Volkswagen Golf Review: The Golf 7 - Economy

Volkswagen Golf Review: The Golf 7 - Economy

Reviewed by Shawn Jooste

Economy

VW Brand it ‘Bluemotion’, but it’s their way of saying that they’ve gone to great lengths to make the car as economical as possible.

The claimed figure from VW is 4.9 litres per 100km. We put this to the test and found that it was totally possible, with careful driving to achieve below 5 litres per 100km. However, the smaller engine does have 1 fault. As soon as you find yourself on a mountainous road, you can’t smoothly accelerate up hill in 6th gear. In fact, 5th and sometimes even 4th gear are problematic.

This translates to an annihilation of your fuel economy, and you’ll quickly find yourself in the 6.5 to 7 litres per 100km area.

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