In Iceland for the official Golf VI launch autocar.co.uk has filed a brief review of a 2.0 TDI Golf VI, with DSG transmission. Here’s a few snippets:
- “It’s quiet – exceptionally quiet, in fact. VW engineers have been through the old Mk5 Golf design aiming to make a major leap forward in refinement. There’s no doubt that they’ve succeeded.”
- “VW has thrown the works at it, in its goal to make the VW Golf as refined as a car from the class above.”
- “The Mk6 – in non GTI form at least – becomes the most refined and upmarket feeling car in this sector.”
Read the autocar.co.uk article in full for more detail.
2 replies on “autocar.co.uk drives Golf VI”
Hopefully the GTI will improve the lifeless feeling. Not sold on the styling either; saw a United Grey MkV GTI in traffic this morning, my god it’s a beautiful car. The MkVI on the other hand looks alternately ok (in official pics) or horrible (in real world shots). Put it this way, I’ll be looking very closely at the new Mazda 3 when it is unveiled in November…
What with the scrappage and the inordinate wait as manufacturers wait for orders and then deliver ex factory, purchaising an automobile has never been as unstraightforward. Try the VW dealers and they all throw their hands in the air unable to get their hands on the one car you really want to try out! So you order on the basis of asking friends to try theirs and the VW 2l TDI is no exception; but it does look good; not as good as the Alfas but it does have the edge on internal space. So I am persuaded to try this particular model; though as far as handling it does do what it sets out to do with the add-on ACC and the standard ESC, to be a refined, economical and relatively safe car. As usual, however, the train will deal with any long distance travel!