VW Citi Golf 1.8i Review – Is this the best Citi Golf (Mk1) ever put on sale?

Ciro De Siena

20 May 2022

We were honoured when the owner of this rare machine contacted us and offered us a drive in his pride and joy, a 2007 Volkswagen Citi Golf 1.8i. Watch the video!

But the VW Golf 1.8i has some history. Before the launch of this production run, Volkswagen South Africa released the 1.8R, and over the years, there have been many different versions to the story as to how these two models are related. 

In this video, Ciro does his best to relay his understanding of the history of the car, as well as take it out for a shakedown on some of Gauteng’s best backroads, which are similar to the Western Cape’s worst backroads.

Enjoy!

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Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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