Volkswagen Golf 2011 Owner's Manual

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Golf 2011

Performance

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Comfort

Technology

Design

Safety

Quality

Let’s talk Volkswagen.

What makes a Volkswagen a Volkswagen. See those little icons

over there? They represent the big ideas that every Volkswagen
must live up to in order to earn the VW badge. No matter how
large or small, all models are a combination of these essential
ideas. Find an icon and you’ll discover something special about
a Volkswagen. It’s really that simple.

Das Auto

A VW doesn’t just start off as sheet metal and engine
parts. It begins as an idea. A belief that getting the little
things right is a big thing. A viewpoint that asks why
dumb it down when you can smart it up. An attitude that
says to make things perfect, you have to make them
perfectly. Some would call these just a bunch of good ideas.
We call them Das Auto.

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The Golf

It’s no small feat for the Golf TDI® Clean Diesel to be
named a 2010 “Top 10 Green Car” by Kelley Blue Book’s
kbb.com.* Especially when it was announced at the New
York International Auto Show that the Golf was awarded
“World Car of the Year”** in 2009. The thing is, what
matters most is that customers around the world have been
making the Golf one of the most popular compact cars
for 36 years. And they’ve kept the Golf TDI in ultra-high
demand every year it’s been on the market. Don’t get us
wrong, all those awards are incredibly important and very
flattering. But the awards panelists only have the privilege
of driving the Golf during the judging process. When you
own one, you get to drive it for years. So in the end, the fact
that our customers keep coming back for more year after
year is what keeps us innovating. Those awards, well, they’re
just more proof that we’re doing something right.

*For more information about the 2010 Top 10 Green Cars from Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com, visit kbb.com/GreenCars2010. “Kelley Blue Book” is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. **World Car Awards, April 2009.

2.5L 4-door shown in Black

Performance. Since the T in TDI stands for turbocharged, we thought you’d

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appreciate the option of a six-speed DSG
on your Golf TDI Clean Diesel. That means you can push the gearshift into
Tiptronic mode and enjoy the control of imperceptibly fast gear changes. There’s
nothing like a little power to go with your performance.

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automatic transmission with Tiptronic®

Good. Clean. Fun.

Regardless of which Golf model you get, you’ll be seeing a lot fewer gas stations and a lot more road.
The 2.5L Golf comes standard with a 170-hp, in-line five-cylinder engine with 177 lbs/ft torque and
impressive fuel efficiency rated at 23 city/30 highway mpg.* Opt for the Golf TDI model and you’ll enjoy
a turbocharged clean diesel engine with 140 hp and 236 lbs/ft of torque that will run you even farther
at a whopping 30 city/42 highway mpg. That’s up to 609 miles per tank.** And you’ll do it all with 95
percent fewer sooty emissions than diesel engines of old, making it cleaner for both you and the planet.
So whether you’re in the market for IntelliChoice’s 2010 “Best Overall Value Compact Car over $17,000,”†
or you want to go for a variation on that theme and get the ever-popular TDI model, you can’t go wrong.
In fact, you can go very right for a long, long time.

*23 city/30 highway mpg (2011 Golf 2.5L, automatic transmission). **30 city/42 highway mpg (2011 Golf 2.0L TDI Clean Diesel, automatic transmission): Range based on 42 highway mpg estimate and a 14.5-gallon tank.
EPA estimates. Your fuel consumption will vary. †2010 IntelliChoice Best Overall Values of the Year, www.IntelliChoice.com.

TDI 2-door shown in Shark Blue Metallic

Comfort. Power. Glass. Sunroof. With pinch protection, tilt function, and a manual

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sunshade. All of these features equal one major option designed to make your Golf
feel even more comfortable. It adds a touch of the great outdoors to your ultimate
city car. A few star sightings to your night out. And should you step out of the car
and leave the sunroof open, you can close it, and any windows left down, all with
a simple lift of the driver’s side window switch.

TDI 2-door shown in Shark Blue Metallic

It only looks small from the outside.

Picture, if you will, a parking space. The one other cars can’t squeeze into. That’s your space. Because you
own the ultimate compact car, with plenty of room for people, stuff, or any combination thereof. It’s all
due to that hatch back there. Open it wide and slide in that designer chair that you just found hidden in
your favorite store. You might not even have to put the rear seats down, but if you do, the 60/40 split will
serve you well. And if you’re not done shopping, there will still be room for more, thanks to the more than
46 cubic feet of cargo space you’ll get with the rear seats folded. Then hop in front and fine-tune the
eight-way adjustable driver’s seat to your comfort, including lumbar support. And when the sun sets,
watch the dash illuminate with white and red interior lighting. No matter where you are in your adventure,
all of these little things add up to making you a lot more comfortable along the way.