Volkswagen Harlequin '1995-96

'Dope Dub'

One of the original Harlequin Golf's with some neat touches. Source:canibeat.com

Nike Air force one's. Source:undergroundsoles.com

What happens in serious car company's assembly line when two dope heads get bored... "Chee, dude you have cool sneakers!" "Thanks bro, just stood 36 hours in line for these limited editions" "Wouldn't it be cool to have multi-colored Golf instead of these plain ones?" Yeah, would match ya shoes!" Hey man let's get busy, I have an idea, I'm sick of this shit anyway...

Based on this little trick in 1996 Volkswagen magazine ad said, “Can’t decide on a color? Try a Harlequin Golf.”  Thought, VW had difficulties to get all these 264 bizarre coloured Golf's sold and marketing department had to work their ass off before understanding the great marketing potential of these head turning creations: looks like a joke so let's call it a Harlequin and use it as a show stopper promoting different colour options and then sell it as a collectibles. 

Original ad pic. Source:rossvw.com

Not really, but almost, only the two dope heads were not involved. The original idea of the Harlequin Polo was to show that the Polo can be customimzed for your personal taste with paintwork, engine, chassis, interior, and optional equipment options.

Colour chart of the Harlequin models. Source: thetruthaboutcars.com

So, it started with Polo's back in 1995 when VW produced a limited series of 1000, but after positive feedback they procude some 2800 pieces more. Each body panel was painted with different colour: Flash red, Ginster yellow, Pistachio green and Chagall blue and cars had a "joker" interior with 90's style pattern. The Harlequins were produced by swapping the body panels of four different colored cars. They are usually designated by their base color (the color of the car with no body panels attached) and the base color is not repeated on any of the other body parts. 

After Polo's success VW decided to make the same trick in States with mk3 Golf and released the limited series that became the ultimate rare VW. Most of the Harlequin Golf's are listed in Harlequin Golf registry, maintained by the VW maniac owning five harlequin golfs and 52 Volkswagens! Seems to be that the same trick was repeated third time in Brasil with a VW Gol. All the cars are totally standard, except the colour scheme, but as Wolf cars stands for ultimate rare cars this needs to be featured.

Polo Harlequin ad. Source: polodriver.com

In details (Golf):

Engine
- R4, 1984cc, 8-valve (2E/ABA/ADY/AGG)

Numbers
- 115hp/5400rpm
- 166Nm/3200rpm
- 0-100Km/h: 9,9s
- Top speed: 210Km/h

- Coefficient of drag: 0,32

Transmission
- 5 speed manual or auto, FWD
 
Chassis
- Several different wheel options, e.g. cabrio alloys
- Discs front and drums rear

Exterior
- Limited edition Harlequin paint scheme

- U.S model bumbers and tailgate for narrow license plate

Interior
- Harlequin sport cloth seats
- Silver faced dials

Other
- Polo: Originally limited to 1,000, but most probably 3,806 produced

- Golf: 264 produced 

- Gol: ???

How about this harlequin RS4 from Woerthersee 2011? Source: peace534.pixnet.net

Volkswagen Golf GTI G60 Fire and Ice ( A3)'1990

'Purple Element'

Beautifully painted Fire and Ice GTI with upgraded ever cool BBS RS's. Source: volksforum.com

Source: ffp.fi

In 1990 Volkswagen released Fire and Ice edition of the mk2 Golf for the German markets. Dark violet pearl finished and very contemporary trimmed edition was offered in several engine options.

G60 prefers the fastest and rarest versions of mk2 Golf that are equipped with "G-lader" magnesium supercharger with 60mm inlet. Engines are highly sensitive for the air temperatures and performance depends much of the weather. The G60 engine is developed from the earlier and smaller G40 version used in Polo G40. Original G40 unit was produced to compete with Polo's more powerful hot hatch rivals, such as Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9. Engine deputed in 1988 at B3 Passat's nose and was produced until July 1993. The ultimate G60 unit can be founded from VW Motorsport produced Golf Limited with 209hp and 247Nm.

In details

Engine
Straight 4, 1781cc, 8-valve, supercharged (G60 PG)
Side-mounted intercooler
Compression ratio: 8:1

Numbers
160hp/5600rpm
225Nm/4000rpm
Top speed: 216Km/h
0-100Km/h: 7,8s
0-400m: 16,3s
1032kg

Transmission
5 -speed manual, FWD

Chassis
McPherson, coil springs, anti-roll bar (front)
Torsion axle, trailing arm, coil springs, anti-roll bar (rear)
Ventilated disks

Estoril 15" alloys with 190/50VR15 tyres

Exterior

Dark violet pearl metallic lacquer paint finish

Green tinted glass

Double head light grille

Colour coded 'big' bumbers with deep front spoiler

Clear front indicators

Darkened rear lights

Large Fire & Ice -logo on the rear head quarter panel

Pink rear Golf badge

Interior

Sport seats

Custom trim with various Fire & Ice -logos

Other

Approx. 2,500 produced;

1.8 8V, 90hp - 2.200 made

1.8 8V GTI, 107hp -  200 made

1.8 16V GTI, 129hp - unknown

1.8 8V G60 GTI, 160hp - 70 made

1.6 8V GTD, 80hp - 60 made