw Saveiro (Pickup), along with the VW Parati (Fox Wagon) And the Voyage (Fox) (I'm mainly talking about the VW Gol here, the original vehicle, because it would be 100x longer if I put the other 3 variants here. So:
Still 50x worse than the exported version, with cheaper materials and worsen overall interior, it had INSANE reliability. (It was exported from 1987 to 1995, when it ended production, along with the Voyage production that didn't continue with the rest of the Gol Family, retruning later on)
The VW Gol History starts in 1980, the year of release, it was the replacement of the VW Beetle, It came with a Front Wheel drive Engine, a Boxer 1300L from the beetle, it was the second FWD vehicle VW sold here, as all the other VW's Sold were RWD, and Rear Engine, like the Beetle, VW Brasília and many others. (The First VW to be FWD and Water Cooled was the VW Passat B2, that started to be sold here in 1974, and with that, VW HAD to change the old VW Motto that was: "Air cooled NEVER Overheats", that was INSANELY Strong here, and that's why VW had all the hype of the legendary Aircooled vehicles. And slowly but surely, the Water Cooled engine stayed, and was another VW Legacy and legendary engine Here in Brazil (Ea-827)). NOW Continuing:
It was a flop, with the anemic 1300L Boxer engine, as it was too slow, later on VW realized the thing they had done and put the 1600 Boxer on it, in 1982, it made the sales go up, along with the overall dynamics of the upgraded engine and power. (The car later on originated the Pickup, Wagon and Sedan). Vw made the vw Gol start to be a well sold car when they introduced the Water Cooled Gol GT In 1984 (The GT was the Sport version of the Vw Gol, with 99hp's, and some said it had more than that, like 103hp's. VW Lowered the numbers because of tax reasons, as if the vehicle had more than 100hp it would have been more expensive to be sold, and this GT version had resemblances of the Rabbit /Golf GTi like the Golf Ball knob in the shifter) The car was a success, making from 0 to 60mph (0 to 100km/h) in amazing 9,7 seconds, beating bigger cars with 4.1L Six Cylinder engines like the GM Opala, the fastest car yet. The top speed was of 180 Km/h (111 MPH) A great achievement at the time.
In 1987 VW Facelifted the Gol, Releasing the Gol GTS, an upgraded Gol GT, sport version, with the same but sligtly upgraded 1.8l engine. (1.8S). The GTS had 99Hp's, 167KM/h top speed (104MPH) and a 0-60 of 11 seconds. This same year, the VW Gol reached top sales, staying in the top vehicles sales for 27 YEARS!
In 1988 VW released the VW Gol GTi, the upper and top class sport version, as the GTS was (now) one step down, still with a carburated 1.8S engine, The GTi had, at the year of release, the ALL NEW 2.0l AP engine, (Ea-827 2.0l, 8v) with EFI, it was the first car to have Fuel Injection as standard here. It was a BOOM! Everyone was amazed and blown away because of the Electronic Fuel Injection it had. It made whopping 120hp's and was the fastest car available at the time for a while. Gol GTi Numbers: 0-100 (0-60) of 8,8 seconds and top speed of 185 KM/h, 114MPH (Interesting fact: Every other VW or any other car brand or make sold at 1988, had carburated engines, and Yes, pretty late to add EFi if we think about it, but..) After that, all other brands started adding fuel injection in their vehcles, and by 2000's all cars had EFI. ( The Exported version of the Voyage and Parati we NEVER sold here, It was a totally upgraded vehicle, it had OVER 2000 changes or add-ons to make it up to US and Canada legislation specs. If it was sold here, it would be the " Voyage GLS Diamond ", or something like that, being a higher tier than the already existing Voyage GLS (the Voyage GLS was the top tier Voyage in Brazil THere was the CL, GL, and GLS). This GLS sold here was still slightly worse in equipment if we compared it with the " FOX Base " exported car. Weird, isnt it? The GLS here Had A/C and Power Steering as optional, and never had an AUTO transmission. And this Fox had EFi, that no other car had here. the first to have EFI was the GTi. Very weird.) Now back to the history.
