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By Dan Trent
08 July 2008 11:30
Blue is the new green and Volkswagen's eco-friendly line-up continues to grow. Alongside the Polo and Passat, the Golf has now had the Bluemotion treatment – but at what price? If you want that silver sliver badge on the front, it'll cost you as much as £1290 over the price of a comparable regular TDI Golf. Order a five-door Golf S 1.9 TDI 105PS and the basic OTR price is £14,780. Sling a Bluemotion badge on that sir? That’ll be £16,070.
To be fair to Volkswagen, the intention was that the price difference between Bluemotion and standard cars should be pegged to around £500 – or just £75 more than adding the Bluemotion’s standard-fit particulate filter to a regular diesel Golf. But demand for the petrol 1.4 TSI means orders have had to be temporarily halted and diesel prices lowered to incentivise buyers.
Not in VW’s view. Arguing that hybrids and similarly complex solutions can be a false panacea, the Bluemotion philosophy is to instead tweak existing models to bolster efficiency and lower CO2 outputs. Which, given the way fuel prices and taxation are going, should be friendly to both your wallet and your environmental conscience.
Unlucky for VW then that this temporary pricing realignment has made the Bluemotion comparably much more expensive than the standard car. Because if you’re looking to reduce your contributions to both global warming (discuss…) and oil company profits/the chancellor’s coffers (uncontestable), the Golf Bluemotion makes a good case for itself.
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AlisonSte says
RE: VW Golf Bluemotion 1.9 TDI 5dr CAR review
Well Volkswagen have now ditched the 1.9 bluemotion for the mk6 car, and it seems like a 1.6 TDI with 68.9 mpg and the same 105 bhp as the 1.9 will take over as the main bluemotion model for the VW Golf range.
21 June 2009 19:34
JohnnyBimmer says
62mpg - destroys a Toyota Prius on economy and with 182lb torque rips it apart the weeny tin can on any road too. Oil beats hybrid theory on all counts. Next..
04 August 2008 18:59
morepowerigor says
Nightmare! I bet they supply it with hair shirts and a composter, too. Why should saving fuel be made so unattractive? Do you need reminding with the rotten driving experience that you're managing 1 or 2 miles per gallon more? Wrong compromise, and if you follow this to its logical conclusion with their upcoming Messerschmidt successor 'One Litre' car, you can only imagine how awful the driving eyperience will be. Probably be supplied with needle filled socks and underpants to punish every throttle movement and hint of acceleration
08 July 2008 18:09
joedodgy says
So then whos going to buy it. It's just too much. You may as well buy the eco Ford Focus which emits just 115 grams of stuffin Zetec form. And yes the flat floor and the other tweeks should be standard, you should't have to pay extra to so called save the world. Actually you shouldn't buy either their both the same price. So your 16-17 grand buys you a boring version of the standard car just to save the world. why?
08 July 2008 13:06
jacomoseven says
The aero tweaks (flatter floor etc) should be standard, and presumably will be when the new Golf turns up. And then they should be offered as after-market items at a reasonable price for older cars. Perhaps Haynes manuals should add a chapter on retro-fitting eco tweaks to your current smoker.
08 July 2008 12:36
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