{"id":4324,"date":"2013-03-05T23:34:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2013-03-05T23:34:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:34:23","slug":"hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatchback Guide \u2013 Volkswagen Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4325\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/motoring_supp_hatchbacks_vw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4325\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4325\" alt=\"VW Golf\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/motoring_supp_hatchbacks_vw.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/motoring_supp_hatchbacks_vw.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/motoring_supp_hatchbacks_vw-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VW Golf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Volkswagen Golf is 38 and like the rest of us, it just keeps getting better with age.On the road, the new model is composed and responsive. Steering is beautifully weighted and it is a joy to drive. The new technology and lighter weight pay dividends for fuel economy and the very frugal 1.6 TDi is capable of 74.3 mpg on a combination of city and motorway driving. Engine options include three petrol engines and two diesel. The 1.4 TSI with Active Cylinder Technology is a petrol engine well worth considering. The Golf GTi arrives later this year with a 227bhp two-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged engine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Price:<\/strong> \u20ac19,995<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our opinion:<\/strong> The Mk7 Golf is a refined, smarter and polished version of its predecessor. Thirty-eight years and 29 million cars later, the seventh generation Golf is the car by which all other hatchbacks should be measured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Volkswagen Golf is 38 and like the rest of us, it just keeps getting better with age.On the road, the new model is composed and responsive. Steering is beautifully weighted and it is a joy to drive. The new technology and lighter weight pay dividends for fuel economy and the very frugal 1.6 TDi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6,4],"tags":[503,1098,495],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hatchback Guide \u2013 Volkswagen Golf<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Review of the Volkswagen Golf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hatchback Guide \u2013 Volkswagen Golf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Review of the Volkswagen Golf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"wheelsforwomen.ie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wheelsforwomen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-05T23:34:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/motoring_supp_hatchbacks_vw.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Geraldine Herbert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Geraldine Herbert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Geraldine Herbert\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9263f6ed5330b3f3553487011f8b95\"},\"headline\":\"Hatchback Guide \u2013 Volkswagen Golf\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-05T23:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-05T23:34:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Featured\",\"Hatchback Guide\",\"Volkswagen Golf\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Reviews\",\"Hatchbacks\",\"Road Tests\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\",\"name\":\"Hatchback Guide \u2013 Volkswagen Golf\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-05T23:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-05T23:34:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Review of the Volkswagen Golf\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/hatchback-guide-volkswagen-golf\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Car Reviews\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/category\/new-car-reviews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hatchbacks\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/category\/new-car-reviews\/hatchback-cars\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Hatchback Guide \u2013 Volkswagen Golf\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/\",\"name\":\"wheelsforwomen.ie\",\"description\":\"Ireland&#039;s only website for women on wheels - 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