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Prices have been announced for
the sixth generation Golf and
customers can now place an order
for the new model in a
Volkswagen Retailer ahead of the
cars arriving in the UK in
January. Starting from £13,150
‘on the road’ RRP for the
entry-level S three-door model
with a 1.4-litre 80 PS engine.
The new Golf is available in
three trim levels – S, SE and GT
– and all boast a high level of
standard specification. S has,
among a number of features, ABS
and ESP (Electronic
Stabilisation Programme), seven
airbags including a new driver’s
knee airbag, remote central
locking, Climatic air
conditioning, CD/radio, plus
body-coloured bumpers, door
handles and electrically heated
and adjustable door mirrors.
Moving to SE trim adds an
uprated stereo with eight
speakers and an MDI
(multi-device interface) for
connection to external
multimedia sources such as an
iPod, 16-inch alloy wheels,
cruise control and
coming/leaving home lighting
function as well as rain and
dusk sensors. At the top of the
range, GT buyers will benefit
from sports suspension (lowered
by around 15 mm), sports seats
with Alcantara trim, front fog
lights and a multifunction
steering wheel plus 17-inch
alloys.
Under the bonnet, customers have
a choice of four petrol and two
diesel engines. Petrol units
are a 1.4-litre 80 PS or
1.6-litre 102 PS, plus 1.4-litre
TSI powerplants with 122 or 160
PS; 2.0-litre common rail
diesels offer power outputs of
110 or 140 PS.
A
number of options are available
on the Golf for the first time,
including Volkswagen’s Adaptive
Chassis Control (ACC) which
allows the driver to select from
normal, comfort or sport modes
to define the desired
suspension, steering and
accelerator response settings
for any particular journey. ParkAssist
which takes over steering inputs
to facilitate parallel parking
manoeuvres is also available as
an option.
Few cars have a history like
that of the Volkswagen Golf, yet
with global sales now topping 26
million, and in its sixth
generation, the latest Golf
continues to offer buyers a car
which sets benchmarks in
quality, style, safety and
refinement.
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