Volkswagen Golf Review: The Golf 7 - Performance

Volkswagen Golf Review: The Golf 7 - Performance

Reviewed by Shawn Jooste

Performance

The test car we had was the 1.2-litre 77kW TSI Trendline. What’s most significant about this little car is that you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a 1.4. We’ve tested many VW and Audi variants with the 1.4T FSI engine, and they’re really good engines. But this 1.2-litre engine really was amazing.

In fact, if you weren’t told that it’s a 1.2-litre engine, you’d have a hard time guessing. Because of the clever use of TSI technology the Golf produces a very smooth power and torque band. So from as low as 1300 RPM you feel the power kick in and it carries all the way through to about 6000 RPM.

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