In the next generation, so-called Gol G2, affectionately known as Gol Bola (Ball Gol?) (Released in late 1994) was a huge upgrade over the previous version. Now ALL VW Gol's had EFi as standard in all versions (Previously only the Gol G1 (Or Gol Quadrado) GTi had it). Even if it was single point injection in lower end versions, The Gol G2 was a smash sucess, but the GTi still had the 2.0L 8v engine. Top speed of the G2 GTI 2.0L 8v was 185 Km/h (115MPH) and 0 to 60 was 11,2 seconds. Chevrolet (General Motors of Brazil) was threatening the Volkswagen Gol GTi G2 "Crown" with it's Newly Released Corsa GSi 1.6 16v, VW quickly responded by upgrading the 2.0l EA-827 engine with a 16v head from Germany, and, before it made 109 hp's on it's 8v version, after the upgrade it made some crazy (At the time) 141hp's! , and It was the fastest car at the time, beating the GM's Corsa GSI top speed of 195,5KM/H (121MPH). The GTi 16v even had a slight " bulge " in the hood to fit the taller engine, that was an awesome fix, as it gave another cool detail to the 16v GTI. (Gol Gti 2000 16v SPECS: 141 Hp, 0-60 of 8,8 seconds and top speed of 206 Km/h or 128MPH, it was The FASTEST car at the time! (Here in Brazil, and the fastest and more powerful VW Gol ever made here). The 3rd generation (Released in 1999) had great technological advances, and some say it was THE BEST and MOST Beautiful VW GOL of ALL TIMES. (Including me) End of Part 1
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The New Gol G3, had a new facelift, fully new interior and the interior was kinda inspired in the Mk4 Golf interior, and was the Last Gol To have the GTI Sport model on it's production line. It had the same 2.0 16v EA888 engine as the previous generation,
It was AMAZING, it was still the fastest and most powerful Gol ever made, but barely lasted one and a half years, it had 145 hp's, a 0-60 of 8,7 seconds and a top speed of 206km/h 128MPH, and the "Normal" Gol GTI 2.0 8v was out of production.(If I'm not wrong.) There were very rare Gol G3's with the 2.0l 8v ea827 engine, but the GTI never came back in the next generation, the Gol G4.
The advancements of the Gol G3 were: The NEW 1.0 16v engine (Ea111) now came with a Turbo, making the Gol 1.0 16v Turbo to be the First production vehicle to came stock from the factory with a Turbo, and VW at the time (Year 2000, the year of the 1.0 16v turbo release) VW Made comparisons to the Gol GTi/Non GTI with the 2.0l engine, to say that the New 1.0L engine had the Performance of the 2.0L Engine, with the Economy of a 1.0L engine, making the same power as the 2.0l NA engine of the 2.0L Gol. (1.0 16V Turbo Specs: 112Hp, 0-60 of 9,5 seconds and top speed of 192kph / 119MPH. Faster than the 2.0l Golf at the time, it was the fastest 1.0L car at the time here. The G3 received Flex Fuel too, in 2003, with the VW Gol Total Flex, with the 1.6l engine (ea827) , making it the first vehicle to run on Gas and or Ethanol in any mix. (VW Gol 1.6L Total Flex Flex specs: 97hp with Gas, 99hp with ethanol, 0-60 of 11,6 seconds, and top speed of 183Km/h / 113MPH.)
Now, In the next generations it had significant improvements, The Gol G4 was now the cheapest VW as the New VW FOX (not the one of the 90's) was going to replace it (but it failed) and the Gol G4 was stripped down bad, to make room to the all new Vw Fox. It was still as reliable as any VW. (There were VERY rare G4's with the great interior of the Gol G3, and it was a must have interior on the top versions, as the G4 cheap interior couldn't handle the Airbag system, so they retrofitted the G3 interior on it). The 5th gen Gol G5, had a FULLY NEW Platform, and returned the Voyage to production, that had stopped in 1995 when the Gol G2 was introduced, a dumb VW Move. The Polo was going to replace the voyage but it was a flop. The VW Parati stopped production some time later after the Gol G5 release, as VW had other cars to replace it. The Gol G5 to G8 were good cars, but not even close to having that great reliability of Gen 1 to 4. It still had it's merits of a great car, but it was becoming less and less the Reliable and indestructible car as it once was.
The VW Gol was the MOST sold vehicle for over TWO DECADES (28 years) nonstop, from 1987 to 2013, (to show that the VW realiability of the Air Cooled beetle was still present in the next 4th gen's of the VW Gol, G1, G2, G3 and G4, along with the Saveiro Pickup and Parati Wagon, and reliabity of Vw's at that time were not a joke, most of it because of the AP / Ea827 Engine, the engine with most modifications and swaps here, it's a legendary engine, some making over 1000hp's). It sold OVER 8 MILLION vehicles, and it sadly ended production in 2022, with a pathetic 1.0l 3 cylinder engine. The GOL was simply THE "Second Beetle!" (In my opinion) as it was a really successful replacement.
