GOLF MK5
Total Revs
14
Global Rank
#192
Gen Rank
1 MORE REVS TO REACH #191 IN OVERALL GEN
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About the Golf Mk5
The Mk5 is the Golf that got its chassis right. Launched in October 2003, it brought a four-link rear suspension, electromechanical steering and a fully laser-welded body with 35 percent more torsional rigidity, plus standard ESP, traction control and four disc brakes. Engines went direct-injection: FSI petrol from launch, then in 2006 the Golf GT's 1.4 TSI Twincharger, the world's first engine with both a supercharger and a turbo. It made 170 PS. The R32 came back in 2005 with 250 PS and optional DSG, and the Mk5 also debuted Volkswagen's first seven-speed DSG. The Golf Plus, CrossGolf and a 4.5 l/100 km BlueMotion stretched the range. 3.4 million were built by 2008.