Variant model faces stronger competition than ever yet, whether you’re buying with your heart or your head, the Golf is top of the family hatchback pile. It’s practical, comfortable, refined, has a great range of engines including a plug-in hybrid, a smart interior, quality infotainment and really good purchase or finance costs

Golf is with us one last time before it heads to the retirement home, as it makes way next year for the new and improved Golf, generation 8. Feeling mushy and soft-hearted, we’re ready to forgive this mature model all sorts of little faults and foibles due to its advanced age – but we discover there’s not really all that much to forgive.

Volkswagen Jetta is a solid choice for folks who want a budget-friendly and fuel-efficient compact car. It costs less and sips fuel better than its hatchback sibling, the VW Golf, which is similar under the skin. Although the standard Jetta will satisfy pragmatists, it doesn't deliver the driving verve to entice enthusiasts

Variant model faces stronger competition than ever yet, whether you’re buying with your heart or your head, the Golf is top of the family hatchback pile. It’s practical, comfortable, refined, has a great range of engines including a plug-in hybrid, a smart interior, quality infotainment and really good purchase or finance costs.

Golf is with us one last time before it heads to the retirement home, as it makes way next year for the new and improved Golf, generation 8. Feeling mushy and soft-hearted, we’re ready to forgive this mature model all sorts of little faults and foibles due to its advanced age – but we discover there’s not really all that much to forgive.

Volkswagen Jetta is a solid choice for folks who want a budget-friendly and fuel-efficient compact car. It costs less and sips fuel better than its hatchback sibling, the VW Golf, which is similar under the skin. Although the standard Jetta will satisfy pragmatists, it doesn't deliver the driving verve to entice enthusiasts.