The new BlueMotion in, er... motion.
Volkswagen is about to make the ‘Green Bandwagen’ even bigger.
Carrying on from its range of ultra frugal BlueMotion cars, Volkswagen will display a newBlueMotion specced Golf at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this year.
Based on the 1.9 TDI, the Golf joins the Polo and both Passat saloon and estate versions in the BlueMotion range. It’ll do 62.7mpg (compared with the TDI’s 56.5mpg) and will emit 119g/km in CO2 (compared with 132g) - making VW one step closer to the EU’s 2012 target of 130g/km average CO2 emissions.
More importantly for you, it means no Congestion Charge from next year.
They’ve done it by changing several things on the car. Mechanically, they’ve increased the gear ratios to lower the engine speed and they've modified the engine management system.
Outside, the body has been lowered, the grill has been closed off and the underbody of the car has been tidied up.
The Golf BlueMotion will go on sale in Germany later this year for €20,615 (£13,990), although we'll only know the UK prices nearer the car's arrival in 2008.