I’ll let our man Patrick George drop some knowledge on why the Mk. IV Golf is on this list.
“This thing. Not because it was a bad car, because it and its fellow cars from that era were so unreliable they continue to haunt Volkswagen to this day.
Volkswagen wants to be a major brand in the U.S., to compete seriously in sales with Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet or Ford. They’ve even made their cars bigger and more boring to try and attract U.S. buyers. But a lot of potential customers still remember what maintenance nightmares their cars from the late 1990s and 2000s were.
They’ve gotten better since then, no question. But they still haven’t lived that reputation down.”
Suggested By: Patrick George