Volkswagen Golf Mk3

The Volkswagen Golf Mk3 is a medium-sized compact family car, the third generation of the Golf, succeeding the Mk2. It was launched in mainland Europe in August 1991, in the United Kingdom in February 1992 and in North America in spring 1994, the delay caused by plans to supply American dealers from the Puebla plant in Mexico, where quality problems and labour unrest held it up. Like the earlier generations it was meant to be built at the TAS factory in Sarajevo, which the Yugoslav War destroyed. It came as a three- or five-door hatchback, with a light commercial van version in some markets, and the Mk3 Cabrio replaced the Volkswagen Cabriolet and ran until the 2002 model year. The 1.4 petrol was the entry-level engine, and the SDI diesel offered 47 kW.