VW Golf Plus

Agree with steve_. Vee-dub needs to lower prices on their models across the line. This Gold Plus has some extremely competitive styling, so let's hope the price is the same way.

There's no way, though...this costs more than a Golf, not less. Pricing would probably be low $20s.

I don't see the point, given they already have the Tiguan, and that segment is far more profitable. A bargain-priced Golf Plus would cannibalize the Tiguan's more profitable sales.

These new Golfs (Rabbits?) look confused, just like the SX4. Am I a car or a tiny SUV?

Look at the mpg numbers. 48mpg. 54mpg.
Look at the performance. 127mph.
These numbers, and the vehicle cost, makes hybrids here seem so stupid.
But somehow the public is convinced by the automakers in the US that unless you get a hybrid with it's high cost, there is no other way to get great fuel economy.

By the by, Car magazine tested the BMW 120D (I think that's the model name). Top speed 140mph. 50 mpg. Not a hybrid.

Is this the 2-row thingie or the 3-row thingie?

This really looks good up front! Guys, this is a bigger golf so it would be more expensive than our rabbit if brought over. It would fit between the Tiguan and Rabbit. The smaller fit-sized vehicle vw is "working on" and is the Vw Lupo replacement, the Polo. Expect it to be called the Fox if brought over here and to cost about $12-$14k in its cheapest form. Oh, and its Brazillian, not Mexican like the Rabbit and Jetta.

Roar02roam, you are thinking about the small vw van, the Touaran. Its roughly the size of our Mazda5 van. Next up is the Sharan, the size of a short wheelbase caravan, or roughly the old Mazda MPV. Finaly, there is the Routan, the rebadged and upscale, yet nice, Town & Country twin.

Vw should bring over the next touran! Even with low gas prices, the small car market is still going to be up because few people want to be caught in a large suv when gas inevetibly goes back up.

For now, i am still enjoying my $1.80 gas in my accord. Admittedly, I would have perfectly happy if the prices would have dropped to and stayed at $2.50. Still, i want a more fuel efficent car. Too bad the VW Golfs/Rabbits do not come as well equipped as they do in Europe. I hope that changes for the MKVI.

-Cj

"Look at the mpg numbers. 48mpg. 54mpg.
Look at the performance. 127mph.
These numbers, and the vehicle cost, makes hybrids here seem so stupid"

While I'm a big fan of diesels, hybrids are not stupid. They are a solution to a different problem.

No one drivetrain is best for everything. Diesels can't come close to hybrids is stop and go city driving. Hybrids can't match diesels on the open road.

Also remember those numbers are likely imperial gallons, not US gallons. Your mileage will be less.

Thing is the solution is here and now and has been in production for several years.
But in the US it's like some kind of black magic. The only way to get decent mileage is by using far more complex, and expensive, hybrid technology.

p.s as I have mentioned before, the Renault I rented in Europe got over 60mpg, US gallons not Imperial. I did the conversion..
p.p.s that car was not even a diesel! A 1.2 turbo gasoline model.

@ Ateixeira, the Golf Plus doesn't eat into Tiguan sales since this is a compact MPV while the Tiguan is a compact SUV.

There is no 3rd row seating since the Touran has that and both models (Golf Plus & Touran) rival the Ford C-Max, Renault Scenic, Citroen C4 Picasso, Vauxhall/Opel Zafira, Hyundai Matrix and SEAT Altea.

The Golf Plus was originally suppose to replace the Golf Estate/wagon but high demand in the EU, espically from Germany and the UK ment that VW was forced to put it into production.

The U.S market used to be a massive diesel market back in the '80s but the diesel craze faded...