Evolutionary, but incremental improvements across the board make the latest Golf an outstanding overall package
As if you don’t know. This seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf is almost clinically evolutionary in its feel and appearance, yet it is ground-up fresh technology from its MQB platform to the all-new motors in its subtly more angular body.There is no getting away from the fact the Golf is a recipe that works and Volkswagen would be bonkers to change it. The 29 million they’ve sold since it was launched in 1974 proves this. Here we’re testing the 138bhp 1.4 TSI in top-spec GT trim, complete with seven-speed DSG gearbox (a six-speed manual is standard) and cylinder deactivation, which actually makes this 109g/km petrol engine cleaner than the lower-powered, 120bhp version of the same 1.4 TSI that will sit beneath it in the range and go without cylinder management. Also on offer will be an 84bhp 1.2 TSI, a 104bhp 1.6 TDI and a 148bhp 2.0 TDI.
Evolutionary, but incremental improvements across the board make the latest Golf an outstanding overall package
As if you don’t know. This seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf is almost clinically evolutionary in its feel and appearance, yet it is ground-up fresh technology from its MQB platform to the all-new motors in its subtly more angular body.There is no getting away from the fact the Golf is a recipe that works and Volkswagen would be bonkers to change it. The 29 million they’ve sold since it was launched in 1974 proves this. Here we’re testing the 138bhp 1.4 TSI in top-spec GT trim, complete with seven-speed DSG gearbox (a six-speed manual is standard) and cylinder deactivation, which actually makes this 109g/km petrol engine cleaner than the lower-powered, 120bhp version of the same 1.4 TSI that will sit beneath it in the range and go without cylinder management. Also on offer will be an 84bhp 1.2 TSI, a 104bhp 1.6 TDI and a 148bhp 2.0 TDI.