1996 Volkswagen Golf Recommendations

A dashboard-mounted glovebox, absent since it was displaced by a passenger-side airbag during the 1994 model year, returns on all models. Also, the seatbelts now have emergency locking retractors that eliminate the need for locking clips with child safety seats. In addition, a new dashboard switch for the central locking system can lock and unlock all doors and the trunk. Last years Golf Sport model has been renamed GTI, but is not to be confused with the GTI VR6, which also comes as a 2-door hatchback, but is powered by the 2.8-liter V6 rather than the base 2.0-liter 4-cylinder.