I've read sometimes that 1989 or early '90s European Golf Mk2 GTI are called GTI II. Was it really its official name or just a popular way to name the updated GTI Mk2?

The way to classify car-versions in "Mk1", "Mk2" etc. is origin British.

In Germany we "Golf eins", "Golf zwei" and so on. For the "eins" - "one" usually we take the Roman ciphers, sometimes the actual "1", too.

Same is with Ford's. There the Roman ciphers are more usual than the (orign Arabian) modern ones (Capri I, Capri II, Capri III).

With Opel it's different. There we only use letters (Kadett A, Kadett B and so on...)


By the way: it's not said "GTI II", we Germans use "Golf II GTI", said "Golf zwei GTI". The number of the model came always before the "GTI" (or "GLS", "GTD" etc.)

Same with Opel: "Kadett C GT/E" and "Kadett E GSI", also "Omega B DTI".

Thanks, but I already knew that. The reason why I said Golf Mk2 was to avoid confusing it with the "GTI II" version or edition, or whatever it is. My question is that I've read sometimes that early '90s Golf II GTI are called Golf II "GTI II", and I wanted to know if it was because that's the official way to name updated Golf II GTI, or just a popular one

"GTI II" doesn't say anything to me.
I only remember a very rare version of the Golf II GTI, it was the "Golf GTI G60". The Golf II GTI was produced only a very short time with the G60-engine.

The body-facelift of all Golf II after 1990 (bigger bumpers, etc) didn't have caused a new name.

Ok, thanks. I thought the same because if so, then every facelifted Golf GTI would have got that special name, and none of them had it.