That is the history of this cheap but Great car, that was designed and made Here, inspired by the Scirocco and Golf, was exported to various other countries and continents, like US and Canada, and even to Russia, and even having a weird FORD / Renault (CHT) engine in the 90's. (The CHT From Ford was weaker and replaced the VW's 1.6L engine from 1988 to 1993, when the VW 1.6L returned, and the buyer could choose if they wanted the Economy CHT / AE engine or the Performance VW AP Engine, same price for both versions. (CHT specs: 75hp's in the Gas version and 80hp's in the Sugar cane fuel version, 0-60 of around 13 seconds) and It didn't stop the top high sales of the car, and it was another amazingly reliable engine, and it was downsized to 1000cm3 to make the Gol 1000, the CHEAPEST vw gol ever made, a "Popular car Craze" era that started with reduced taxes because of the lower engine size, and a really stripped down version came to life Gol 1000, making crazy 49hp's and a 0 to 60 of about 20 seconds, and a insane top speed of 137kph, 85mph, (it cant go back to the future, lol.) Later on on the Gol G2, VW put a single point EFI on it and offered a Plus version, with optional of AC and Power steering, and Power windows. in 97 VW changed this really old engine and put the EA111 1.0l engine, making the car be 100% quicker, and when it was later modified with a 16v head, it was even more quicker for a 1.0l aspirated engine. 1.0l EA111 specs: 62,5HP's and the 16v having 70 hp's. 1.0 8v 0-60: 18 seconds, top speed:147km/h / 91mph, 1.0l 16v 0-60: 17,5s and top speed of 157kph / 97mph. Ugh... The G3 still had the 8v and 16v engines, this 16v was later fitted with a turbo and the G4 had only the 1.0l 8v engine, The g5 had an upgraded version of this engine that had a scandal for breaking down early even with 101% correct maintenance, that was less bad in the 1.6l version. The AP Still continued production till 2012 with the VW Parati. The Ea111 was upgraded and was still available till 2021. The 3 cylinder engine was added in around 2015. THE END!
That is not even 10% of the history of this car, this was just a quick glance of this legendary car.
If you made it to here, you are *A W E S O M E* , and I thank you VERY VERY much, because it took me more than 3 hours to write this, with great care and love, to spread this very cool history of this " not so great and technological " of a car, a peculiarity of VW of Brazil, and changed VW's history, and has a HUGE Cult here. Thank you so much, and have a Great Day, Evening or Night!! Goodbye!! Stay safe! History is Amazing! #VWLOVER #VW
My Family has two VW's, the Gol G1 CL with the Ford Renault CHT engine, 1.6L, and the other one is a Gol G2 4 door, CL, 1.6L, AP engine. Great cars! Any questions just ask! (Sorry if I have any wrong sentences or grammar, I'm still learning English :-).
My first car was a ‘71 Super Beetle in 1986. I wanted a Fox from the time I saw the first commercial in 1987. Finally bought a used 87’ 2 dr. In 1989. I loved that car and absolutely hammered it for the 2 years I owned it. Parts were expensive but it handled great and took all the abuse I could throw at it in stride. Just a great, cheap little all around car. It’s a shame plucky little cars like this don’t exist today.
I wish they would still make basic, easy to work on, no frills cars like this today. No LCD dashboards and touchscreens and massaging heated and air conditioned seats, etc. Instead, actual buttons and dials for controls.
I wish the same...
Ditto.
I got into a pissing contest with someone recently who turned his nose up at a new car because it didn't have push button start. Freaking kids these days.
I had a grey VW Fox sedan. It was my first car and I liked it a lot. I bought a used one. Only issue was a leaking gas tank which would leak on a hill. I had to get it replaced for $350.
I want one.
that crazy VW inner rear wheel lift..
This wheels in VW Fox in too from VW Voyage and Parati here in Brazil
It made things interesting. Honestly I didn’t realize it was doing it until a school friend followed me home doing spirited driving. I never realized it would do that.
I had a 1992 Volkswagen Fox, in stock red. My first new car from a dealership. I completely forgot how cheap the interior was. I remember now thinking the engine would last forever but the rest of the car wouldn’t. 😂
That VW Fox Wagon, without the roof and open cargo area are called Saveiro in Brazil and Latin America. Gol pickup in Mexico.
Always adored the 2 door wagon. Awesome cars
I had a 2 door black GL. I never had any problems with it. I kept mine for 15 years. I sold it to my cousin for $1000 who wrecked it in about 6 months of owning it. I would love to get another one and refurbish it.
Volkswaggen BOX - that is what we called it.
I was shocked to find out how good the drag coeffient was though. ( .31 ! )
Craig is one heck of a driver!
Mother has one. Everything broke on it including every exterior door handle, and the sunroom flew off one day and the shifter burnt up. There was no tail pipe either so the back fire was loud.
