05 October 2009 - 10:00
New Golf estate: sensible
Surely as damp autumn follows damp summer, surely as controversy follows Fernando Alonso, so the new MkVI Golf estate has followed the MkVI Golf hatch.
Here it is, looking uncannily like a Golf hatch with a bigger, squarer boot. It's set to hit showrooms in early November with the choice of three engines: a 120bhp 1.4-litre petrol and two diesels developing 104bhp and 138bhp.
Next spring, they'll be joined by an entry-level 89bhp 1.6-litre diesel and a 103bhp 1.2-litre petrol engine.
You can also order your 104bhp diesel in eco-happy ‘BlueMotion' guise, which adds low rolling resistance tyres, battery regeneration and start-stop technology to improve fuel economy by seven per cent and lower CO2 emissions by eight per cent, to 67.3mpg and 109g/km respectively.
All thoroughly sensible stuff, but what else did you expect from a Golf estate? No word, sadly, on a super-hot ‘R' version of the estate - 266bhp turbo engine and all - but how cool would that be? The campaign starts here.
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I'll sign a campaign to make VW build an R version. No VW line is complete without one.
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It is ugly.
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yeah i would want a ford. dont like this.
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it has a very ugly arse that thing......god it's back is awfull. I would really like to see the r version!!!
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i like it,l finally a vw that looks good with those headlights
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Here's an idea. Move the back seats to where the boot is currently located and fill the area where the back seats used to be with an enormous engine. Then just convert the old engine bay into a boot. You would end up with a mid-engined hot estate with enough space for a few passengers and the luggage space roughly equal to a saloon.
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Gotta have an R version, I hope they've sorted out the back likes, they look daft on the current one
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*the back lights*
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why would anyone want one?i don't get it..
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I hate Estates buy a 4x4 and why the golf estate they look like C**P
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A bit of a pug really not what I expect with anything wearing an R badge, my V70R design a national Swedish flag of a car looks moor sexy and yes a Volvo! Or is an R on an estate floored as with the extra length and weight sports cars they aren't, could it my like an R roller skate for super go fast performance? Would need light weight body for it to perform at 138b.h.p. Could it prove me wrong I wonder?
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Honestly it's totally unrecognizable as a Volkswagen let alone a Golf when viewing this car at the back.
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Its looks alright actually, but what is the point tbh? If you want an estate you get a Volvo or a Jag estate.
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Actually, this car has a lot to offer. I'll grant you that the styling isn't exactly breakthrough, but it's a VW - what do you expect? It has the space and versatility to accommodate an active lifestyle or a sales reps gear or, if you're like me, a big german shepherd without invading your back seats. You can opt for a nice diesel engine for mileage/emissions if you do a lot of driving. It's still a small car. You get solid German engineering and reliability. And to the bloke who said we don't get it in Aus., according to insider info, we'll be getting it first 1/4 of 2010. To top it all off, and to respond to the suggestion of a jag or a volvo, the golf will be a damn site cheaper than a volvo or a jag. Don't get me wrong, it's not a sexy beast - but I think it's a cool little car.
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ARE THEY GOING TO DO A R32 VERSION?
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vw made this new golf ugly. but i dont care the golf is now too common and sort of is a bit tasteless in the hatchback market.
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Gully commented on this article
05 October 2009
looks like a handy sized car pity we don't get it in Australia
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