Volkswagen Golf 6 Test SW 2.0 TDI 140 PS: the same, only better
Family Golf expands into the welcoming wagon version. SW called, it evolves even less than the sedan. The base is always the same, only the eyes and the engines start to the page. And it leaves for six years.
Making new with old, it will eventually become a habit for Volkswagen. After the coup of the previous generation Audi A4 which becomes Seat Exeo and further in time, golf 3 cabriolet had become a stroke of magic wand, a Golf 4 cab, it’s the turn of break-fifth of the name to incorporate the range of the sixth generation with a few modifications to get the pill. Of Volkswagen’s own admission, this new version takes 80% of the older version. Outside, the changes are mainly in the front and the back break the look of the dark sedan.
A diesel sober
So should you buy a Golf 6 SW? For the same reasons as the sedan, the answer is “Yes, but ….” Although modifications made on this model are still required more than the sedan. The biggest argument is under the hood. Unlike the sedan, the supply of engines is limited to those strictly necessary but is sufficient. The radius diesel, 1.9 TDI ancient is replaced by the sweet 105-hp 1.6 TDI and the very pleasant, but without much character 2.0 TDI 140 PS team that 75% of Volkswagen Group models. Advantage over the older generation, the combined consumption fell by nearly 1 l/100 km. For refractory to diesel, the 1.4 TSI (122 hp) is available in the catalog. These three engines are available with the remarkable box DSG6 (DSG7 for IST).
The second argument is in the cockpit. Not in the trunk, because this break shows the dimensions are almost identical to those of the older generation and volume loading (505 l/1495 s) has not changed a cm3. The difference lies ahead. The dashboard is that of the sedan and universally acclaimed for its excellent quality of finish. There are also driving the three branches and the higher-end versions, the GPS with touch screen.
More expensive than EUR 1 080 sedan
For those less sensitive to the arguments put forward in this paper, a Golf 5 SW end of life found at a dealership will therefore just as well. Anyway, one is tempted to say that all this is much ado about nothing. For in 2008, the Golf 5 SW had won only 10% of buyers of golf, a score quite low in this category, while at Ford, the Focus wagon proportion was 18% and Opel, the Astra station wagon 13%. The main reason for this lack of success may be the price difference between the sedan and wagon, which was from 1070 Euro compared with only 700 euros at Ford and Opel … If it cases, sales of the Golf Estate in France have always unlikely to take off. The gap remains in the same range (1080 euros) for a loading volume identical to the competition.
From 20,720 euros (23,090 euros for the first diesel model), the Volkswagen Golf 6 SW is on track to make up the numbers in the French automotive landscape.
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Automotive News , a daily reference to the automotive world, engages in publishing the net some more info on the new Golf VI that some images have leaked yesterday.
NA teaches us that the Golf 6 will be well presented at the Paris and marketed in stride. More interestingly, we learn that the base price of the Golf 6 will be close to 200 euros, the same as that of its predecessor, 16,500 euros in Germany. This should be substantially the same in France.
The biggest changes are not to be found in aesthetics as usual, or in rates since VW said resuming the basis of the 5 to make a car more efficient (does the same Renault Laguna with her and others will follow ) but under the hood.
VW has already announced a 28% improvement in overall consumption of engines fitted to the Golf 6. Diesel common rail passes quieter with a power range stretching from 90 to 170 hp (with a 2.0l 110 hp and 140 intermediate). All have particulate filters.
The cheapest will be the 2.0l 110 hp TDi announced a consumption of 4.5l per 100km and CO2 emissions limited to 119 gr / km. 140 hp version is given for 129gr/km and 4.9 liters per 100 km.
In essence, the range goes from 80 to 160 hp (102 hp and 122 intermediate) and the first is the TSi 122 bhp. The entry with the 80 hp 6.4L still uses the 100 km and emits 149 g / km. This is more than that consumes 6.2L TSi 1.4l per 100km and rejects 144 gr / km!
The TSI 160 PS 1.4l able to consume only 6.3 liters per 100 km.
The DSG 6 or 7-speed automatic transmission replaces.
The Golf will also offer first frame adaptive control system of safety distances and parking assistance. A brand new ESP is also being introduced with an improved response and optimized, with seven airbags (including 2 for the knees) and the active headrest WOKS the Golf 6 will even safer.
The interior shows a quality and usability up chromium including instrumentation and inspired by the Passat CC.The system control Climatronic inaugurated by the Passat CC makes its debut in the compact. The power window controls have been rethought.
Note that the mirrors were aerodynamically designed for less soiling and generate less noise as the Golf 6 has been the subject of an extensive soundproofing.
VW Golf sold 26 million since its launch in 1974 and 548,942 in generation 5 in 2007.
New Volkswagen Golf VI unveiled
“1, 2, 3, sun! “No. Resume. “1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That still does not. There’s something missing. This time will be good (not that of a Feydeau, but the good times): “Golf I, Golf II, Golf III, Golf IV, Golf V”. A beautiful family portrait.Which lacks the youngest.
So if you’re a fan of tube Volkswagen , a red cross mark the date of Wednesday, August 6, 2008 (but after after tomorrow!). It is indeed that Wednesday be officially unveiled as the first information and photographs relating to the new Golf VI. Suffice to say immediately that I advise you, if you’re really addicted to golf, to remain faithful to the position, because we ought to see some pictures filter tomorrow or after tomorrow …
But the new Volkswagen Golf VI reserved its public debut next visitors to the Paris Motor Show , which has already made an appointment for early October. Autumn will be hot.
