VOLKWAGEN GL GOLF REVIEW DRIVERS

For those who make mostly short journeys and are able to charge the GTE’s battery at home or at work, within little more than two hours it will be recharged and ready to run for up to 30 miles without using a drop of petrol. Unfortunately, once it is back on sale, it will no longer qualify for a £2,500 government grant for the first owner, after the government ended grants for plug-in hybrid cars from 9 November 2018.Įven so, the fuel savings may still make this a tempting proposition.

VOLKWAGEN GL GOLF REVIEW DRIVERS

The Golf GTE has an average emissions figure of 39g/km CO2, which means it could save drivers hundreds of pounds a year, and it is exempt from road tax.

However, the financial savings could be considerable - particularly if you are liable to company car tax, which is based on CO2 emissions. And there’s another problem: it won’t be back on sale until Spring, 2019, says Volkswagen, as sales had to be suspended to meet demand across Europe, and then satisfy new emissions testing regulations. That’s twice the price of the cheapest petrol Golf, although you could buy a used example, dating back to as far as 2015, and pay half that sum. It sounds like the ideal solution but comes at a cost - from £31,100. It has a petrol engine and battery-powered electric motor, which means it can potter about at low speeds without using a drop of fuel, for up to 30 miles, or drive from London to Leeds and back again before the another tank of petrol is needed Is the solution, then, a car like the VW Golf GTE? In theory, this plug-in hybrid car blends the best bits of both technologies. But it takes hours to recharge, and you’ll need to stop again after about 130 miles. Charging up is cheap and there are no exhaust emissions. But fuel is expensive and the exhaust emissions environmentally unfriendly. You can buy a petrol or diesel VW Golf that can be refuelled in a minute or two and travel hundreds of miles before needing to stop again.

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