2009 / 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI 2.0 TDI Diesel – First Drive Review

We sample the Golf VI diesel before it comes to America. You bet we love diesels. Modern diesels are clean, have gobs of ground-pounding torque, and get fuel mileage that shames pretty much any comparably sized gas-fired engine. So when we were given the opportunity to clamber behind the wheel of a Golf VI TDI in Italy before it goes on sale in America, we jumped at the chance. (Volkswagen loves it some diesel, too. The lower price of the fuel this year combined with the public’s desire to get more bang for their fuel buck has U.S. VW oil-burner sales soaring—just last month, diesel fueled some 26 percent of all Volkswagens sold, including 81 percent of all Jetta SportWagens .) The Golf is offered with several diesel engines in Europe—the top-spec is the hot, GTI-inspired GTD —but the U.S. will get just one, a 140-hp, 236-lb-ft, 2.0-liter turbo four-banger. That was the engine found

under the hood of our test car, and it’s the same one already available to U.S. buyers in the Jetta TDI. In the Jetta, the engine has proven remarkably, well, unremarkable, and that’s a good thing. Excepting the elevated fuel-economy numbers in the gauge cluster—the Jetta TDI is EPA-rated for 31 mpg city and 41 mpg highway with a manual—most drivers wouldn’t even notice that they’re driving a diesel. The car is quiet and utterly normal to live with. The Golf TDI we drove? It was exactly like that. Keep Reading: 2009 / 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI 2.0 TDI Diesel – First Drive Review Related posts: 2009 Volkswagen Touareg 3.0 TDI Diesel – First Drive Review 2010 Volkswagen GTD Diesel – First Drive Review 2009 Volkswagen Golf / Rabbit – First Drive Review

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2009 / 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI 2.0 TDI Diesel – First Drive Review