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Fire and Ice - Special Edition

Fire and Ice was a limited special edition launched on 19th October 1990 in Europe. It wasn't a UK car but some have made it over here as LHD imports.



The car is also linked to the Film; Fire, Ice and Dynamite starting Roger Moore (which can be found on YouTube and seems to be totally bonkers).

Fire, Ice and Dynamite (German original title Feuer, Eis und Dynamit) is a German feature-length sports film directed by Willy Bogner in 1990.

The film contains heavy product placement (for example, VW released a special edition of the Golf MK II named "Fire & Ice" which featured some special equipment details like the seat covers being said to be designed by Bogner himself). There's also the weird and wonderful Kamie kitted 'Dynamite' edition.

Wikipedia link

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPs5AaOA9g

The main chase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0T6R3_8bQ

The car itself is a late spec, big bumper GTi with Estoril 15" wheels and a unique two tone, pink and purple interior and Dark Violet pearl metallic paint.
Available as both 3 and 5 door versions.
8v, 16v and G60 version were all available.
Like many of the VW specials it has a unique decal on the rear quarter panel / C pillar.





The following was translated from a post on the official VW Classic Parts facebook page, celebrating 30 years since launch:

A real designer piece and a classic for a long time: Even after 30 years, the Golf Fire and Ice has not gone out of fashion 💜 On October 19, 1990, Volkswagen started selling the special model, the design of which was created in collaboration with Willy Bogner. The exclusive paintwork in dark violet, pearl effect and the interior fittings "in unusual colors" were intended to "appeal to particularly younger, fashionably ambitious customers" (quote from the product information sheet at the time). That worked - a real cult quickly arose around the special model, which is one of the most popular Golf 2 variants today. And now it's officially a classic car.