VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2.0 TDI: Latest Mk8 Golf introduces a new era for diesel power, Volkswagen hopes

摘要

Not so long ago, if you wanted an everyday car with good performance, excellent fuel economy and even better ergonomics, you bought a turbo diesel Volkswagen Golf. British roads overflowed with these cars, whose dullness, it seemed at the time, was the reasonable price to pay for vice-free motoring in many other respects. But we all know what happened next and lately the pick of the Golf's engine line-up has been the 1.5-litre TSI - a smooth-spinning, downsized petrol that, for the eighth-generation car, has also been fitted with 48V mild-hybrid tech.