2010 Volkswagen Golf Estate revealed

By George Skentzos | May 23rd, 2009

Volkswagen has unveiled its new generation Golf Estate, better known as the Jetta Wagon here in Australia.

The new Estate follows the design language established by the Golf MkVI while offering enhanced practicality with more interior room and luggage space.

In the UK, the new Golf Estate will feature identical trim levels to the current model with S, SE and Sportline variants.

The list of standard features across the model range includes air conditioning, a CD player, multi-function computer, electric windows and mirrors, and body-coloured bumpers, mirrors and door handles.

As a family car, the Golf Estate also features a comprehensive array of safety features including ABS, ESP, driver and front passenger’s whiplash-optimised head restraints and six airbags including a deactivation switch for front passenger airbag.

The turbocharged engine line-up is comprised of one petrol and two diesel options with an ultra-efficient BlueMotion variant also on its way.

The 1.4-litre petrol model develops 89kW, returning excellent performance and economy thanks to Volkswagen’s TSI technology which uses turbocharging in combination with a small capacity engine.

A new 1.6-litre TDI common rail unit develops 77kW and is expected to be the main choice for consumers while a 103kW 2.0-litre TDI tops the engine range.

The first cars are expected to arrive in showrooms overseas by early 2010 with full details and specifications due to be announced closer to the release date.

Jared

Awful. It looks like a hearse.
Hjalle

Is it coming to AU?? These make great second cars. Ive seen afew driving around here in EU (the current version) and they dont look that bad
realcars

tiny supercharged/turbo charged engines.brilliant!
Wheelnut

Jared if its a hearse it would only be suitable for Oompa Loompas…. The Chrysler 300C looks more like a Hearse than this does.. this is more like a stretched Golf Hatch
S

VW make some very nice looking cars. This is not one of them. Very boring and all the proportions look wrong.
Hagar

The Arse end looks like an old merc. YUK
Wheelnut

You think so Hagar? – I think the back end makes the car look like a half-pint commodore sportwagon… I mean it has similar rear indicators a similar beltline crease; the thick rear pillar; number plate in the same place….

I can also see a fair bit of Mazda 6 in it what with the load bars the curve of the roof
Yanzo

bhahahahahahahahaha. why? did the people at VW get bored or soemthing and decided to make a wagon. i don’t like it. the only good wagons that i can think of are audi and holden

ronaldo

i think the story of vw golf is finshed for ever due to the last ugly design

fasthonda

The front styling DOES not lend itself in station wagon form at all.
The rear looks ok,if not a little Korean.
Sam

OMG what the hell happened to their design team? Talk about ugly stick treatment, this is the worst i have seen for ages…….
Iz

In a darker color, and with the non-nanna spec wheels on, these look quite alright. Maybe remove the roof rails and you’ve got a very sensible but smart looking shooting brake.

Unlikely to be sold here in Aus, since the market for premium small wagons is small. There’s the i30 CW, and the (now soon to be discontinued) Astra estate.

However if you ask me, they’d be better off marketing it as a Jetta estate, like they do in the US, as opposed to a Golf estate, like they do in the EU. It just makes more sense to me, but that said..
Shak

hagar youre correct it does look like a n old Merc
Neo Utopia

If fuel prices were 50% higher in Australia then this car would, like other similar stretched hatchbacks, be in high demand for small families, replacing small to medium sized 4WDs.

If people came back down to earth from their higher SUVs then these types of cars would gain more acceptance, but because many people in Australia are not willing to drive at a more normal driving height then this ca, like other similar cars, won’t gain market acceptance in Auz, being different to Europe and more like America.
Tim

YUUUUK!

VW puts a foot wrong!
Jake02

In the transformation from MkV to MkVI, VW has done even less on the wagon to what it did on the hatch! Even the door trims are the same as the MkV, as well as the exterior mirrors (which only fold in about 2 inches – not safe!). They had this at Syd 07 and it was marketed as a Jetta, just like North America, but nothing moved on in terms if bringing it here for sale.

I would prefer many rivals over this, primarily the Skoda Octavia wagon (ChineseDriver, you know it’s true, and someone will eventually say it apart from me, so shove it), the new Hyundai i30CW, Astra Wagon maybe or even some if the base mid-size wagons (eg Mazda6, Liberty etc).

Just imagine how much different the new Jetta is gonna look based on this!
Jazrod (formally Twilight)

in regards to yanzo’s comment

no, they didnt get bored, as this is an older model…

the rear end of this wagon/estate/variant/whatever it is, is styled of the GEN.V golf variant, because if you compare rear ends theyre only marginly different…
J.Web

That is really really ugly.
Simonsez

Jake02: I was half expecting you to slip a Skoda comment into the Nissan 370Z thread. Perhaps you were on holidays? Just winding you up btw.
The front end doesn’t really go too well with the rear and a Skoda wagon would look better and cost less.
Alan

it’s not bad, except for the ugly rear lights
Alex

CA, what do you mean better known as the Jetta wagon here in Australia? They don’t sell it here. I think it’s safe to say that it isn’t really known here at all.

If only they had stuck to straight lines around the back. It would have looked better and less bulbous and it even would have been slightly more practical because it would have had a slightly wider opening where the lights come out. OK, but not the best looking of all mid sized estates.
Murano

I think it looks good. The TDI will be very popular when oil price goes back to $150.
Jake02

Simonsez: lol thanks for that! I do agree on the latter point of your comment immensely.

Murano: God I hope that doesn’t happen again…($150 a barrel of oil)
ChineseDriver

Jake02,

LOL.

I Agree with you that this car is even more ugly than the Skoda octavia wagon.

