The Volkswagen Golf is a subcompact car from the German manufacturer that has been marketed worldwide. The car has had eight different generations with different body configurations trademarked under various nameplates. The Volkswagen Rabbit, one of the nameplates used in Canada and the United States and Volkswagen Caribe, are some of the multiple nameplates the car has been traded under. The Golf MK1, one the variation of the vehicle, was a front-wheel-drive that replaced the rear wheel, the air-cooled variation of the Volkswagen Beetle. The Volkswagen Golf is one of the best Volkswagen’s best-selling units with over 30 million units in the record year 2013.