Volkswagen Golf Estate: Better than it looks
The new Golf is bastard break with the line opposite the Golf VI, Golf V rear SW. But it offers one of the finest volumes of loading the class.
1.6 TDI Confortline
Diesel
105 hp
Difficult to grow in the shade of the Golf. 3-door versions, Jetta or Golf Plus never unleashed passions. Ditto for the break SW: Golf 10% of sales in France. And it’s a safe bet that its fourth generation will know no better fate. Usually a break embellishes original line of a sedan, stretching.
But the Golf, its kind, represents a perfect balance, weathered by time, acclaimed by the public. Therefore, like its predecessors, the new Golf wagon leaves the eye a strange feeling.
Silent
The harmony is broken, the profile clumsy, elegance fled. Could it be otherwise with a hybrid design, combining front and rear Golf VI taken directly from SW Golf V wagon? The substance, however, is beautifully mastered. Now silence reigns on board, the new Volkswagen diesel engines have adopted the common rail, the 1.6 TDI 105 qualifying making model to the 700 € bonuses.
The 36 cm made by the break (4.56 m) compared to the sedan does not change the behavior or inner space: same wheelbase (2.58 m). Any profit is in the trunk: 560 to 1550 liters, with a double floor. For the transport of long objects, the passenger seat can be folded … option (174 €).
Here comes the second failure of Golf break:
Despite a reasonable price (€ 23 760 1.6 TDI version, only available Confortini, the second grade), ESP (392 €), lamps (220 €) and cargo net (219 €) require extra effort. Not very generous on the part of Volkswagen.
Golf Cabriolet discovered that this may seem logical …. However, if one remembers the existence of the Eos recently restyled , one wonders what might be the interest of such a machine. On the one hand, the hood is made of canvas, which can probably return as the Audi A3 Cabriolet cousin and secondly, there has always been a Golf Cabriolet in the past . That is why the Golf 6 is convertible to discover Geneva.
By adopting a fabric roof and a more accessible location than the Eos, the Golf Cabriolet will attempt to (re) build your own niche or at least win back lost customers with the Eos. For this, it will play on its canvas top that demands only 9.5 seconds to disappear from the top of your head, until a speed of 30 km / h. Because of this ablation capital, VW designers have been forced to redesign the back end of the Golf that has lost her mind, but the fans do not worry, they will always be in familiar territory! Note that the optics are LEDs on the front and rear as the GTi. A hardtop is offered fun and VW stating that the only option they offer is not … a sunroof!
The silence inside was neat, history does not bear the noise of many mechanical proposed. Golf Cabriolet will be entitled to 6 turbo direct injection (TDI and TSI) ranging from 105 to 210 hp. 4 gasoline and 1 diesel will be available with the DSG and 3 engines adopt the logo Bluemotion such as the 105hp 1.6-liter TDI, which consumes only 4.4 l/100 km or 117 g / km CO2.
Germany (19% VAT), the price of the Golf convertible which goes on sale tomorrow starts at € 23.625.
Golf R-Line – Pack sport inside and out, 17-inch wheels (18 ‘optional)
For customers who want a design of bodywork and interior particularly strong in the minds of R models of higher power, but at the same time a conventional engine, Volkswagen Individual has designed equipment packages “R-Line. The company has three models at the IAA a generation entirely new R-Line: the Golf R-Line, the Scirocco R-Line and the Passat R-Line. All three will make their appearance on the market this fall
To configure a Golf R-Line, we will have the choice between a package outside and inside a pack. Both packages R-Line will also be simultaneously controlled.
The pack outside:
the appearance of the body is stressed by light alloy wheels of 17 inches of new design (type “Mallory” / 18 inch optional), a sport chassis, door sills painted in the color the vehicle and, compared to the standard Golf and the Golf R bumpers once again changed. Strips sill logotexte with R-Line, a spoiler (“GTI”), the air vents in shiny black (grille and lower air intake) and a shiny black diffuser also complement the outside. Glassware taillight tint is darker. Side view of the Golf is identifiable by the R-Line logo (on the front fenders and at the A-pillar).
The interior package of the R-Line persuades a multifunctional leather steering wheel (three parts, R-Line logo on the lower branch, multifunction buttons on the two transverse arms sales), coating and foot pedal steel noble door sill strips also R-Line style, sport seats (cloth pattern “Optical R) R-Line logo with integrated head restraints and interior design specifically R-Line. All seams are light gray “Artgrey.Equipment leather (“Vienna”) will become available.
What will the next generation Volkswagen Golf ? It is a question which is repeated before the release of each new generation . And the sixth is no exception to the rule.
Volkswagen says it will opt for a smooth evolution of style or does he choose a more daring option? The Italians Infomotori have certainly asked the question … and make their response.
The result, you have before you. You will not fail to notice that the front drawsthe Iroc concept shown at last Paris . For those who do not know, that foreshadows a future concept coupe Volkswagen Scirroco second name.
In fact why did he Infomotori this party price ? I am not privy to their offices, provided two reasons may explain this.It would make sense for VW to try to develop a new aesthetic identity to its range. And that of future Scirocco , particularly at the front, offers a unique approach. Second reason. History that. Scirroco the first name already showed similarities with the Golf at the time.
Until more information, basing a virtual cash register! For Paris, for Paris …
