Volkswagen ending production of base Golf for U.S. market

File—- Picture taken May 14, 2019 shows complete Golf car bodies at the assembly line during a press tour of the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen AG (VW) in Zwickau, Germany. The first ID. production electrical vehicles are to roll off the assembly line at the end of 2019. Only e-cars will be built at Zwickau in 2021. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) File—- Picture taken May 14, 2019 shows complete Golf car bodies at the assembly line during a press tour of the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen AG (VW) in Zwickau, Germany. The first ID. production electrical vehicles are to roll off the assembly line at the end of 2019. Only e-cars will be built at Zwickau in 2021. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

By Staff Report January 20, 2021 1 min read

Volkswagen plans to end production of its base Golf compact car for the United States market.

First sold in the U.S. in December 1974, nearly 2.5 million of the Golf family have been sold in the U.S., according to Volkswagen of America.

Production of the Golf in VW’s Puebla, Mexico, facility is to end in January, the automaker said.

But, the Golf family name will carry on in model year 2022 with the introduction of the all-new Mk 8 Golf GTI and Golf R, arriving this fall, the company said.

Volkswagen expects that the model year 2021 Golf models built at the Puebla plant will sustain sales of the European-designed hatchback through year end.