Island Life Magazine Ltd February/March 2013 | Page 67

MOTORING
ISLAND LIFE MOTORING REVIEW

Volkswagen Golf
It is nearly 40 years since the first VW

looks, smart acceleration, comfort and

Golfs appeared on our roads, and since

easy handling you come to expect. But

then they have become an integral part of

there is much more!

motoring, not just in this country but way
beyond.

My car was equipped with ACT – active
cylinder technology – which actually allows

Now it is time to welcome the latest

it to run on just two of its four cylinders

VW Golf to the fold – the Mark VII. And

in the right circumstances. You wouldn’t

inevitably technical advances mean that

know the difference, and it doesn’t affect

the new Golf, which I test drove courtesy

performance. But it is another fuel-saving

of Esplanade, Medina Avenue, Newport,

measure, on top of the ‘stop-start’ engine

is equipped with high tech advancements

feature, and it also cuts CO2 emissions.

that its predecessors could never even
have dreamed about.

The new range starts with a 1.2 TSI with

how ‘thirsty’ your new Golf might be, well
the good news is that you get a combined

85ps which has £30 road tax, the same as

58mpg in the one I drove, and the 1.6

the one I drove. There are also two diesel

diesel has combined figures of an amazing

manufacturers, the new VW Golf – I drove

models available, the 1.6 (zero road tax)

74mpg. Now you know why the new VW

the manual 1.4 litre TSI, turbo-charged four

and the 2.0 (£20 road tax).

Golf is worth a real close look – and a test

As you would expect from the German

cylinder petrol model– has all the stylish

And for those of you who want to know

drive.

TEST DRIVEN ON THE ISLAND
BY PETER WHITE

Esplanade • 117 Medina Avenue • Newport • PO30 1HG • Tel: [phone]

esplanade.co.uk

www.visitislandlife.com

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