Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet to return
Volkswagen last made the Golf Cabriolet in 2002
Author: Robin Brown
Published: 28 May 2008
Volkswagen is to revive the Golf Cabriolet with a folding fabric roof, after the car disappeared in 2002.
Volkswagen currently sells the Eos coupe-cabriolet with a folding metal roof, but it is significantly more expensive than other coupe-cabs on the market. When the Golf Cabriolet hits the market in 2010, the Eos will be repositioned as the Passat Convertible.
The Golf rag-top will be powered by a selection of diesel and petrol engines, with 2.0-litre lumps as the range-toppers, and VW's new DSG gearbox as an option.
The Golf Cab will sit on current Passat and Golf underpinnings and will be built in-house by Volkswagen, rather than coach-builder Karmann who specialise in building cabrio versions of existing models.
Prices would likely start from under £20K.
Summer is in the air and a young motorist´s fancy turns to open-top driving. Never fear, we round up the best ten cabrios under £20K.
Pictures, reviews and specs of all the convertibles on the road.
Citroen has released pictures of its weird supermini convertible C3 Pluriel - the limited-edition Charleston - which will be released at next month's Paris Motor Show due to go on sale in the UK in early 2009.
The Mazda MX-5 roadster has won the Best Convertible 2008 section of the Auto Express awards.
Infiniti has released the first picture of the new G37 Convertible, due to debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show in November before going on sale in the US early in 2009.
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