Volkswagen Golf 2023 Overview and Prices in UAE
The Volkswagen Golf 2023 has a long history with its predecessors that is rich sportiness and love for speed and adrenaline retained in a small car shape that we call hot hatch. And a hot hatch comes above what we call a hatch back, because it’s a hatch back with additional power and sportiness. If you’re here thinking about buying a family car but you’re looking for performance, too, The VW Golf can satisfy your needs. However, it might have some additional space for more people, but this is car born for the love of excitement. It’s a car born for young people who love the small cars that go like a rocket if you let them free their crazy spirit. Even if you’re not young in age, if your soul is young and thirsty for adventure, this works for the Golf that thrives for a wild owner. It’s a practical hot hatch with a small engine that provide you the power you need with a good fuel economy and a reasonable price for a car in its category. If you own one of these, then you’ll be owning an icon because a legend stays a legend.
Volkswagen Golf Trims:
- GTI P1
- GTI P2
- R
The GTI P1 and P2 are both the same trims with different packages. The P1 package includes less options than the P2 package.
Volkswagen Golf 2023 Engine
A powerful 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, connected to a 7-speed DCT transmission and FWD drivetrain powers the Volkswagen Golf 2023 for all its trims:
- GTI (P1 and P2):
- 245hp and 370Nm of torque
- 0 to 100 km/h in 6.2 seconds
- R:
- 320Hp and 400Nm of torque
- 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.8 seconds
- Top speed is 250 Km/h
- Differential: includes front differential lock and electronic differential lock for more stability when cornering.
- Driving Modes: Normal, Sport, Eco, and Custo
Volkswagen Golf 2023 Exterior:
- Lighting systems: On the Golf, you’ll get the matrix LED headlights that prevent the dazzling of opposite drivers. Even between the lights, you’ll get a LED strip.
- Aggressive shape: The Volkswagen Golf is distinguished by its boyish aggressive shape, and it comes with an aggressive front lower vent, which gets more aggressive with R trim since it gets bigger and comes with more glossy black. The top trim lever, as known as R, even gets rear tinted windows, and a rear diffuser with 4 exhaust tips, instead the standard 2 tips that come with the GTI trim.
- 18 or 19” rims: The VW Golf comes with standard 18” allow rims, which can be upgraded to 19” with a more aggressive design.
- Red or blue and silver accents: For the GTI trims, you‘ll get red accents all around the body; in the front, on the sides, and on the back. You’ll also get red calipers and a red GTI badge in the rear. To differentiate the R top trim, it gets blue and silver lining in the front instead of the red, silver R badge in the rear, and silver mirrors caps.
Thus, the main differences between the trims are the red accents for the GTI, the silver and blue accents for the R, the diffuser and the quad-exhaust tips on the R, and the rims design and size.
Volkswagen Golf 2023 Interior and Infotainment
- Sporty interior: In the VW Golf, you’ll get a sporty interior with sports seats and many sporty accents. In the GTI trim, you get red accents everywhere with red stitching, sporty fabric seats with the traditional GTI specific trim on the front and rear seats, some red interior lighting, a sporty steering wheel and honeycomb trim on the dashboard. All those red elements are substituted with blue in the R trim, which gets bigger paddle shifters with the R sporty steering wheel.
- Seats: As mentioned, fabric sports seats are standard, and they come with headrests and side bolsters. They are made of Nappa leather or Vienna leather with fabric in the R trim. The seats in the back are comfortable, and the legroom is fair. The space is even good in case you had a baby car seat.
- Comfort: Comfort features include ambient lighting, a heated steering wheel as an option, and an optional 3-zone control that can be controlled through touch buttons under the touch screen.
- Connectivity: An 8.25” central screen is standard, and can be upgraded to 10 inches. You’ll get App-Connect wireless with it, Bluetooth connectivity, and navigation. Technology features includes wireless charging and some USB ports.
- 10.25-inch Digital Cockpit Pro: On the Golf, you’ll get a digital cockpit that displays in red in the GTI trim, while in blue in the R trim. The latter gets more sporty options related to performance.
Volkswagen GTI Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Thrilling performance
- Great handling and stability
- Practical and spacious small car
- Good for daily use
- Not a bad amount of high-tech features
Cons:
- The quality of some material used in the cabin is cheap
- Steering wheel buttons and climate control touch panel is confusing
- Price is considered high
- Design is questionable
Volkswagen Golf Safety and Driving Assistance
The 2023 Volkswagen Golf comes equipped with a number of good safety features, including:
- Multi-collision brake
- Driver and front passenger airbags with front passenger airbag deactivation, a curtain airbag system with side airbags for both the front and rear passengers
- Blind spot detection with rear cross-traffic alert rearview camera "Rear Assist”
- Front and rear park distance control
- Park Assist (Optional)
- Cruise control
- Electromechanical parking brake with an auto hold function
- Emergency call system
- Driver alert system
- Tire pressure monitoring system
- Driving profile selection
Volkswagen Golf 2023 Prices
- Saudi Arabia: MSRP $70,256
- UAE:
- GTI P1: MSRP $44,107
- GTI P2: unavailable
- R: MSRP $56,264
Note: All the options mentioned above vary depending on the trim and options.
