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VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK IV (1998-2004)福士高尔夫队四(1998-2004)

Having been on sale for over a quarter of a century, you?d expect the Volkswagen Golf to have the measure of the family hatchback market.已经出售超过四分之一世纪,你?预计有四福士高尔夫衡量家庭hatchback市场. You wouldn?t be wrong either.您wouldn?笔是错误的. From its humble beginnings, the Golf has transformed into something very special.从其做起,高尔夫球已变成一件非常特别. Call it aloof, detached or sophisticated, the Mk 4 Golf is a car that has removed itself from the mainstream and now campaigns as a premium value item.说它冷漠、疏离或尖端、四月是高尔夫球队的车子已经拆除,现在退出主流价值溢价作为运动项目. How it managed this without bordering on the pompous is down to Volkswagen?s adept brand management.如何管理这是毫不接壤的冠冕堂皇降至福士?收盘善于品牌经营. As a used purchase, the Golf is a sure-fire five star buy.作为用来购买高尔夫球是万无一失五星买. Other rivals may claim to offer more for less, but drive away in a used Golf and you won?t care about such crass squabbling.其他对手可以要求给予更多少、但是赶走了,你用高尔夫球获胜?这种笔在乎卤入神. Superiority complexes that were once the preserve of Bentley drivers can now be yours for family hatchback money.优越的场馆一度的宾利司机现在可以保存你家人hatchback钱.

HISTORY历史
The usual course for vehicle development to take is for successive models to become bigger and heavier before some bright spark in product development decides that lighter and simpler is the way forward.一般汽车的发展历程是采取连续模式做大一些较重光明星火产品开发前决定是打火机,简单的路. All of these geniuses must have departed from Volkswagen, because there certainly aren?t any left at Wolfsburg now.所有这些天才要离开福士,因为那里肯定西哈莫尼?现在沃尔夫斯堡留下任何笔. The Golf has got progressively heavier and more sophisticated in each of its four incarnations, and the Golf Mk 4 is truly a heavyweight contender in every respect.高尔夫球已逐渐得到更加繁重而每四个尖端化身,4、高尔夫球队在各方面真正重量级竞争者. Launched in May 1998, the range initially consisted of the familiar three and five-door hatchback body styles that bore strong resemblances to the Mk 3 model, but with tidier proportions and prettier detailing.发起于1998年5月射程由最初的三、五熟门hatchback体风格,给沉闷强劲微处理器队3示范、整齐漂亮,但比例及详述. There were four petrol engines and three diesels.共有4汽油发动机和柴油3. The petrol options included the 75bhp 1.4-litre 16v, the 100bhp 1.6, the 125bhp 1.8-litre, and its turbocharged counterpart, the 150bhp 1.8T.汽油期权包括75bhp1.4-16v公升,100bhp1.6,125bhp的1.8公升、增压对口150bhp的1/2. The diesel units offered were the 68bhp 1.9 SDi, the 90bhp 1.9TDi turbo diesel and the 1.9 TDi version boasting 110bhp.柴油的单位提供的SDI68bhp一月九日,1.9tdi的90bhp涡轮TDI的柴油和190版本吹嘘110bhp. Many of these engines were familiar through use in the Audi range.许多这些引擎通过使用熟悉的奥迪射程.

The trim levels ran from basic E, through S, SE, GT and GTi.从基本层面浪冉电子通过收盘,硒,但GTI吨. November 1998 saw the launch of the 2,3-litre V5 engined Golfs, effectively the ?old?1998年11月发射的看见2,3-公升引擎golfsV5环境,有效吗?老? VR6 unit with a cylinder lopped off.vr6修剪过的单位有缸. In April 1999, the 2.0-litre 115bhp engine was introduced to the range, being fitted to the Golf GTi, replacing the normally aspirated 1.8-litre unit.1999年4月,2.0公升115bhp发动机进了射程,对高尔夫GTI组安装、取代通常送气一点八公升股. The Golf Estate was launched in August 1999 providing another string to the Golf?s bow, although many were confused by the car?s similarity to the Bora estate, a car which Volkswagen wisely decided not to import to the UK.高尔夫球产业在1999年8月推出的另一个串高尔夫?收盘鞠躬、虽然很多人迷惑轿车?收盘宝来相似的地产、汽车福士明智决定不再向英国进口.

