There is a surprisingly large faction of car buyers who don’t want “stuff.” I see it in my comments section all the time: “I don’t need...just more to go wrong, more I’ll have to fix, too complicated.” Well, this review is for those people: the VW Golf SportWagen. There’s no smart key, no push button start, no power liftgate, no full-power seats, no leather, no sat radio, no navi, no …
As the taller sibling of the Golf SportWagen, the Golf Alltrack with 4Motion all-wheel drive as standard is the wagon for adventure seekers. Raised by .6” and featuring its own, unique suspension tuning with hill decent control and an Off Road driving mode, the Alltrack is ready to tackle a variety of terrain. For the 2018 model year, this Golf iteration receives freshened styling with LEDs front and rear and …
It’s been a while since I’ve had a GTI on the show. Instead, I’ve been testing the halo Golf R model over the past several years. But that’s a $40,000 car, minimum. Meanwhile, the Golf GTI slots in from the mid-20s to mid-30s with front-drive performance that’s long since been the gold standard. Now in its 3rd model year since the 2015 redesign, the entire Golf family receives its first …