Volkswagen / Golf / 2.0 TDI Comfortline 5-dr
Overview
A slick-looking new Golf enters the bottom end of the prestige market and rewrites the rules on exactly what to expect in a classy small Euro car that opens with a pricetag in the mid-$20,000 area.
The Golf is bigger, and better, and looks a lot smoother than we’ve come to expect from Volkswagen’s biggest-selling model.
It also introduces interesting new technology, including a brutally powerful 2.0-litre direct-injection, multi-valve turbo-diesel engine and the intriguing six-speed DSG transmission which is a new take on automatic gear shifting.
Its safety credentials aren’t to be sneezed at either.
Model release dates: August 2004 - February 2009
Previous model
A gutsy new diesel may be the headline act of the fifth generation Golf range, but an oil-burner wasn't available in the previous, fourth generation Golf launched here in October 1998. Featuring a fully galvanised body, it was also the first Golf with a V5 engine, while Golf IV also spawned the R32, its 177kW V6 making it the most powerful Golf ever. Golf sales eclipsed those of Beetle when 21,517,415 units were produced globally by 2002, while production of the fourth generation Golf was phased out in 2003 after 4.3 million units.
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