Orders open for new Golf SV

THE replacement for the Volkswagen Golf Plus, which is now to be called the Golf SV, will go on sale in Ireland soon and Volkswagen Ireland has just opened order books for the car and announced that it will be priced from €23,350 up to €35,420.

VW says the new model will sit between the Golf and Touran models and will offered with all of the advanced technology of the Golf hatchback range, but in a larger, more practical body. It offers ample space for five people plus luggage.

At 4,338 mm long, the new SV is 134mm longer than the Golf Plus that it replaces, and is 83 mm longer than the Golf. With a longer wheelbase than the Golf — which allows for a larger and more comfortable interior space — the SV is also 81mm wider and 26mm higher than the standard Golf.