22 May 2009 - 11:00
Golf goes estate
As inevitably as spring turning to summer, or a fresh-faced Hollywood starlet turning to hard drugs and nudey photoshoots, Volkswagen has turned the MkVI Golf into an estate.
It gets, er, a bigger boot than the hatchback Golf. Which is good if you need to transport large objects. Like armchairs. Or publicans.
The big news - apart from the big boot - is a new 1.6-litre common rail diesel engine, which develops 101bhp but puts out just 119g/km of CO2. Which means £35-a-year road tax.
Visually, the Golf estate gets the same front-end treatment as the Golf hatch, Scirocco and new Polo, along with new tail lights and, excitingly, body-coloured bumpers. The interior's been nabbed straight out the new Golf hatch, with a three-spoke steering wheels as seen in the Passat CC.
Don't get too excited: we're unlikely to see the Golf estate in the UK until early next year. Expect prices to start at around £15,000.
So how would you like your Golf, sir? Five-door? Three-door? Coupe (Scirocco)? Saloon (Jetta)? Faux MPV (Golf Plus)? Proper MPV (Touran)? SUV (Tiguan)? Or estate? The choice is yours...
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Now the real question is this or the vauxhal estate? Personally i would go for the vaux. The golf is world famous for been the daddy of all hatchbacks, making an estate seems wrong....
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how does the front look?
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bhavik - the front end is pretty much identical to the MkVI Golf hatchback's. You can see pictures at www.netcarshow.com
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Where have I seen that rear before? Oh yes, it's the Golf V estate. What's this, it's a Golf VI? Only at the front...
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Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time. Ford did it with their focus. I imagine it's going to be cheaper than other estates VW makes. Although I can't really imagine people buying this. VW should stick to making what they make best. Hot Hatchbacks.
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*yawn*, I'd write a comment, if this vehicle wasn't sucking the life force out of me, thanks to it's extreme dullness
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I got to say What In The Errrr ( Hell) is Going oin whit Volkswagen (Hittler's Car) doing whit Golf. Golf 5 and 6 are allready to fat for the streets and overpriced and know they have to make an estate version whit less horsepower (GREAT). These people at Volkswagen really know how to destroy a car before it is made. GOOD WORK !!!
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How, apart from the looks, is this different from the Jetta estate?
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I saw one of those on the roads yesterday morning..... i was surprised by the rear lights... they are... well.. very german/european.... wich is quite rare for a car in canada
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the golf estate is a bit like the focus saloon. It just looks wrong. and why not just have the passat estate?
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As a company car choice, get one of these rather than a Passat and give yourself a pay rise .
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I almost didn't recognize it was a GOLF from the rear end... Why do they still call this a GOLF?
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Why is the idea or implementation of a Golf Estate a surprise to people? They've been making an estate version of it since the 3rd Generation. And here at least, the MK IV estate is as common as muck, more so than the Passat estate.
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The back looks a bit Korean if you know what i mean.
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It's identical to the MkV Golf estate. I remember when the Golf Cabrio had the front end of the MkIV and the tail from the previous MkIII. Sadly there's still that disgusting arse designed for Hyundai apparently
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Looks like the looks are getting more airtime than they should. Its German engineering, so if it doesn't look good on the outside, I know the inside is great.
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@Jasano: it exist, for a start - big diff. I had a Golf III estate once. Nice car, if not very sporty. IV was nice too. Better looking a-(beep), er... rear, as well. In the V, I suddenly got claustrofobic: a bigger car with not enough elbowroom for two recently married sardines, ridiculous and just a bit offensive - like humans are not important. And endless clusters of buttons I never use anyway: when will they learn nobody is interested in an infinitely adjustable wipe-interval? So except for the good looking front, I don't see any reason to buy a VI. Why not a young 2nd hand Passat? More room, comfy, better looking, last you a lifetime, same price, less buttons...
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A 1.6 diesel!! Haha. As if anyone is going to buy that.
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Wow, that could just be the MOST boring car ever made...
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wow VW just ruined the daddy
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Sam_C commented on this article
22 May 2009
I dont see why anyone would want one. It doesnt look great and if you want an estate get the passat estate. Or something better.
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