The latest variant of Volkswagen’s MQB-based Mk7 Golf family is the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, which is essentially a higher-riding version of a Volkswagen Golf wagon with off-roader bits and 4MOTION all wheel drive added on.
It slots in between the Golf wagon and the Tiguan SUV and will premiere at the 2014 Paris Motor Show. Volkswagen followed a different formula with this car compared to the Mk6-based Cross Golf. The Mk6 car used the tall-roof Golf Plus as a base (now called the Golf Sport Van for the Mk7), while this one uses the wagon body.
Think of how the Volvo V40 Cross Country is a V40 with an off-roader look and you’ll get the idea. Ground clearance is 20 mm higher compared to a regular Golf wagon.
Engine variants include a range of TSI and TDI engines. There’s only one TSI engine – a 180 PS, 280 Nm 1.8 TSI mated to a 6-speed DSG. The other three TDI engines consist of a 110 PS, 250 Nm 1.6 TDI, a 150 PS, 340 Nm 2.0 TDI and an 184 PS, 380 Nm 2.0 TDI.
The 4MOTION system is based on the latest generation Haldex coupling which activates before slip occurs, helping prevent loss in traction more effectively. Under relatively low engine load conditions, or when coasting, forward propulsion comes primarily from the front axle, while the rear axle is decoupled, saving fuel. The rear axle can engage when needed in fractions of a second, and up to 100% of drive torque can go to the rear wheels if needed.
The four wheel EDS system – operating as an electronic differential lock that is integrated in the ESC electronic stability control system – assumes the role of a differential lock at both axles. The Golf Alltrack is also equipped with XDS at the front and rear axles, which can optimise steering response by braking the wheels on the inside of a bend.
The Golf Alltrack will debut at Paris 2014 next week.
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Stop it VW, just stop it.
VW = buy it to keep in service center..
Malaysians are incapable of understanding good from bad, due to the poor education system producing relatively silly folks who make silly generailsed comments despite never having driven the car. So my advice is for you to just create your own blog, rather than posting silly comments here.
You cannot educate “narrow-minded” folks. Especially salesman. Sitting miserably in the showroom for hours.
thy made an elegant looking golf looks so awkward and…….jus terrible….thy have the Golf Plus why do thy come out with this anyway…..milking it to the upteenth level i guess!
Beauty is at the eye of the beholder . I love the looks of this car while you may not . I’ve always had a thing for wagons and SUV and this could just be a perfect car for people like me . Furthermore it is built in a good platform:) . 2.0 TDI is sufficiently powerful for everyday driving , and being a diesel i have reasons to believe it’ll be economical too . I wish i could afford it though :(
yes agreed, its a bit like a cross golf wagon….quite nice wt an understated looks, just like what a golf should be. read somewhere, they are launcing an R version too, using the same 4 wheels drive & engine as per Golf R…a mini Audi performance wagon, should sells well in Europe
Dear VW, can we have this 1.8 TSI (or the one in the FL Polo GTI with higher torque) in Golf? You may call it VW Golf GT then, slotted in between the normal Golf and Golf GTI.
Many thanks!
as much as such market is non-existence in malaysia, but there are buyers in other parts of the world.. those who fancy vertalities PLUS looks, and some capabilities of soft roading… this is an area where proton needs to look at.
no need to have an all new model, which doensnt make sense at all for proton to look at its sales volumen.
the preve/suprima can be redesigned to be such car, serving 2 purposes which is
1. an estate (or wagon)
2. a crossover estate, like this.
example of such cars in market include
1. audi a6 allroad
2. volvo v40 and v70 cross country
3. subaru legacy outback
4. vw gold alltrack (featured in this article)
will lotus have the knowledge in engineering 4WD systems? lets find out.