1995 Volkswagen Golf Colour Concept review from UK and Ireland

Brakes warped and rusted extremely badly when not used for just over a month.

Leather on the rear quarter peeled off in the sun.

Engine cooling hose leaked over distributor causing shorting and miss-firing. This took over 3 months to diagnose as it was such a small leak, but due to the proximity was a big problem.

Bonnet catch kept moving preventing me from closing the bonnet.

Front headlight internal mount broke. Cost £75 for a new light.

I bought the car as a cheaper alternative to my old GSI Vectra, however the performance was so appalling of the 8v that I couldn't stand it. Over 10 seconds 0-62 is not GTi performance.

I ended up spending hundreds of pounds in an attempt to make it quicker with exhausts, induction kits, cams, chips etc.. but in the end it wasn't worth it. And don't get me started on how shoddy the brakes are!

On the plus side, if you want a car for your wife to potter around town in, then this would be great.

Heated colour coded leather seats, good driving position and excellent visibility really dragged this car up. Stock speakers were fairly good.

VW were always extremely helpful and parts were remarkably cheap, so thumbs up there.