I love VW Fox 1987 and 1988 is my favorite and Fox wagon. Greats cars. Here in Brazil is VW Voyage
It was a major sucess in Brazil, VW Voyage.
Carburator here, no problems.
And It was 1.6, 1.8.
Five gears forward.
Engine lasts around 500.000km.
So true! The VW Had the 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.0 16v engine!
This video really shows the full performance of this awesome vehicle 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 well done!
The pinnacle of German utilitarian aesthetic.
It's a VW of Brazil Design, with German Engineering!
@@gabrielv.4358 Brazil has a fairly sizeable German demographic, no?
I have a 1993 Wolfsburg edition, the pods on the dashboard are about what you would expect them to be 30 years later 😂 i’m always having to snap them back into place
I had 2 of them my dad gave me back in the day . Tough as nails I took one through quad trails and everything
This was made in my Country and mom and dad had both Fox and Fox Wagon. ;)
i'm from brazil, i hate this car, but i'm the exception, most pepole here loves this car and is the most famous 4cyl in our performance scene, is what honda civics are for americans...for the good and for the bad
Loved the wagon, only had a 4 spd. Manual but better make sure you got one built on a Tuesday or Wednesday or you will get true Brazillian quality.
Two doors: made in Brazil.
Four doors: in Argentina.
@@marceloho1984, ALL Foxes were built at Anchieta plant, in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Four-door Voyages sold in Brazil until 1985 were also Brazilian-made. The four-doors started to come from Pacheco, Argentina, in late-1990 (1991 MY) all the way 'til early 1996 (February, if I'm not mistaken). 😉
"Largest engine in its' class". Must have been before Chrysler announced the price-cut Omni/Horizon America which had a 2.2. Would've been a tough call between them in '87, but for '88 EFI and the 7/70 warranty would've tilted the scales to Mopar.
$5690 no AC but does it have cassette? AMFM? No automatic
This is the problem. The Volkswagen Fox had no power steering or an available automatic. Two strikes against it.
For me: no possible steering leaks + shifting your own shifts is a win-win
Btw, this was sold as Volkswagen Gacel, and later renamed to Senda here in Argentina where I live.
They should have put an automatic gearbox as option
Most people in thus segment wanted a manual-cheaper, easier to some get up and go, better mpg, cheaper to maintain.
Much the same, aside from the desire ability, today
@@djkenny1202 Not anymore. Here in America we don't need manuals anymore unless you're talking about a sports car. Even small cars don't need manuals anymore.
@@johnnymason3265 we do have some with manual that are not spirts cars. During my search of cars under 15 grand in 2018-20, I looked at the Nissan Versa, Mitsubishi Mirage, VW Jetta, Toyota iM and base Corollas. and a few others with manual available. There’s plenty other options (not a ton) higher end-Impreza, Fit was, etc. I settled with a 15 Scion XB manual (love it). I cannot stand automatic, unless its EV.
I used to have this car!! Unfortunately at the end had a lot of electrical issues
I like the ‘shooting brake’ Fox
I daily a 93 5spd.. Id never drive like on that course..! My cvs would shatter, hahaha
I thought only two-door in both body styles were sold in the US.
Had one new in ‘88. It was a lemon.
Worked (for a minute) at a VW dealer. Company car was basic 2 door Fox. Was ok but my previous Golfs were better. Sold a 4 door Fox to a customer. She traded a Mazda that only lasted 1 day on the lot and my commission was way better.........
O famoso voyajão do Brasil para o mundo.
Nice car; VW has NO excuse why an automatic transmission wasn’t offered on Fox. They would have sold more of these cars had an automatic transmission been offered.
Since domestic market (Brazil) didn’t respond well to automatic cars at the time, it would probably be too expensive to build automatic transmissions only in exported cars.
Man the bar was set low.
Did they ever come with power steering?
not that I know of.
Not in the U.S.
Power steering was also rare for a Fox (Voyage, Gol, Parati, Saveiro...) in Brazil/South America. Usually only on a few GT or higher optioned models
Didn't need it. VW's manual steering was well engineered and easy to drive. My first car was an 88 GL 4door, 4 speed. Still my favorite car of all time.
I can't recommend the Volkswagen Fox. It has no power steering, no power brakes, or an automatic option. Three strikes against it.
Why cant he slim down.. why?
Pretty bad when a k car has better instrumentation than a VW.
But the Fox does virtually everything better than a K car.
Uma carroça brasileira que não vale nada na terra dos carros de verdade...
I took a BMW in Gaviotta with ease in our little ole Fox!
Was a fun car with a surprising get up and go.
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