Volkswagen reveals new Golf Match

The Volkswagen Golf SE has been replaced with a better-equipped Match trim level, which adds over £1,600 worth of extra equipment while costing just £300 more than the outgoing car.

On top of the SE’s standard seven airbags, climatic control, ABS, ESP, cruise control and iPod connectivity, the Match is fitted with a different design of alloy wheel, leather multi-function steering wheel, digital radio, Bluetooth connectivity, front and rear parking sensors and a touch-screen stereo system with CD changer.

The Match is available across the engine range, which includes a 121bhp 1.4-litre petrol, 104bhp 1.6-litre TDI or 138bhp 2-litre TDI – the first two of which come with Volkswagen’s seven-speed DSG gearbox.

It is also available as an efficient 103bhp 1.6-litre and a new 138bhp 2-litre diesel Bluemotion, which are capable of returning 68.9mpg and emitting just 107g/km of CO2, or 65.7mpg and 114g/km respectively. This means that the former is free to tax for the first year.

Three-years or 30,000 mile free servicing is also available for a £250 fixed price premium.

The Volkswagen Golf Match is available now for first deliveries in June, with prices starting at £17,730.

Volkswagen's New Golf Crowned '2009 Carsguide Car of the Year' Winner

November The new Golf has taken top spot at the ‘2009 Carsguide Car of the Year’ awards, establishing itself as the benchmark in the small car segment with Australian motoring experts.

The new Golf was awarded ‘World Car of the Year 2009’ earlier this year and now uses its winning formula in Australia to continue the claim to fame. It went on sale in Australia in early 2009 and has received rave reviews since.

Anke Koeckler, Volkswagen Group Australia’s Managing Director, commented on the significance of this award. “It is a very important achievement for the Volkswagen brand in the Australian market to succeed against such an impressive range of contenders. This win demonstrates that not only the consumers but the media have embraced the new Golf as a leader in its segment and the market.”

The National Motoring Editor of Carsguide, Paul Gover, commented: “The right car won. The Golf was voted World Car Of The Year when it landed in Europe and now it has claimed the big prize in Australia”.

The judging panel on the ‘2009 Carsguide Car of the Year’ Awards consists of Motoring editors and senior writers from Sydney's The Daily Telegraph, Melbourne's Herald Sun, Brisbane's The Courier-Mail, Adelaide's The Advertiser, Hobart's Mercury, Perth's Sunday Times and carsguide.com.au. Nine judges evaluated the best new car releases of 2009 resulting in one overall winner.