ARE we simply accepting that every little thing goes up in worth?
Electrical. Gasoline. Automobiles. Automobile insurance coverage. Meals. Even a Terry’s Chocolate Orange prices £2 at my native Morrisons. TWO QUID.
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Does Daybreak French know?
So you may think about how a lot additional Volkswagen is charging for the brand new GTE.
It’s received extra hoof, up 27hp to 272hp.
The electrical vary has doubled to 81 miles.
The cabin is way improved.
Volkswagen will relieve you of £40,300 for all that additional, a rise of . . .
Wait. What’s this?
It’s £590 CHEAPER than the previous GTE.
The place’s the catch?
Turns on the market isn’t one.
All Golfs value rather less than earlier than.
My recommendation: Get in fast earlier than somebody at Volkswagen notices.
Now you don’t want me to let you know how good a Golf is. It’s the automobile you’d advocate to a member of the family.
Strong. Reliable. Reassuring. For 50 years now. Every part expertly engineered. Every part working as one.
The GTE is a GTI with a conscience.
For these eager to dip a toe into the electrical world – however not able to dive in head-first.
When the battery is absolutely charged, the automobile defaults to E-mode till the battery is drained.
You must choose Hybrid mode for the electrical motor and the 1.5-litre petrol engine to play collectively properly.
Key details: VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTE
Worth: £40,300
Engine: 1.5-litre petrol plug-in hybrid
Energy: 272hp
0-62mph: 6.6 secs
High pace: 143mph
EV vary: 81 miles CO2: 8g/km
Out: Now
Then press one other button to protect the battery cost degree till you arrive in a Ulez zone.
It’s loads simpler than it sounds.
Charging occasions are faster too.
The cabin is copy-and-paste GTI, besides right here the Tartan seats are trimmed in blue and never crimson. Ditto the well-known stripe on its nostril.
VW has additionally reverted to correct buttons on the steering wheel and illuminated the slider controls.
The larger 12.9in touchscreen is now customary and faster-reacting than earlier than. They listened.
So, that’s the Golf GTE. Much more for rather less. Finance from £466 a month. Or 233 chocolate oranges.
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