MKIV Rally

[Haganstar]

Hi,

Gotta MKIV now.....2000 1.6

Can anyone advise what the GL & GLE Rally Specs are:
I know it came with different interior and few other things, but I can't seem to find anything...

[gavs]

I have a Rally also, but nobody seems to know exactly what the different specs are. The only things i know of for ceratian are:
- Fake woodgrain trim instead of boring black
- Heated mirrors
- Rally rear door badges
- 14" Alloy wheels instead of the standard "steelies"


Other things I have been told of, but have never been confirmed include:
- The rally was a "runout" model to get rid of the remaining 1.6ltr engines to make way for the 2ltr, so they fitted "sports" suspension to it.
- They fitted the GTi suspension to the standard 1.6 and stuck "Rally" badges on the side
- The Rally got the GTi suspension and a free-er flowing exhaust, hence why we have a round rear muffler, not the funny looking-space-filling one
- It was a "dealer special", meaning it was sold only through specific dealers who optioned what they wanted on it, then stuck the Rally badges on the side
- The "Rally" edition was only offered in Australia, it was built to comemorate the VW Golf win in the Front Wheel Drive class of the Australian Rally Championship, so the stuck extra stuff in it, like heated mirrors, fake wood, ABS and dual front airbags as standard, CD player etc. Ironic, they added extra stuff into a car thus making it heavier, when it's meant to celebrate a lightweight rally car....

[gavs]

Oh, the difference between the GL Rally and the GLE Rally is the engine, the GLE Rally was offered on the 2ltr engined Golf.

[qsilverza]

Interesting that they went with heated mirrors, the Bora doesnt have heated mirrors or not the onces you can change anyway like on the euro models.

[spritle]

I think there may have been a run of Rally's in '99 and then again in 2000.


hmm.. my August 2000 built 1.6 GL has heated mirrors

However, before I bought mine I took a demo 2000 1.6 Rally for a run. Over and above my GL, it had the GTI smoked tailights, rear door badges, colour coded door side strips, 15' Amaroo 5 spoke alloys and the grey/black sport seats for a supposed $1K extra over RRP (but $3K extra on the road after haggling)

It had the stock black trim (no woodgrain), when the GL/GLE's came with either a grey or beige interior depending on exterior colours.


I think it was a runout before they changed over for the MY2001 (1.6S, 1.6SE, 2.0S, 2.0SE and GTI)