In early 2000, the Golf V6 4-Motion was launched, a four-wheel drive uber-hatch that boasted 204bhp from its tuned V6 engine, putting this power to the ground through the Haldex-differential of Audi?s TT sports coupe.2000年初,高尔夫V6导4-议案展开一四轮驱动思想性-舱口,捧V6发动机204bhp从其调谐、把这种权力向地面通过haldex微分奥迪?收盘特体育采伐. August 2000 saw the 8-valve 100bhp petrol engine replaced by a 105bhp 16-valve unit.2000年8月看见八瓣100bhp105bhp的汽油引擎,取而代之的是一个16气门股. For the 2001 model year, Volkswagen replaced the 115bhp TDI engines with 130bhp units, kept the 90bhp diesels and reintroduced the 110bhp engines, previously deleted when the short-lived 115bhp Pump Duse engine came on stream.模型对2001年福士取代115bhp与130bhp发动机TDI的单位保持和重新110bhp90bhp柴油引擎当删除以前短暂115bhp发动机泵滤涌现. The TDi diesel range was reappraised at the end of 2001 to consist of 100, 130 and barnstorming 150bhp Pump Duse variant.柴油的TDI的射程在2001年底重新评价由100,130、泵滤barnstorming150bhp变种. A 3.2-litre V6 petrol-powered R32 flagship version with 232bhp was launched in Summer 2002.三点二公升汽油V6导马力232bhp育成旗舰版与2002年夏季推出. Volkswagen reprised a favourite badge in early 2003 when the value-packed Match model was announced, replacing the S trim level.福士reprised喜爱徽章2003年初当值包装模型比赛揭晓取代收盘浪平.

WHAT YOU GET  什么才叫
Volkswagen have become particularly adept at taking expensive build quality and advanced technology and bringing it within shooting distance of the normal person?s pocket.大众汽车公司已成为尤其擅长以先进的技术和昂贵的建设质量和使其射击距离内的正常人?收盘口袋. Other competitors claim to have done this but it?s the Golf that truly sets the standard ?其他竞争者声称这么做,但?真正的高尔夫球套标准? and there?s a simple reason why.有?一个简单的原因. Where the opposition have had to develop their cars from scratch within tight budgets, the men from Volkswagen have been able to throw millions of Deutchmarks at creating the finest floorpan in the compact car world.当反对派已从无到有,发展汽车内紧预算男人从大众都能够掷百万马克floorpan创造一流的微型轿车之一. Money was no object, declared the Wolfsburg board, safe in the knowledge that their investment could be justified by the use of the same componentry in each of their other three group brands.钱没有异议,沃尔夫斯堡宣布董事会在安全知识的投资可以正当使用同一部件在每个组的其他三个品牌.

The result is that the latest three-door, five-door and estate Golfs are almost identical under the skin to their three Volkswagen Group stable-mates - Audi?s A3, Skoda?s Octavia and SEAT?s Toledo.结果是,最近三上门、五门产业golfs下皮肤几乎完全一样的三组福士稳定同居-奥迪?收盘A3级小轿车?收盘octavia和座位?托莱多收盘. You won?t care about this of course ?你赢了?笔在乎这条路? and why should you?为什么你? All that really matters is that the Germans have produced a car that in many respects is almost impossibly good for the money.一切事情,实在是德国人,已经产生了汽车,在许多方面几乎是不可能很好的钱.

Though not all of the Golf?s engines can accurately be described as ?state of the art?, all are impressive, save perhaps the entry-level 1.4, which in a car as heavy as this just feels underpowered.但不是所有的高尔夫球?收盘引擎算是?现状?,在在都令人印象深刻,也许救入门级1.4,这车这么重低估这只是感觉. On the move, French rivals can sometimes be more fun round the corners but none feels as safe or as reassuring to drive.关于搬家法国对手可以得到更多的乐趣,有时24角落但还是感到欣慰,因为安全驾驶. Whichever Golf you choose, it will come complete with twin front airbags, side airbags, ABS, a height and reach-adjustable steering column and rear seats incorporating the clever Isofix system for attaching a child seat.你选择哪一个高尔夫球,它将完成双锋开气袋,侧气袋,ABS的,一个身高达到可调和督导栏将后座附孩子聪明isofix制席位. It?s the little touches that impress you most though.?收盘小最能令你虽然触及到. Cup holders in the front and the rear, the self-dimming interior lights, the chrome tie-down hooks in the luggage area, the gas struts to hold up the bonnet, the special cover on the boot locking pin so you don?t get things caught in it ?持有足球赛前后,自我室内灯光暗淡,铬铁钩下来的行李区,举办了气撑杆头盖,特别在封面行李箱密码锁等你鲍思?笔夹在事情吗? save to say that this is a car that makes its competitors feel cheap.救说这是一辆汽车,使对手感到便宜. It?s a car that will please those with an eye for thoroughness and attention to detail, if not those who remember what the original Golf GTi stood for.?收盘车子会请那些用眼务实、注重细节,如果没有记住那些原来高尔夫GTI组驻足.

