VW Golf GLS TDI (Manual). This is the ultimate year for the 4th-generation Golf. So as a outcome, it gets no modifications excluding for a device upgrade for its engine-control pc. A fifth-generation Golf went on sale in Europe in 2004, however we Americans will have to wait except 2006 to get it. There are two engine selections within the Golf. There’s the 1.9-liter turbo-diesel that makes a hundred hp and 177 lb-ft of torque-available in the GL and GLS-and there’s also the acquainted 2.0-liter that makes a hundred and fifteen hp. The Golf is a chunk extra pricey than its Japanese competition however offers an opulent interior, the utility of a hatch, and a good fun-to-drive rating.
The construction is stiff, and even though its engines are on the vulnerable facet, it goes down the highway neatly enough. Since this is the current Golf’s ultimate yr, be certain you deal exhausting. Otherwise, wait a year for the totally new, and more refined, fifth-generation Golf. After a largely fallow 2005, VW is on a model new-model rush, starting with a sixth-generation Passat. The redesigned and restyled car’s standard engine is a 200-hp, 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder, and a 280-hp, three.6-liter VR6 is optional.
The turbo 4 transforms standard on the Jetta GLI and optional on the Jetta. The New Beetle will get a mild redesign and a new standard engine, a 150-hp, 2.5-liter five-cylinder with either a five-speed manual or six-speed computerized transmission. The present GTI consists of on without the not obligatory VR6 unless an all-new model, according to the Audi A3, debuts. The Phaeton W-12 engine’s output is raised to 444 horses. The Golf range is diminished with the aid of the removing of the two-door GL and four-door GL turbo- diesel. The Touareg achieves a model new usual engine, a three.6-liter VR6 with direct injection and 276 horsepower, 36 more than the ultimate VR6.
