I think the early ones were 4-speed and the 5-speed came later, not available concurrently.

Stephen

--- On Sat, 5/2/09, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: VW Fox question (NVC)
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 12:46 AM

Only 4 spds?

I know the internet can be rife with misinformation but.....

This page:

http://www.lunaticfringe.org/vwfox/fox.html

sez 5 spd trannies were available as an option.

I seem to recall seeing some local Fox cars here in Vancouver having 5
speeds. But maybe that was a Canadian only option?