Owner Manual

2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen - The GTD SportWagen (Europe calls it the GTD Variant) is controlled by the VW Group's recognizable 2.0-liter TDI, a turbo-diesel motor that delivers 184 strength somewhere around 3500 and 4000 rpm, and in addition an extremely powerful 280 lb-ft of torque from only 1750 rpm. In the GTD, it sounds out and out energetic, and we gauge it drives the wagon to 60 mph in only 7.9 seconds. Top rate is evaluated at 144 mph, and judging from the way this auto pulls to 100 mph and past, that is not only a speculative figure in any event in spots where it can be worked out, similar to in Europe. The GTD wagon effortlessly gives back a demonstrated 40 mpg or thereabouts and it's quite a lot more fun than any half breed we've as of late determined that it ought to make the advocates of jolted portability sob. Of course, a diesel motor is somewhat heavier than a fuel motor, and notwithstanding utilizing the moderately lightweight MQB structural planning, the GTD wagon tips the scales at something like 3300 pounds. In any case, VW's case changes help relieve those actualities. 2016 volkswagen golf sportwagen

For instance, the GTD sits lower than a normal Golf; it's fitted with 225/45 tires on 17-inch wheels (upgradable to 40-arrangement elastic and 18-inch wheels); it highlights a strength control framework with a Sport mode that permits more wheelspin; and it accompanies a brake-based capacity that reproduces a restricted slip differential for more noteworthy readiness. Add to that a pleasantly weighted force guiding framework, and you have a harmless diesel station wagon that likes to energize mountain streets and chase down games roadsters. The standard six-speed manual is slick to the point that we wouldn't even consider deciding on the six-speed DSG double grip programmed particularly since the throttle-blipping that is such a great amount of fun on DSG-prepared fuel controlled autos doesn't make quite a bit of an impact with the lazier diesel. Remunerating to drive quick, yet sufficiently agreeable to cover its dim side from the individuals who may dislike a harder-center movement, the GTD accompanies numerous unpretentious configuration prompts that gesture to the past. At the point when VW dispatched the first GTD in 1982, in view of the original Golf (a.k.a. the Rabbit), it mirrored the look of the GTI, however the red accents on the grille were supplanted with silver. Same thing on today's GTD. Something else, GTDs outwardly emulate GTIs, with their inconspicuously forceful front and back belts. The turn is that the Golf SportWagen doesn't even come as a GTI. In the U.S. market, the nearest thing to the GTD SportWagen (other than the Golf TDI SportWagen) would be a BMW 328d station wagon, and the VW would give the Bavarian a keep running for its cash. If U.S. diesel-fuel costs were lower, VW would be all around encouraged to dispatch this fun and sensible wagon in the States.