2019 Volkswagen Golf Receives 1.4-Liter From Jetta
The saddest change Volkswagen announced for its 2019 lineup is that the Beetle enters its final year of production. Fortunately, there is better news in store for VW's other small hatch. The 2019 Golf receives a new 1.4-liter engine paired to an eight-speed automatic transmission, among other updates. Both Golf and Golf SportWagen models borrow the same 1.4-liter powertrain found in the new Jetta. This unit, making 147 hp, replaces the previous 1.8-liter engine that produced 170 horses. Buyers can choose between a six-speed manual and an eight-speed automatic. The 1.8-liter engine remains only on the S 4Motion SportWagen, where it's paired to a six-speed manual or six-speed DSG automatic. We have no way to know how the 2019 Volkswagen Golf will drive, but we generally liked the new powertrain in the Jetta. First Test, also praising the model's responsive passing acceleration and quick-shifting eight-speed. But the updates aren't limited to the powertrain. The regular Golf hatch now comes standard with a number of safety features: blind spot monitor, rear traffic alert, and forward collision warning and autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian monitoring. For 2019, most VW models come standard with these amenities, including the Atlas, which used to offer these features higher up the chain. The Golf GTI now packs a standard 228 hp, an increase of 8 hp from past years. The model also adds a Rabbit Edition, which features a black rear spoiler, 18-inch gloss black wheels, and Rabbit-badged seat tags as well as a few other upgrades. Golf R buyers can now choose from 40 different custom colors as part of the VW Spektrum program, and there is a new Black Wheel package.
Leon FR and Cupra respectively. It's the diesel engines, once again, that prove the most flexible performers. The 103bhp 1.9-litre TDI has good, solid mid-range punch, making it a lot quicker in the motorway-merge from 50-70mph than the 1.6 petrol. It also makes for more relaxed progress as each gear has a broader effective speed range, meaning fewer downshifts. The 1.9TDI is, though, an unrefined and loud beast, especially under hard throttle. For us, the pick of the bunch is the 138bhp 2.0-litre TDI. Available with either a six-speed manual or the excellent DSG, the 2.0 TDI is more refined than its 1.9 sibling - though it can still be raucous at start-up and when pushed - and it delivers excellent performance. This engine is particularly well suited to the DSG automatic gearbox, which deals with its prodigious torque while providing literally seamless shifts. The Leon FR is also available with a 168bhp version of the 2.0-litre TDI. A four-star adult occupant rating was achieved by the Leon in the EuroNCAP crash test results, with four stars for child protection and three for pedestrian protection.
Other cars in the class have scored higher, but it's by no means a poor score. The Leon can be specified with up to eight airbags. Six are standard on all models, which include driver and passenger's 'bags, side 'bags and curtain 'bags. Side airbags for the rear passengers are optional. Front seat occupants get pretensioning seatbelts, too. The Leon's bodyshell is stronger than before, with 50 percent more high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels used than in the previous car. That means a stronger body and better passive protection for occupants. And as is now commonplace with VW Group cars, the Leon comes equipped with a whole range of active safety software, including traction and stability programmes as well as the aforementioned Driver Steering Recommendation system. As ever, the diesels are the most frugal and have the lower CO2 emissions, therefore should prove cheaper to run even though the initial purchase price is higher. FR and Cupra models in particular.
Standard specification levels are high. Seats have good residual values as the market isn't flooded by models, so you should get a reasonable return on your Leon once you come to sell it. The confusion between the Leon, Altea and Toledo may have a negative effect though. Insurance groupings are competitive and the Seat warranty's a good one, too, with 3 years, 60,000 mile mechanical, 12 years rust and 5 years breakdown cover. The Leon, more spacious than ever before, offers enough head and legroom to accommodate four six-foot-plus blokes in complete comfort. Even better, the back seat squabs give good underthigh support, which can often be a shortcoming in cars in this class. The front seats are also brilliantly supportive and comfortable, even on lower level models. Three are also a good number of doorbins, storage cubbies, and (you'd be surprised how useful this is) a flat and level passenger-side dash-top. The boot, while slightly more capacious than before, is still not hugely spacious. Also, the load lip is high enough to make loading heavy, awkward items a pain. The rear seats are split/folding items, but they don't do anything clever ala the MPV brigade. The Leon's driving position is one way that it distinguishes itself from its MPV-esque siblings. You sit right down low in the car, with the tops of the doors well above your should if you go for the lowest setting on the height adjustable front seats. And the driving position - aided no end by a rake and reach adjustable wheel - does feel quite sporting, which is a good antidote to the notion that this might be a pseudo MPV. This is a well-equipped car, too. Even in its most basic form, Leon buyers will get air-con, electric windows, electric and heated wing mirrors, a CD player with six speakers, split folding rear seats, 16-inch wheels and a trip computer.
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