VW Golf wagon on the cards
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Volkswagen is seriously considering importing the Golf Estate, a wagon based on the Golf hatch. It will join a diminishing small-wagon sector occupied now only by the Holden Astra and Viva, Hyundai i30, Peugeot 308 and Skoda Roomster.
Volkswagen Group Australia spokesman Karl Gehling says the Estate is definitely under consideration but it was "too early" to talk about when it could arrive.
Effectively a Jetta with a longer roofline, the Estate sits on the Golf/Jetta wheelbase. It is the same length and width as the Jetta though is 45mm higher.
The Estate was announced this week in the UK as a right-hand drive model that is expected early in 2010. Though Volkswagen doesn't say it, the new Estate appears to be a Gen 5 model with Gen 6 grille and headlight details.
It does, however, get all the latest Gen 6 Golf drivetrain options. It will share engines with the Golf including a new 77kW 1.6-litre turbo-diesel that squeezes just 4.5 litres/100km from the tank and emits only 119 grams of CO2 per kilometre.
The latest Golf Estate will be the fourth generation of the model.
It was first launched in 1993 and has since sold more than 1.2 million examples to make it one of Volkswagen's most popular models.
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