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The new Volkswagen Golf

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25 October 2012

The new Volkswagen Golf
The Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI S costs just £40.83 per month in company car tax

Story: DAVID WILKINS

THE VOLKSWAGEN orders book for the new seventh-generation Golf – and there’s a bonus for hard-pressed company car buyers. Despite a host of improvements, prices start at just £16,285 – that’s cheaper than the old model – and there are plenty of business-friendly engine options, too.

The starting line-up takes in three familiar trim levels – S, SE and GT – and there will be a choice of three or five doors. The sporty GTI and economy-orientated BlueMotion models will be introduced next year.

Equipment levels are high, which will please business drivers – all Golfs get seven airbags, ABS with ESP, a 5.8-inch colour touchscreen, a DAB radio with CD player, an iPod/MP3 player connection, Bluetooth, and ‘Climatic’ semi-automatic air conditioning.

The SE adds city emergency braking, a “driver alert” system that warns against drowsiness, rain-sensitive wipers, an automatically dimming rear-view mirror and automatic driving lights.

The Golf GT has larger 17-inch alloys, front fogs, fancier tinted glass, electrically foldable door mirrors, and parking sensors. Inside, there are sports seats trimmed with cloth and Alcantara, and the Volkswagen’s Discover sat-nav/media set-up.

Company car drivers can choose from four petrol engines and two diesel engines: the petrol engined Golfs include 85 and 105 PS 1.2-litre TSIs, and 122 and 140 PS TSIs. The 140 PS engine gets Volkswagen’s Active Cylinder Technology (ACT) which deactivates two cylinders under light loads and achieves 60.1 mpg and a company car tax-friendly 110 g/km when paired with a DSG auto gearbox.

The Golf diesels engines are 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre TDIs delivering 105 and 150 PS. All Golfs get a fuel-saving stop/start system as standard. An entry-level 1.6 TDI (99g/km, 74.3 mpg) with S trim costing £18,910 will give basic-rate taxpayers a company car tax bill of just £40.83 per month in 2012/13.

The first UK Golf deliveries will take place from 7 January.

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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