Cockpit, Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)Photos
Cockpit, Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)
Cockpit, Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)Cockpit, Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)
Instrument cluster, Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)
Controls, Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)
Photo credits
Photo credits (5)
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk3), photo 1Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – third Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk3), photo 2Cockpit · “1995 Volkswagen Golf Driver 1.6 Interior” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk3), photo 3Cockpit · “Golf mk3 interior” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Huey Newton and the News · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk3), photo 4Instrument cluster · “Tachometer und Drehzahlmesser von einem Golf 3” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Stefan Kühn · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk3), photo 5Controls · “Volkswagen Golf – third Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Elements
Lineage
Volkswagen Golf generations
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Compare with the Mk2Photo credits
Photo credits (8)
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk1)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – first Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk2)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – second Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – third Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk4)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf - fourth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk5)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf - fifth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk6)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – sixth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk7)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf - seventh Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
- Volkswagen Golf (Mk8)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Details
Summary
The third Golf was the first Golf offered with airbags; its analog cluster gained digital readouts.
Specifications
Cockpit
Instrument cluster
Speedometer and gauges with two digital readouts. An extended trip computer, the MFA multifunction display, was optional or fitted on some trims, and some special editions had silver dial faces.
Infotainment
Cassette radios (e.g. "alpha")
Cassette units with improved automatic station search and ARI traffic announcements; special editions had the basic "alpha".
Facts
- Front airbags were optional on every model from 1993, and the driver's airbag became standard in 1995.[2][1]
- The GT included a rev counter and the MFA.[3]
- A rotary switch controlled the headlights for the first time in a Golf.[5]
- Cruise control made its Golf debut in this generation.[2]
- The odometer total resets to zero once a Golf III passes 300,000 km.[5]






