IN A EUROPEAN MARKET showing the earliest signs of recovery, Volkswagen’s dominant Golf has held onto the number one sales position for May 2009, according to figures from automotive intelligence analysts, JATO Dynamics.

While the European new car market is down 13.1 percent year-to-date, May’s figures show a 2.4 percent improvement from the previous month’s figures.

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Volkswagen has shown its hand with the new Mark VI Golf GTI, but don’t expect that to be the end of the sporting story.

There is still more to come from the high performance Golf line-up, and the first of those offerings is being prepared for an unveiling at the AMI Car Show in Leipzig, Germany [...]

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The results are in: Volkswagen’s new Golf is a five-star performer. Following TMR’s first drive of the 2009 VW Golf VI, we’re convinced the new Golf has the goods to succeed. Now, Euro NCAP crash tests results are in, giving the new Golf something else to crow about.

Under the new stricter Euro NCAP test regime, [...]

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After the recent leak of official Golf MkVI press photos let the proverbial cat out of the bag, Volkswagen has decided to follow it up by revealing the nitty-gritty details on its upcoming hatchback.

Aside from the new look, the sixth-generation Golf brings with it a new body, new engines, new transmissions and an all-new take [...]

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Okay, it’s a bit of a dodgy picture but this is quite possibly the very first spy photo of the next generation 2009 VW Golf.

Volkswagen are desperate to develop a cheaper to manufacture replacement for the current Golf which despite its popularity is not bringing home the bacon. VW engineered the current model Golf [...]

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