Volkswagen Golf Cabrio review
Volkswagen Golf Cabrio review
It’s back! The Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet. We drove this new convertible on the roads near Nice (France)…\r
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High-res via http://www.abhd.nl/video/volkswagen-g…
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50.673 -> Coincidentally,
there's an Eos driving behind us.
54.235 -> It's odd that we had to wait
such a long time for this car.
57.58 -> When I think of a 4-seater convertible,
which is a bit gay according to Sacha...
62.921 -> ...then I think of the Golf Convertible.
Very simple, the first one.
68.321 -> They've sold that one for many years.
70.752 -> Then came the Golf 3 convertible
and the Golf 4 convertible.
76.479 -> And then they stopped.
78.655 -> And now, while the Golf 6
has been around for a while...
82.198 -> ...they're making a convertible again.
101.572 -> On the other hand, it's not a coincidence
that they've waited until now.
104.395 -> There's an Eos with a hardtop,
but VW's Audi has the A3 convertible.
111.105 -> And of course this car shares a lot of
its guts with the latter one, the A3 convertible.
119.121 -> The roof comes straight from Audi,
so it opens and closes quickly.
126.983 -> Closing it takes 11 seconds
and opening it takes 9 seconds.
130.008 -> And you can do that up to 20 mph.
149.246 -> I don't think the normal Golf hatchback
is a very exciting car.
156.977 -> But as soon as they take the roof off,
it's much more fun.
159.811 -> Even with the roof closed;
it's got a nice coupe roof line.
163.357 -> We just thought...
We, the camera team.
165.998 -> You know, the trailing cars
and the guys in here.
169.385 -> VW could make a Golf coupe.
173.754 -> Make a limited edition of the Golf R
with this exact roof line...
179.034 -> ...but then with a fixed metal roof.
180.953 -> While we're talking about performance,
we're driving the 2-liter TSI.
186.075 -> We know that engine from lots of other VWs...
190.491 -> ...Audis and Seats.
193.089 -> It's also in the Golf GTI, and in this car
it has roughly the same power.
197.64 -> With its 210 hp, it's quite a quick car.
202.142 -> 0-62 in 7.3 seconds
and a top speed of 146 mph.
233.194 -> The suspension seems to be
a lot softer than the GTI's...
236.783 -> ...but it still corners very well.
239.263 -> It also gives more feedback,
that's because of something very simple...
242.73 -> ...the open roof.
244.422 -> You can hear if the tires
are struggling very early on.
251.97 -> All in all, it's quite a fun car.
254.671 -> The one drawback is that
it does cost more than a regular Golf.
259.463 -> It costs about 4 to 5 grand more.
263.566 -> It starts at 27 something grand.
That gets you the 1.2 TSI.
267.24 -> There are also two 1.4 TSIs,
one with 122 and one with 160 hp.
271.516 -> And there are two diesels: a 1.6 and a 2-liter.
274.679 -> There's a lot of competition in this class,
but they all have a hardtop.
279.394 -> They aren't that pretty with their big trunks
that have to fit the roof.
284.268 -> But its real USP is that it
comes with LED rear lights as standard.
289.644 -> Even the 1.2 TSI.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmjzdjxdx2Q