New 2020 Volkswagen Golf: UK prices and specs

Volkswagen has expanded the Mk8 Golf line-up again, with a new turbocharged 1.-litre 3-cylinder petrol engine. The new powertrain boosts the hatchback’s number of engine alternatives to six and lowers its entry-cost to £23,three hundred.

In the Golf, Volkswagen’s 108bhp 1.-litre 3-cylinder engine offers a 0–62mph time of ten.2 seconds and prime pace of 126mph. Financial system and emissions figures stand at 53.3mpg and 129g/km of CO2 respectively – and the engine will only be accessible with a six-pace handbook gearbox in Volkswagen’s decreased mid-array Lifestyle specification.

• New 2020 Volkswagen Golf critique

Later this yr, the Mk8 Golf array will broaden again, with Volkswagen introducing its well known R-Line trim-degree, alongside with a foundation trim, the Golf Estate and the performance-centered GTE, GTI, GTD and R variants.

Regular products for the Golf Lifestyle consists of sixteen-inch alloy wheels, automated LED headlamps, automated windscreen wipers, front and rear parking sensors, electrically heated and adjustable door mirrors and keyless start. Purchasers also get lane aid, adaptive cruise command and a dynamic street sign screen technique.

Within, there’s an equally extensive degree of products, like a ten.25-inch electronic instrument binnacle, wi-fi smartphone charging, a ten-color customisable interior lighting setup and a ten-inch touchscreen infotainment technique with sat-nav and voice command. Equally front seats are adjustable for height and lumbar assistance.

The upper mid-array Golf Type starts from £25,470 and provides a established of larger sized seventeen-inch alloy wheels and a pair of tweaked LED headlamps, while the cabin will get wood-model trim inserts, far more ambient lighting colors and “Art Velours” seat upholstery.

Purchasers can also select from a array of optional extras like Matrix LED headlamps (£875), a head-up screen (£625), keyless entry (£400) and Volkswagen’s Dynamic Chassis Management technique (£950), which provides a established of adaptive dampers.

New 2020 Volkswagen Golf: powertrains

A more five engines are now accessible on the Golf, with potential buyers supplied the preference of two petrols, a gentle-hybrid and two diesels. After the 1.-litre 3-cylinder device, the Golf’s petrol array methods up to a 128bhp turbocharged 1.five-litre 4-cylinder device, which is capable of forty nine.6–52.3mpg relying on the solutions fitted. A far more powerful, albeit a bit much less cost-effective, 148bhp version of the exact same engine is also accessible, priced from £24,475. 

The gentle-hybrid-driven Volkswagen Golf eTSI is priced from £26,390. It functions the exact same 148bhp 1.five-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine, with the addition of a little electrical motor. The technique returns a claimed gas economy figure of forty nine.2mpg – and will only be supplied on types fitted with Volkswagen seven-pace automated gearbox.

The 48-volt electrical technique recovers power that would otherwise be squandered when decelerating, redeploying up to 16bhp and 25Nm of electrical raise beneath acceleration. Volkswagen claims the technique will make moving away from a standstill much smoother.

Volkswagen’s outdated 1.six-litre 4-cylinder diesel has been ditched for the Mk8 Golf. Now, the hatchback’s two TDI solutions are both of those based on Volkswagen’s turbocharged 2.-litre 4-cylinder engine, presenting both 113bhp or 148bhp.

The former is priced from £24,875 and is only accessible with a six-pace handbook gearbox, returning claimed economy figures of in between 62.8–67.3mpg, while the latter starts at £29,a hundred and seventy (as it’s only supplied on the far more high priced Type trim-degree) and is only accessible with a seven-pace dual-clutch automated.

New 2020 Volkswagen Golf: potential powertrains and trim

Volkswagen will launch a more two electrified variants of the Golf – a new gentle-hybrid, based on the entry-degree 1.-litre 3-cylinder engine and a new version the plug-in hybrid Golf GTE.

The latter will be the  hot Golf to achieve the showrooms. Like the prior product, the GTE will be driven by a plug-in hybrid technique based on a 148bhp turbocharged 1.4-litre petrol engine. However, its electrical motor is drastically far more powerful, so the system’s total output now stands at 242bhp – which is the exact same as the outgoing Golf GTI Overall performance.

Battery capability has improved, way too. The new 13kWh device presents 43 miles of zero-emissions array, at speeds up to 87mph. The battery also is far more power-dense than in the prior generation GTE which implies that, despite a 50 for each cent increase in capability, it’s actual physical dimensions has only improved fractionally.

Overall performance-focussed types, like the GTI and R will be the very last to get there. According to leaked interior paperwork, the R is established to muster up 328bhp – 32bhp far more than the very last version. Insiders explain to us that gentle hybrid guidance is established to function, most likely in the type of a lag-eliminating electrical turbocharger, identical to the technique used by the Audi S7.

A much less nicely-geared up, foundation-product version of the Golf will also be introduced later on this yr, alongside with the sports-encouraged Golf R-Line. The latter will sport an intense body package, a new rear wing, refreshing alloys and a array of “R-Line” badges.

New 2020 Volkswagen Golf: structure and interior

From the outside the house, the most important adjust arrives at the front, exactly where a small nose functions a slimmer grille. It is flanked by narrow headlights – featuring regular LED tech – whose winged edges movement into sharp creases alongside the side. The bumper differs according to trim degree – the Type trim functions 3 distinct fins spanning the width of the air ingestion, while the R Line functions a far more open front vent with R badging.

It is on the inside of exactly where the most exciting variations have taken area. Long gone is the staid appear of the Mk7, changed by a minimalist appear that’s as present-day as anything at all in this class. The interior is dominated by a pair of screens. The to start with, a ten-inch infotainment technique, functions a customisable screen, which enables the driver to posture shortcuts and widgets in the sought after positions. Equally Android Car and Apple CarPlay are regular, and the latter can now be operated wirelessly.

The principal infotainment display sits in a single panel along with the most current version of Volkswagen’s digital cockpit. A electronic instrument binnacle, measuring ten.25 inches, is fitted as regular across the array – a to start with for the phase.

Pretty much all regular switches have been changed by contact-sensitive surfaces. The temperature can be adjusted by sliding a finger across a panel at the foundation of the ten-inch screen also for the volume controls. Even the sunroof forgoes a actual physical swap as a substitute demanding a rapid finger sweep alongside a little panel on the roof. 

It implies that, on the dashboard at minimum, the only actual physical button that stays is for the hazard lights – even though there are still common buttons on the steering wheel and in the door panel for the window and mirror adjustment.

New 2020 Volkswagen Golf: security products

The technology will not halt with the interior, both. The new Golf functions unrivalled connectivity for its class, with just about every product packed complete of security tech. A semi-autonomous perform enables the Golf to speed up, steer and brake on motorways at speeds – exactly where lawful – of up to 130mph.

Perhaps most intriguing of all is the Car2X technique: this enables related cars from any manufacturer to broadcast in real-time, warning other enabled vehicles of hazards on the street forward, or the proximity of an crisis motor vehicle hoping to make its way through visitors.

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