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Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: GIDDY_UP_GO on February 10, 2009, 02:51:40 pm

Doing a little research on the web, I found that VW still makes the MKI and is selling it in South Africa.

Does anyone know if any of these little gems have made it to the states?

I would love to get ahold of one and transplant a 1.6 TDI engine into it.

Even if the steering wheel is on the opposite side of the car! :)


(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/GIDDY_UP_GO/100663.jpg)

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: Smokey Eddy on February 10, 2009, 05:59:40 pm

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Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: Ziptar on February 11, 2009, 03:21:59 am

Ah, the Citi Golf. Every once in a while for the last 10+ years I get the brief urge to make one. If I did, it would get a Lupo 1.4 TDi or maybe even a 1.2 :lol:

Since the human brain has no delete key....

Word is somewhere in the next couple of years VW SA will finally replace it with the Lupo. :(

Nope. No Citis in the U.S. although the way the economy is going Citis and Yugos will be all we can afford for a while :P

Closest you could come to one in the states is starting with a nice 81-84 NA Rabbit 4 Dr and building one up from there.

From time to time Citi parts surface, The main differences between the NA Rabbit and the SA Citi is trim and drive train. The Citi trim stuff is really what is different, neat alloy wheels, one piece front windows, (power?), etc. In fact most of the tooling is from Westmoreland. Far Out Parts used to import Citi stuff but, they disappeared a while ago.

The big difference is the dash but, if you can get an Mk1 Skoda Fabia LHD Dash and a Lupo (3L?) steering wheel from Europe you would have a LHD Citi for the most part (well up to 2006 anyway, they got an Mk4 looking dash then). for the most part. Outside of the nifty alloys and dash there isn't much you you'd really need from outside the states to fab up a reasonable facsimilie / clone. Cabriolet exterior trim with a little modding and some aftermarket stuff would be passable particularly to the untrained eye.


1999? - 2005 Citi Dash:
(http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/VW-Citi-Dash.jpg)

1999 - 2007 Skoda Fabia Dash:
(http://www.autointell-news.com/european_companies/volkswagen/skoda/skoda-cars/skoda-fabia/fabia-innen.jpg)

I have read on the vortex that  Autostyle (http://www.autostyle.co.za/prodlist.php?pid=vw&cid=Golf%20Mk1) will ship to the U.S. They have exterior trim stuff, tailights, even the  Citi R-line Body kit (http://www.autostyle.co.za/prodview.php?prod_id=16823&pid=vw&cid=Golf%20Mk1&pg=1&showall=&brandstr=&str=l) at current exchange rates it works out to $606.09 USD but, the shipping would most likely equal half that.

Whenever I am able to travel overseas (ie: when my daughters grow up), I've always wanted to take a vacation to SA (Safari!) or Europe (or both) and just spend the ENTIRE vacation hitting scrap yards and filling a 20 FT container full of the cool VW stuff we never got in NA. Then fly home and wait for the souvenirs to show up!

Funny, whenever my wife starts to talk about "dream vacations" and how romantic it would be.... I always say pretty much the above (and add that I'd go to the VW Factory Museum). After that I always get "the look" :lol:

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: 79rabbit4dr on February 11, 2009, 02:18:30 pm

ugh, women just don't understand the important things in life!  :D

My wife gives me the same crap! Then I remind her that EVERY vacation we take fits her description and we've never once taken a vacation that fits mine! Argument won!!!  :twisted:    ...though i'm still waiting on MY vacation.

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: jtanguay on February 11, 2009, 02:27:04 pm

that rabbit is hot...

if i had a wife...wait i'll never have a wife  8)

see thats your guys' problem right there!!!  :lol:

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: burn_your_money on February 12, 2009, 04:44:23 am

Just for laughs, you should go on vortex in the mk1 section and post the exact same question 8) You get some fun answers.

I wonder how good the rust control is on the citi's.

We get them up here in Canada, except instead of being modelled after the mk1 it's the mk4 :(

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: GIDDY_UP_GO on February 12, 2009, 01:21:53 pm

Burn_Your_Money,

Ask and you shall receive:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4246198

This will be interesing! :)

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: burn_your_money on February 12, 2009, 04:22:36 pm

lol thanks  :lol:

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: lord_verminaard on February 13, 2009, 08:41:46 am

I always thought the SA-Citi cars were based on the Mk2 platform.

Also, they sell the Citi-golf in Canada, it's a base-model stripped down Mk4 Golf with a different front-end.

Brendan

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: burn_your_money on February 13, 2009, 09:41:09 am

We have a citi-jetta as well.

In China they still make the mk2

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: jtanguay on February 13, 2009, 10:45:28 am

Quote from: "burn_your_money"

We have a citi-jetta as well.

In China they still make the mk2

which explains a lot of the cheap parts available  :lol:

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: 79rabbit4dr on February 13, 2009, 11:55:22 am

no comparison, the shaved look's not my style on this type of car.

(http://www.tomassporttuning.com/gallery/albums/feb06/aag.jpg)(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/GIDDY_UP_GO/100663.jpg)

the only thing that matches is KINDA the color (both shades)... but that tan rabbit to the left of it looks sexy  :roll:  :lol:

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: blkboostedtruck on February 15, 2009, 07:23:16 pm

now there's the one piece windows i always wanted for my caddy! no wing window! side view mirrors are kewl too! heck i like the front bumper and side skirts!
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/GIDDY_UP_GO/100663.jpg)


Duane

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: blackdogvan on February 15, 2009, 11:49:51 pm

All of th Canadian Citi Golf & Jetta Mk4 models are made in Mexico.

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: rabbitman on February 27, 2009, 12:33:18 pm

I doubt the citi's would pass the stupid emissions tests here.
I read on the web that they get like 25mpg at best.

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: peedman on February 27, 2009, 05:05:18 pm

Speaking of citi's there was one that popped up down here at the auctions and was bought by sum1 for the pricely sum of $200. It was a private import apparently...no idea where its at or whats happening to it tho.

Title: Are there any Volkswagen Citi's in the states...?
Post by: Ziptar on February 28, 2009, 04:30:11 am

Quote from: "blkboostedtruck"

now there's the one piece windows i always wanted for my caddy! no wing window! side view mirrors are kewl too! heck i like the front bumper and side skirts!
Duane

Why stop at windows, mirrors, and side skirts...... Get yourself a whole new Caddy, take it apart and ship it over...  :lol: Then you'll get a nifty roll bar too.. :wink:
http://www.vw.co.za/models/pickup/

(http://www.vw.co.za/assets/models/pickup/pic_index.jpg)

 I wonder if Volkswagen SA is or has dropped the pickup finally? It is still on the site but, not mentioned on any of the main pages. As far as I know they were still in production in 2008.

Title: SF Parts
Post by: GEE-BEE on March 04, 2009, 09:23:25 pm

I fed ex in my parts from Autostyle

For my Caddy

fenders
Core support
2 bumpers and brackets ( Extra set )
Grill
headlights

Easy install

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