Road Test
Volkswagen Golf
Test date 08 June 2004
Price as tested £18,687
For Performance, economy, slick gearchange, image
Against Price, no steering wheel paddle-shift, bland looks
How much ?
- Price as tested £18,687
- Price as tested £24,410
How fast
- 0-30mph 3 sec
- 0-60mph 8.2 sec
- 0-100mph 24.4 sec
- 0-150mph no data
- 0-200mph
no data
- 30-70mph
8 sec
- 0-400m
16.5 / 85 sec/mph
- 0-1000m
30.2 / 107 sec/mph
- 30-50mph in 3rd/4th
3
- 40-60mph in 4th/5th
no data / no data
- 50-70mph in 5th
no data
- 60-0mph
2.6 sec
- Top speed
no data
- Noise at 70mph
72 dbA
How thirsty?
- Test average
no data
- Test best/worst
no data / no data
Government figures
- Combined/urban
49.6 / 39.8 mpg
- CO2 emissions
154 g/km
How big?
- Length
4204 mm
- Width
1759 mm
- Height
1485 mm
- Wheelbase
2578 mm
- Weight
1451 kg
- Fuel tank
55.0 litres
Engine
- Layout 4 cyls In Line , 1968 cc
- Max power 138 bhp at 4000 rpm
- Max torque 236 ft at 1800 rpm
- Specific output 70.1bhp per litre bhp per litre
- Power to weight no data
- Installation F Transverse
- Bore/stoke 81.0x95.5 mm
- Compression ratio 18.5:1
- Valve gear 4 per cyl
- Ignition and fuel Exhaust gas turbocharger, charge air cooler , Diesel
Gearbox
- Type 6-speed Manual
- 1st 3.46 / 5.2
- 2nd 2.05 / 8.8
- 3rd 1.3 / 13.8
- 4th 0.9 / 20
- 5th 0.68 / 26.4
- 6th 0.56 / 32.1
- Final drive 4.12
Suspension
- Front McPherson struts with lower wishbones, anti-roll bar
- Rear Four-link suspension with separate spring/shock absorber arrangement, anti-roll bar
Steering
- Type ESP, ASR, electro-mechanical servotronic steering with speed-dependent power assistance
- Lock to lock 3.00
Brakes
- Front 288mm Disc
- Rear 255mm disc
Wheel & tyres
- Size front 6 Jx15 in
- Size rear 6 Jx15 in
- Made of no data
- Tyres front 195/65 R 15 V
- Tyres rear 195/65 R 15 V
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