VW adds Golf SV to its range

VOLKSWAGEN is adding a new model to its venerable and top-selling Golf range.

The Golf SV is all-new model that is packed with all the advanced technology of the award-winning Golf hatchback range, but it has a larger and more practical body.

Its 2 685mm wheelbase is 48mm longer than that of the Golf hatchback, helping to generate more interior space, while also 8mm wider and 126mm higher.

That greater interior space provides for greater flexibility.

The rear seats (a 40:60 split bench) can slide forwards and backwards by up to 180mm, to increase either passenger or luggage space as required.

It has a boot capacity of 500 litres with the back seats at their rear-most position versus the Golf’s 380 litres.

Moving the rear seats forward increases the luggage capacity to 590 litres, while folding the rear seats generates up to 1 520 litres of room.

Like the Golf hatchback, the Golf SV comes with a raft of standard and optional passive and active safety systems. Other electronic aids include Driver Alert System and optional high beam light assist.

Powering the SV is a range of petrol and diesel engines. The petrol engines incorporate Stop and Start and battery regeneration systems.

Turbocharged petrol engines of 1.2-litre (81kW) and 1.4-litre (92kW) and a diesel engine of 2.0-litre (81kW) will be on offer in the Golf SV.

The Golf SV will only be offered in two equipment lines, Trendline and Comfortline.

The Golf SV is built at Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg factory in Germany alongside the Golf hatchback.

The Golf SV’s interior designers created an interior that is as high-end and stylistically sophisticated as it is clean and fresh.

The dominant element here is the newly designed dashboard.

Drivers of the current Golf will find the instruments, central touchscreen and controls extremely familiar.

Yet the design of the dashboard, in which all of these elements are embedded, was redesigned down to the last millimetre.

Similarly to the Golf hatchback, the Golf SV is equipped with touchscreen radio and optional radio and navigation systems with a proximity sensor included.

The standard entertainment system is a five-inch ‘Composition Colour’ Radio and CD with MP3 compatibility, eight-speakers and a SD card.

It has three buttons to the left and three to the right of the touchscreen that are used to activate the ‘Radio’, ‘Media’, ‘Car’, ‘Setup’, ‘Sound’ and ‘Mute’ menus or functions.

The Golf SV has seven airbags, including a knee airbag on the driver’s side.

The special location of the knee airbag, beneath the knee impact area on the instrument panel, ensures that there is no contact between the airbag door and the lower leg.

The Golf SV model range comes standard with a five year or 90 000km Service Plan, a three year or 120 000km warranty and a 12 year anti-corrosion warranty.

Service intervals are at 15 000km.

Retail Prices (VAT and Emissions Tax included):
• 1.2 TSI with BlueMotion Technlogy Trendline six-speed Manual – R292 500
• 1.4 TSI with BlueMotion Technlogy Comfortline six-speed Manual – R325 200
• 1.4 TSI with BlueMotion Technlogy Comfortline seven-speed DSG – R340 700
• 2.0 TDI Comfortline five-speed Manual – R343 700
• 2.0 TDI Comfortline seven-speed DSG – R359 200.