7th-Generation Volkswagen Golf Hits U.S. Shores Soon

If there is one car that will help Volkswagen on its goals towards world domination, it is the Golf. This plucky little hatchback has seen duty in literally dozens of countries, including America, where its reputation as a solid, efficient, and fun performer precedes it. Now Volkswagen is bringing a new Golf to the U.S., its seventh generation of the reputable hatchback, and this Golf comes with a bevy of turbocharged engines.

The biggest change is that the new, base engine for the Golf is a 1.8 liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 170 horsepower and 184 ft-lbs of torque. This engine is a good bit smaller than the naturally-aspirated 2.5 liter engine it replaces, but with no compromise on power. No word on fuel economy, but expect it to be frugal. We already did an in-depth look at the other changes to the new Golf, including less weight and an optional start/stop system, so I won’t repeat them here.

Buyers opting for the turbodiesel-powered Golf TDI will end up with a new 2.0 liter turbodiesel engine cranking out 150 horsepower and 236 ft-lbs of torque, while delivering fuel economy that should be well over 40 mpg. We can totally dig that, though Volkswagen didn’t mention specific fuel economy figures.

Finally, for you speedfreaks out there, there is the new Golf GTI, boasting a 2.0 liter gas engine making 210 horsepower and 258 ft-lbs of torque…or there abouts. Volkswagen hasn’t settled on the final numbers, and it doesn’t look like we’ll get the GTI’s diesel-powered cousin, the Volkswagen GTD. Then again, that could change. Just don’t hold your breath.

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Christopher DeMorro A writer and gearhead who loves all things automotive, from hybrids to HEMIs, Chris can be found wrenching or writing- or esle, he's running, because he's one of those crazy people who gets enjoyment from running insane distances.

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So they’ve bumped up the 2L TDI from ~140HP to 150HP. Cool I wonder if efficiency is up at all too
MaxHedrm

“where its reputation as a solid, efficient, and fun performer proceed it.”

This should be ‘where its reputation as a solid, efficient, and fun performer precedes it.’ Though that doesn’t really make sense either. That saying would only apply if it were a car that hasn’t been to our shores before (like the Polo), but the Golf had been here for 35 years.

Also, the 1.8T isn’t the “biggest” change, since the Golf VII is pretty much an entirely new car. It is, however the most obvious change.

And the “GTI’s diesel-powered cousin” is the GTD, not GDI.

I hate to be a nitpicker, but you guys make it soooooo easy. :-/
- Christopher DeMorro
  
  @MaxHedrm
  
  Fair enough on all accounts. I’m running a one-man show here though, and I wrote that piece after a 20-hour work day. So yeah…I’m tired.
  
  But way to keep me honest!
jonesey

40 mpg for the TDI? My 2005 Golf TDI already averages 40 mpg and gets 50+ on the highway. On 100% biodiesel. Shouldn’t VW be improving their fuel economy after nine years?

And where are the plug-in versions? That’s what we really need with all this climate change and high gas prices. As an engineer, it makes me crazy that my engine burns fuel when I’m coasting downhill or idling at a stoplight, and that I don’t get any energy back when I hit the brakes. Give me a plug-in Golf that runs on biodiesel and gets 100+ MPG equivalent, and I’ll be in heaven.
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