The 210hp car can achieve the 0-100 km/h sprint in 6.9 seconds and is on sale from €35,175, a marginal decrease on the price of the outgoing car. GTD diesel has also been introduced, with 170hp and a CO2 B rating, prices from €33,400.
VW Group Ireland will also be introducing four new Golf variants in January, three of them powered by diesel engines with CO2 emissions between 99-119g/km, as well as a 1.2 TSI petrol engine with 105hp.
Some 1,300 Mk V Golf GTIs were sold in Ireland, but marketing and sales manager Adam Chamberlain said at last night's launch event that it would be difficult to suggest what level of sales the new car might achieve initially.
