7 Small Hatchbacks: How They'd Fare Against the 2015 Volkswagen Golf - Motor Trend
By now, we hope you've learned the 2015 Volkswagen Golf is Motor Trend's 2015 Car of the Year . The depth of the Golf lineup we tested during the 2015 Car of the Year program — TSI, TDI, GTI, and e-Golf — made a strong, successful case for the... We thought you'd like to know where the Golf's seven immediate competitors currently stand. The standard Focus can take the fight to the Golf TSI on a twisty road, but we were less than enthused with its driving manners while out on the town. When it comes to breadth of a single model, this globally significant Ford is the Golf's biggest rival. There's now a 1. 0-liter EcoBoost I-3 in addition to the standard 2. 0-liter I-4. There's an ST for performance nuts. "First gear is very short, and you're into second almost immediately. Hyundai decreed the small hatchback would upgrade from last year's 148-hp, 1. 8-liter I-4 to the 173-hp, 2. 0-liter I-4, a smart move in our book. The Golf TSI has a tighter overall feel, but the Elantra GT's prime competitor comes from inside its own house, where the Kia Forte5 does everything the Hyundai does but better. , you can get a Forte5 with the more powerful 1. 6-liter turbo-four and achieve the same Real MPG as the slower Elantra GT. Source: www.motortrend.com
