The GTE’s biggest rival is not just another Volkswagen, but another Golf. The diesel powered GTD, with 181bhp and a 0-62mph time of 7.5sec, is only a little bit faster than the GTE and it’s £ ...

This makes it half a second slower than the Volkswagen Golf GTI, but quicker than the Volkswagen Golf GTD’s 0-62mph time of 7.1 seconds. Channelling all that ... that are inset with honeycomb ...

In pure performance terms the Golf heirarchy is R, GTI, GTD, and GTE, with respective 0-62mph times of 4.6sec, 6.4sec, 7.5sec and 7.6sec, and top speeds of 155mph (166mph if you add the £2300 ...