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Beat the recession #3: The Volkswagen Harlequin Golf

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on March 20, 2009
Filed under Hatchback, Classic, Feature, History, Misc, Volkswagen

Ok, stay with me here… Volkswagen had a "Design" series of cars in the 90s in Europe. The Polo Design was just like the Golf you see here: bodypanels all painted different colours. Volkswagen of America thought it'd be cool to do the same with the Golf, and produced four Harlequin Golfs to tour the auto show circuit.

It may look like a rattlecan spray paint job, the low number produced (at least 260, no more than 275) means this car is already a classic. [Credit: wikipedia.org]

In all, they stopped at 264 Harlequins…or 275, depending on who you ask. While the original MSRP of $13,000 wasn't too much coin, not many people wanted to stand out, and a few of the last Harlequins were actually re-painted before final sale.

How were they made? They were built as one solid colour (green, blue, yellow, or red), then technicians swapped fenders between cars, keeping colour symmetry on each side of the car. Click through for a short video on the car, and a link to the best Harlequin resource on the web.

The ice cream truck horn fits the Harlequin perfectly.

If you want to know more about the Harlequin, check out the Ross VW Volkswagen site…it's pretty incredible! Even better? Volkswagen Brazil also had their own Harlequin edition…Beetle!

Banovsky is a featured contributor for vLane.
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    From Anonymous
    Commented on August 16, 2009

    I have one of these. I love it.

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