Overall reader verdict 4 out of 5 stars

  • What's it like to drive
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Running costs
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Quality, practicality and equipment
    4 out of 5 stars

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37 reader reviews for Volkswagen Golf Hatchback.

  • 1.6 TDI 105 Bluemotion Tech SE 5dr

    Rory Chevolleau , . Date: 09/06/2010
    • Overall verdict
      1 out of 5 stars
    • What's it like to drive
      4 out of 5 stars
    • Running costs
      1 out of 5 stars
    • Quality, practicality and equipment
      4 out of 5 stars

    My car

    DONT BUY A BLUEMOTION. The golf bluemotion is a fantastic car to drive its. although being a 1.6 it as bags of torque and is very willing on a roads and the motorway. It as bags of space in the cabin and a large deep boot. However the bluemotion is not an ecconomical car at all so please DO NOT be fooled by the sales patter. On the motorway it travels at an average of 65mpg great you may say. The fault lies with the DPF (diesel particle filter) this bceomes blocked atleast once every 500-700 miles. to clear this you have to drive your car on a straight piece of road between 2000 - 3000rpm for 20 mins. But this does not always work and the car will go into LIMP mode which can be very dangerous on the motorway. VW will then charge you £70.00 to burn it off only for it to re-appear 700 miles later. This car is not for any journey less then 15 minutes long and even then this will not solve the problem as I have read many others with Bluemotion who do nothing but motorway miles are finding out. So the extra miles and the way you have to accelrate to get rid of this build up makes it no more ecconomical then another diesel without bluemotion technology. This bing the mpg down to around 38.8mpg instead of the possible 65-70. The car is perfect to drive, look at, be a passenger in but one small engine component (PDF) lets the whole car down. BLUE MOTION BUYERS AND OWNERS BEWARE AS VW WILL NOT HELP YOU WITH THIS PROBLEM.

  • 1.6 TDI 105 Bluemotion Tech SE 5dr

    Paul Gredley , London . Date: 08/03/2010
    • Overall verdict
      5 out of 5 stars
    • What's it like to drive
      5 out of 5 stars
    • Running costs
      5 out of 5 stars
    • Quality, practicality and equipment
      5 out of 5 stars
    • Average MPG
      58.9

    My car

    Having driven the car for over 13000 miles now in traffic and on motorways I am really pleased with it. No problems with the DPF and have achieved 72mpg on some journeys and 58.9 mpg overall. Absolutley nothing has gone wrong in 18 months. The car is comfortable, quiet and a pleasure to drive. Can only recommend it. What else would you buy - a boring A3 or a lower spec hard ride BMW 1 series

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