Volkswagen is launching the new Golf Estate on the market with four petrol and two diesel engine options. The entry level for Euro-F standards, met be all Golf models, continues to be marked by an 80-PS petrol engine, followed by a 102-PS version.
The two most powerful petrol engines (TSI with 122 PS and 160 PS) and the two turbo-diesels (TDI with 105 PS and 140 PS) may be ordered with an optional automatic DSG dual clutch transmission.
Entirely new to the Golf Estate’s engine lineup is the 105 PS common rail TDI. Like the larger 2.0-litre TDI, the 1.6-litre four cylinder is also characterized by noticeably comfortable noise levels, low emissions and an extremely low average fuel consumption of 4.5 litres per hundred kilometres. Compared to the previous model of the same power, fuel consumption was reduced by 0.7 litre.
The 2.0 TDI was adopted from the previous generation of the Golf Estate; it also has a highly advanced common rail direct injection system. The 140 PS strong and 210 km/h fast Golf Estate 2.0 TDI consumes 5.0 litre (132 g/km CO2), which is impressively low considering its power. The TDI engines may be ordered together with any of the three equipment versions.
The TSI engines can each be ordered together with the Comfortline or Highline equipment versions.
Just how efficiently the current petrol engines from Volkswagen perform is well-illustrated by the TSI. Its 6.3 litre (122 PS) and 6.4 litre (160 PS) fuel consumption values place their average fuel consumption on par with the already economical base engine with 80 PS. When shifted by a DSG transmission, fuel consumption is even reduced to 6.0 litres per 100 kilometres (139 g/km CO2) on the 122-PS TSI and 6.1 litres (143 g/km CO2) on the 160-PS version.
With this engine lineup, the new Golf Estate is one of the most economical and cleanest estate cars in Europe.
See local dealers Frank Hogan Motors, Newcastle West Autos and Pierse Motors in Tipp for new of this VW’s expected September release in Ireland.
