Volkswagen’s small family car is arguably the German manufacturer’s best-known and most-loved model ever. It is certainly VW’s best-selling model, with more than 33 million finding buyers since it first hit showrooms in 1974.
However, September 2015 saw the Golf and the wider VW Group suffer a publicity nightmare, after it emerged that many VW engines had used illegal software to cheat emissions tests.
After four years on the market, the current seventh generation Golf was due a refresh anyway, but with VW coyly licking its scarred reputation, there’s more riding on the mk7.5 than any other facelifted model before it.
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