This car is like a pig’s body with a cat’s face.
Golfschwein

It’s a nose and dashboard job on the previous Golf Estate. Literally.

The previous Golf estate was really a Jetta estate, because it had the Jetta’s chromed nose and slightly re-profiled door skins that had the full length shoulder crease just above the exterior door handles, that was missing on the Golf MkV.

It’s still ugly. No change there, either.
Mookey Stik

The front looks wrong, way too small for a wagon in proportion…..suits the golf hatch perfectly, but all wrong here in wagon guise. dont mind it from back on.

I am inclined to agree with Jake02, would prefer one of the Skoda wagons instead if I was in the market for such a car – they are not a bad kit with 7s DSG and 118kw engine for the price…….looks dated is the only negative.
crouchy

WOW! that is hideous… I think they need to pinch their designers back from Audi! Please let this be the one and only mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohmygod

It looks really ugly…VW’s reliability is ugly too…

Look really ugly
Jake02

It’s not that its ugly (because it’s not), but it’s because nothing goes. You can easily recognise the new bits compared with the old bits. The new headlights are just tacked on to the old body, the new mirrors aren’t new, the wheels are too small (I realise you can get bigger versions) and the rear wheels are too far away from the end of the car.

The interior features a new centre-dash, and thats it! Even the door-handles are the same!!!

I think this is a poor effort from VW, even more so than the new Golf. It shouldn’t be called all-new, but Mark II.
Golfschwein

Ohmygod, I know what you’re talking about. Ask me for a list of all the things that have gone wrong with my Golf in 70,000 kilometres. It’s unbelievable. Ask me about their supposed claims of up to 1000 kilometres per tankful, as well.
Mal

Our 2008 Passat has covered close to 40,000 kilometres. This included two return trips Brisbane to the Great Ocean Road, and one to Adelaide over the most horrific jarring inland highways our country has to offer. Nothing has loosened, fell off or failed in this time. When exactly is this unreliability bogey man supposed to get me?
mdt

Golfschwein, I have a 2008 Jetta TDI, so I’d be interested to hear what’s gone wrong with your Golf.
http://internode.on.net Peter

Golfschwein – add me to the list as well. Having had a VW Transporter T4 Camper with 220000k when sold (40000 towing a caravan), Golf Mk IV with 65000 when sold and now my Passat with around 50000, I too am interested as to when the dreaded bogey hits.
Mal, I love my Passat as well. Which type do you have? I am thinking of changing mine over to a TDI (currently have V6 4Motion).
Mdt, How is the Jetta TDI going? What sort of consumption do you get?
http://internode.on.net Peter

Forgot to mention – on topic -
This car (the Golf/Jetta wagon) is pretty ordinary. They could have, and should have, done a lot better.
Golfschwein

Guys, get this. In 70,000 kilometres, nothing has fallen off, although I did have a faulty cruise control switch and a plastic intake flap on the engine replaced under warranty. The led readout between the speedo and tacho is fading a little. Apparently, so much more is supposed to go wrong, but it hasn’t. I was even supposed to have all the brakes relaced at enormous cost by 35,000 kilometres as well, but it’s still on the original components! Okay, it’s actually going in this week for the brakes.

I much preferred my driven from new Camry that had crunching 3rd gear synchros and a blown head gasket, both by 45,000 kilometres. Those things are mechanical, so I could understand them, you see.

And as for the claimed 1000 kilometres per tank, well! On one trip, I actually did 1,021 kilometres, well over the advertising department’s bodgey claim. I’ll have them for false advertising, I will!
http://internode.on.net Peter

Golfschwein, thanks for the update – I didn’t realise you were taking the mickey.
mdt

Peter, Jetta TDI is going well (11,000km done so far), engine has loosened up nicely and I really enjoy driving it. Did a return trip over the weekend from inner west of Sydney to Hardys Bay, with average consumption of 5.4L/100km. Was paying no attention to driving economically and was giving it a bootfull at every opportunity so fairly happy with those figures. Best long distance run was 4.9L/100 from Sydney to Lismore over Christmas with two adults and a boot packed to capacity of luggage and Xmas presents. Golfschwein, good to hear about your awful problems The only problem I’ve had so far is an occasional rattle from the dash-top air diffuser vent, which will get sorted out at the next service.

On topic: Mk6 Golf Estate…could take it or leave it, styling department at VW getting a little lazy these days methinks.
Icaramba

uninspiring, looks like an updated version of holden viva wagon
Neo Utopia

By the way, I think the Volvo S50 looks better than this. Volvo is way under appreciated in Auz, who knows why, oh yeah, the red-necked bogans.
http://internode.on.net Peter

Neo Utopia … you’re right, the Volvo is a much better looking car, however with a starting price of $43K and rapidly rising through $57K … not in the same league.
Mal

Peter….
I’ve got the 125kw TDi (pumpe duse, not the common-rail) wagon in mocha anthracite with the 18″ chigagos. Overall very impressed, however would much prefer to have the option of 4 motion with this engine. You have to always be conscience of how much throttle you give it from standing starts, otherwise there can be quite a lot of wheel spinning and hopping when those 350nm reach the front wheels. That’s probably my only real gripe. The rides a little terse on the 18″ rims and driving over very poor roads can be a painful experience.
Mal

Sorry, I meant conscious!
http://internode.on.net Peter

Mal, thanks for the info. As I mentioned above I’m considering another wagon but with diesel. However I will miss the 4Motion. It’s a shame they don’t bring out the 103KW 4Motion that Europe have, or even your engine with 4Motion!
Kris

Just a truck load of Golf wagons fresh of the boat in Port Kembla. Either they’re VW PR/evaluation cars or the release date is been forwarded?