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Golf Plus road test (2008 Jun)
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“Nice & Girlie” A Golf – a normal Golf – handles with poise and composure. So it was a surprise that the Golf Plus, by comparison, felt a little wobbly on motorways and a touch twitchy through sweeping corners.  ... Golf Plus road test

Volkswagen Golf Plus 1.6 TDI BlueMotion (2011 Feb)
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VOLKSWAGEN’S Golf Plus first appeared in the UK in June, 2005 slotting into the VW line-up between the Golf hatchback and Touran compact MPV.Spring of last year heralded the arrival of an updated Golf Plus which, with even more space, style and value... Volkswagen Golf Plus 1.6 TDI BlueMotion

B Class gets A for effort (2012 Feb)
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THE junior MPV market is hotly contested. Many people love the elevated driving position of these cars but few need the extra row of seats offered by bigger propositions such as the Vauxhall Zafira or the Ford S-Max. As the larger MPVs get too big fo... B Class gets A for effort

Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet SE 1.4TSI (2012 Feb)
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IF you want to take a cab – then Volkswagen has just the job with the stunning Golf drop top.The Cabriolet version of the ever-popular model is a smooth and stylish individual.Come the summer months its sleek profile – minus the powered hood which ca... Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet SE 1.4TSI

Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet SE 1.6 TDI BlueMotion Technology (2012 Jan)
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THERE’S something inherently satisfying about what might be termed ‘convertibles for the common man’.Wind in your hair motoring has always had a bit of an association with cars at the more glamorous end of the automotive scale – think Cadillacs on Ca... Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet SE 1.6 TDI BlueMotion Technology

Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet (2011 Dec)
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IT’S hard to believe, but there hasn’t been a Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet manufactured for more than nine years.While the hatchback has gone from strength to strength fans of the convertible have been left waiting.It’s a wait that has been worthwhile, ... Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet

Volkswagen Golf Carbriolet SE 1.6 TDI Bluemotion (2012 Feb)
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WE'VE probably all seen that rather clever TV advert about various cars sounding like a Golf.The trouble with the return of the cabriolet version after nine years, was that for some, it didn't look like a Golf - certainly from the rear.To accommodate... Volkswagen Golf Carbriolet SE 1.6 TDI Bluemotion

Golf brilliant but expensive (2011 Sep)
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IT'S lovely driving a good car on roads that you know. VW launched the new Golf Cabriolet not far from my mother’s home and I had a whale of a time around the local lanes and by-ways in the Cotswolds.I spent most time with the 160bhp 1.4 TSi super an... Golf brilliant but expensive

Soft top GTI is back - after 10 years (2012 Aug)
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THE archetypal hot hatch - the Volkswagen Golf GTI - has now been joined by a new soft top version.The Golf GTI Cabriolet takes its place in the existing Golf Cabriolet range after an absence of 10 years.And with a price tag of £30,610 is the most ex... Soft top GTI is back - after 10 years

Playing Golf for less (2013 Mar)
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THE new Golf GTI has broken cover to much fanfare just as the new Golf itself has been crowned European Car of the Year.The Mk7 car (how old does that make you feel?) is classic Golf in all respects.Incremental but substantial improvements on all fro... Playing Golf for less

Welcome return for Golf Cabriolet (2011 Sep)
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AFTER nine long years, the ever-popular Golf Cabriolet is finally back and it’s better than ever before.We may not have the predicable summers we had nine years ago, but whenever there’s a glimmer of sunshine on the horizon, there is nothing better t... Welcome return for Golf Cabriolet

Worst is best (2009 May)
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When it comes to buying cars, good depreciation stats are bad and bad stats are good. Obviously if you want to sell, then the reverse is true. So looking at Used Car Expert’s Depreciation Index I headed for the worst performers of 2008. These ... Worst is best

Best sellers for less (2011 Nov)
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A recent list of the ten best selling cars in Europe doesn’t contain too many surprises.It shows, more than anything, that rational and well resolved products are what the market wants.VW dominates, with cars in first, fourth and eighth places – a ve... Best sellers for less

Anyone for Golf? (2011 Mar)
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VOLKSWAGEN has finally got round to re-introducing the Golf convertible.Well before the days of folding metal roofs if you wanted something small and classy with a roof that came off you bought a Golf Convertible - and the new one looks as desirable ... Anyone for Golf?

Style and quality For £2,000 (2010 Nov)
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I AM always being asked variations of the question: “What family car can I buy for about £2,000?”But when I answer: ‘A Rover 25, a Ford Focus, some Nissans and any number of Korean and Asian models,’ people think I am being flippant.Within 30 miles o... Style and quality For £2,000

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Ragtop ride down memory lane (2011 Sep)
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WHEN Volkswagen first glammed-up the Golf by introducing a cabriolet version the automotive world stood back in admiration.Not that Volkswagen was unused to such things – producing the beautiful Karmann-Ghia in the 1950s and ragtop versions of the Be... Ragtop ride down memory lane

Only way is up for VW (2012 Aug)
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VOLKSWAGEN'S new city car, the up!, which has proved a big hit since its launch earlier this year, is now available as a five-door.It costs just £365 more than the equivalent three-door model. With wide-opening rear doors and a starting price of just... Only way is up for VW

Golf leads all-star safety cast (2012 Nov)
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THE new Volkswagen Golf, which goes on sale in January, is one of 14 new cars to have been awarded a top five-star rating from European consumer protection outfit Euro NCAP.And it also won the award for innovations in the area of integral safety, the... Golf leads all-star safety cast

Golf leads all-star safety cast (2012 Dec)
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THE new Volkswagen Golf, which goes on sale in January, is one of 14 new cars to have been awarded a top five-star rating from European consumer protection outfit Euro NCAP.And it also won the award for innovations in the area of integral safety, the... Golf leads all-star safety cast

VW Golf problem (2008 Jan)
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I have a 2001 Golf GTI 2.0lt and have noticed that there is condensation/ water on the inside of my cars oil filler cap. But there is no off white gunge, the engine is not over heating, there is no white smoke bellowing out of the exhaust and no loss... VW Golf problem

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