WHAT YOU PAY  您付出
As you would expect, the Golf Mk4 isn?t inexpensive and the privilege starts at £3,300.一如所料,高尔夫球mk4肖国?笔廉价特权始于3300英镑. This buys a 1998 R-registered 1.4E, but with all that weight to carry around, the 1.4-litre engine isn?t the best place to start.这一买住宅1998注册1.4e,但周围的一切,携带重量、1.4公升引擎肖国?笔的最佳地点开始. The 1.6-litre cars are much better, and these start at £4,000 for a 1997 R-plated 1.6 S five-door, or £4,200 if you want the SE trim level.160公升轿车好得多,这为4000英镑,1997年开始研究镀1月6日收盘五门4200英镑,或如果你想减肥的硒水平. Automatics tend to go for around £300 on top of this price.这种自动倾向于选择300英镑左右这个价位之上. To bag a GTi, expect to stump up at least £4,300 for a 1998 R-plate 1.8 GTi.但GTI以一袋,预计4300残端至少为1998英镑的R板块八月一日GTI组. Don?t expect to leave other drivers floundering in your wake though ?鲍思?笔预料其他司机徘徊在你离开后虽然? it?s not particularly quick.?收盘不会特别快. The 150bhp 1.8T GTi is a better bet for those who feel the need to burn tarmac, and these start at £5,200 for a three-door 1998 model, with five-door cars about £500 more.但GTI150bhp1/2的投注者更是觉得有必要烧停机坪,这些晚上5200英镑为期98年的大门模式,五门轿车约500多英镑. The languorous 2.0 GTi models start at £5,700 on 1999 T-plates, whilst a 1998 S-registered 2.3-litre V5 can be yours for around £5,900 and the V6 4Motion commands £9,000 as a 2000V.但GTI型号的闲适2.0晚上5700英镑1999笔-板、虽然1998年的注册2.3公升V5环境能为你而V6导4motion约5900英镑9000英镑作为指挥2000v.

The diesel cars are a fair bet in TDi 90bhp and GT TDi 110bhp guise.柴油车在一个公平的打赌燃气轮机和TDI的TDI的90bhp110bhp幌子. The 68bhp SDi really is a bit lame, although they can be had for under £3,800 for a 1998 R-plate model.68bhp的空间实在有点跛,虽然他们已经可以为下一个98年住宅3800英镑板模式. Pick of the diesels is the three door GT TDi, available from £5,000 on a 1998 R-plate.三是柴油车的燃气轮机TDI的大门,可从5000英镑对1998住宅板块. If you want to save money but don?t want to compromise badge or quality, consider a Volkswagen Bora, the Golf?s booted brother.如果你想省钱而鲍思?要妥协笔徽章或质量,考虑大众宝来、高尔夫球?收盘退出弟弟. Used values of the Bora have never held up as strongly as the ever-popular Golf.宝来用价值的强烈从未耽误大家献上高尔夫球.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR  寻找什么
If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen.如果一切只为大众生活可靠. Would make a good advertising slogan, that.一个好的广告会使口号. In all seriousness, the Golf has had an impressive reliability record.一本正经,高尔夫球有骄人的可靠性记录. Early gripes about the V6 engines have been put to rest, and the entire range has yet to spawn any significant faults.早期的委屈V6导引擎已入土为安,而大马尚未做成任何重大过失. Despite this, the Golf can never quite pip Japanese rivals in reliability surveys.尽管如此,日本高尔夫球永远点子对手相当可靠的调查. Perhaps this is of secondary importance to the way the car feels.也许这是次要的车程感觉. Even if it?s not 100% bulletproof, a Golf will always feel better built than its rivals and that counts for a lot.即使它?收盘不是百分之百防弹,建高尔夫球永远比对手更好的感觉,很多项. When buying used, look for a decent service record and check the obvious things like panel fit and so on.当购买使用,寻找一个象样的纪录和检验服务小组配合等等明显等等. Golfs are favourites with car thieves, so it may well pay to get an HPI check.golfs都喜爱与偷车贼,所以很可能付出的HPI拿到检查. Fortunately the Golf Mk 4 has cultivated a mature image that deters the previous generation of boy racers ?所幸高尔夫球队4培育成熟形象威慑比一代赛车? for the while at least.同时为至少. The flipside of this is hard-treated ex-fleet cars.这是铜板硬治疗前车车队. Pay close attention to odometer readings and look for the usual signs of intergalactic mileages.密切注意里程表读数和寻找惯常迹象星系际哩. Otherwise a used Golf Mk 4 is a sound purchase.另有一种用于高尔夫球队四是健全采购.

