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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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What do you think?
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Sam_C commented on this article
at 01:13 pm on 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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OnlyInCyprus commented on this article
at 03:36 pm on 22 May 2009
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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bhavik commented on this article
at 04:54 pm on 22 May 2009
how does the front look?
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JouetsCitroen commented on this article
at 05:29 pm on 22 May 2009
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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Mikeado commented on this article
at 08:40 pm on 22 May 2009
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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