Europe: The new VW Golf Estate

Volkswagen will begin accepting advance orders for the new Golf Estate. In the sixth generation of the world bestseller, after the 2-door and 4-door Golfs and the latest Golf Plus, this is the fourth body version to be launched.

The estate is one of the most successful models on the market, particularly in the company car market.

The extensive redesign of this Estate should ensure that the all-around talent further extends its position as a business estate car and as a first car for families as well. The base price of the new Golf Estate in Germany is € 18,500.

The front end of the Golf Estate was completely redesigned. Its visual appearance follows today's Volkswagen "Design DNA". From now its appearance is defined by clear horizontal lines and bold headlight styling.

The car's engine lineup was adopted directly from the Golf 2-door and 4-door models. In the interior, the high-end instruments of the current Golf set the tone.

In Europe, first units of the new Golf will be delivered in September.

[B]Features and engines[/B]

At its market launch – in parallel to advance sales that are now starting – the successful Estate (more than 95,000 new vehicle registrations in 2008) will be offered in the three equipment versions Trendline, Comfortline and Highline.

The latter replaces the previous Sportline version as the top equipment line.

Engines available for selection when advance sales begin are a TSI (boosted gasoline direct-injection engine) with 120 hp and two very quiet common rail turbo-diesels (104 hp and 138 hp).

Other engines will follow in stages: two Multipoint engines (59 kW / 79 hp and 101 hp) and another TSI gasoline engine (158 hp). All six engines fulfill the new Euro-5 emissions standard.

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Credits: JRC