REPLACEMENT PARTS  替换零件
(approx based on a 1998 Golf 1.4 ex Vat) An exhaust system is about £65.(大约4月1日根据1998年前高尔夫球增值税)排气系统英镑约65. A clutch assembly will be around £70 and a new catalyst will be around £60.一英镑左右离合器大会将于70英镑左右将新催化剂60. An alternator should be close to £50.一要贴近英镑发电机50.

Brake pads front and rear are about £25 and £23, respectively.刹车皮前方和后方约25英镑,英镑23元. A replacement headlamp is close to £65.更换前照灯接近英镑65. A windscreen should be in the region of £90.应当在该地区的挡风玻璃,英镑90. Major and minor services are around £75 and £35 respectively.大大小小的服务是75英镑1935年英镑左右.

ON THE ROAD  在路上
The Golf?s reputation as the car that would corner on three wheels with steering that danced in your hands and a chassis that made the keen driver?s eyes light up is a bit of ancient history now.高尔夫球?收盘美誉的角落三个轮子的汽车,将与督导,并在你们手中舞动了底盘,使热衷司机?收盘眼睛发亮,现在是有点古代史. The Mk 4 Golf is a far more urbane creature, looking disdainfully at such juvenile antics.四月的高尔夫球队更是很爱惜彬彬有礼,神情不屑于这样的少年点滴. Even the GTi models are smooth, refined and syrupy, with none of the verve of old models.但GTI型号更是顺利的、精、syrupy,没有充沛的旧模式.

Many drivers will lament this metamorphosis, and turn to French or Japanese rivals instead, but for many others it will be a significant benefit.许多司机感叹这个变态,转到法国或日本对手反而但许多人将会带来重大利益. The Golf really does feel like a £25,000 Passat inside ?高尔夫球真的感觉帕萨特2.5万英镑内? it?s only when you glance over your shoulder that you realise that you?re in a family hatchback.?收盘时仅比你一眼,你知道你的肩膀吧?再一个家庭hatchback. Buy a model with air-conditioning, decent stereo and an automatic gearbox and you?ll have the perfect antidote to road rage.买一个模型有空调、音响、自动变速箱和体面吗?当地有完美解毒道成怒.

The 1.8T engine, the GT TDi 110bhp unit and the V6 in the range-topping 4-Motion are probably the best basis for purchasing a Golf, as all are excellent examples of their type.发动机的1/2,TDI的110bhp的燃气轮机组和V6导的距离超过4-议案可能的最佳基础购买高尔夫球由于所有的类都是很好的例子. The 1.4-litre and normally aspirated 1.8-litre engines are weak and coarse respectively and should be avoided.140公升,一般送气一点八公升引擎软弱粗分别,应该避免.

OVERALL  总体
The Volkswagen Golf Mk 4 range is a mature, sophisticated used buy.四月的福士高尔夫队射程是一个成熟、先进的用于购买. One thing it is not is cheap.这不是一件事就是便宜. If you?re going to the expense of buying a Golf, make sure you opt for one of the better engine choices and go for the best specification level you can afford.如果你?再度前往牺牲者买高尔夫球让你选择其中较佳的选择和发动机规格挑选最佳水平,你可以负担. Get a good example of this classiest of ?classless cars?有个好例子,这地摊的?没有阶级性车? and you?ll never settle for anything less.而你呢?当地没有解决较低.