Why the production years?? If the year models come out the previous year, why not list them from the year range they got significantly changed?

@ Ford78: I wasn't referring just to US models.

Kenneth Eriksson also drove a Golf GTi in the Monte Carlo Rally of 1985, but gets destroyed.

The cars of Jacky Ickx and Jean-Pierre Gabreau are included in the 1986 documentary "Car Wars" <-- Excluded on IMCDb.

1995 - 1997

Now I'm just curious, before I go any further; is the model years for when the car came out (like many on just commented on) or not?

There is no '81 model, it came out that year as a 1982 model.

First pic is a 1986 model.

This car's presentation was at the 2007 New York International Auto Show. Also, does the "Add a Location" link for where the car was assembled?

I look at Wikipedia again about the car's weight, length, height and others and now I understand about the measurements. So now I get it.

Sorry, I put in the length, height etc, into centimeters (Like it said on the Add a Motor page, and I was in inches in Wikpedia). There was an AWD and a FWD.

I just added Petrol and some other info.