HERE’S the bad news first: the so-called “all-new” Golf VI is really a re-bodied and re-engineered Golf V, with new petrol engines that require 98 RON super-premium unleaded fuel, no standard cruise control and seen-it-all-before styling. But the really great news is that no Golf has been as complete to own or drive since the seminal Mk1 of 1976, with ample performance on tap, matched to incredibly impressive fuel economy gains, low emissions and a fabulous driving ability. Throw in keen pricing and higher equipment levels, and the new 90TSI, 118TSI and 103TDI Golfs are formidable small-car contenders in the way that the old model generally could not hope to be.