Facts and figures

5 Dec, 2012 10:30am

	VW Golf 2.0 TDI GT	BMW 116d M Sport	Ford Focus 2.0 TDCi Titanium
On the road price/total as tested	£23,465/£25,445	£23,330/£23,330	£21,045/£23,474
Residual value (after 3yrs/36,000)	£11,709/49.9%	£11,128/47.7%	£8,123/38.6%
Depreciation	£11,756	£12,202	£12,922
Annual tax liability std/higher rate	£702/£1,405	£791/£1,583	£756/£1,511
Annual fuel cost (12k/20k miles)	£1,661/£2,769	£1,630/£2,716	£1,764/£2,939
Ins. group/quote/road tax band/cost	18/£306/B/£20	16/£288/C/£30	19/£288/D/£100
Servicing costs	£329 (3yrs/30,000)*	£300 (5yrs/60,000)	£785 (3yrs/37,500)

Length/wheelbase	4,255/2,637mm	4,324/2,690mm	4,358/2,648mm
Height/width	1,452/1,799mm	1,421/1,765mm	1,461/1,823mm
Engine	4cyl in-line/1,968cc	4cyl in-line/1,995cc	4cyl in-line/1,997cc
Peak power/revs	148/3,500 bhp/rpm	114/4,000 bhp/rpm	138/3,750 bhp/rpm
Peak torque/revs	320/1,750 Nm/rpm	260/1,750 Nm/rpm	320/3,600 Nm/rpm
Transmission	6-spd manual/fwd	6-spd manual/rwd	6-spd manual/fwd
Fuel tank capacity/spare wheel	50 litres/foam	50 litres/foam	55 litres/space saver
Boot capacity (seats up/down)	380/1,270 litres	360/1,200 litres	316/1,101 litres
Kerbweight/payload/towing weight	1,354/581/1,600kg	1,385/530/1,200kg	1,421/629/1,500kg
Turning circle/drag coefficient	10.9 metres/0.28Cd	10.9 metres/0.30Cd	11.0 metres/0.29Cd
Basic warranty (miles)/recovery	3yrs (60,000)/1yr	3yrs (unlimited)/3yrs	3yrs (60,000)/1yr
Service intervals/UK dealers	Variable/223	Variable/154	12,500 (1yr)/781
Driver Power manufacturer/dealer pos.	18th/25th	14th/16th	25th/26th
Euro NCAP: Adult/child/ped./stars	TBC	91/83/63/5	92/82/72/5

0-60/30-70mph	8.8/7.9 secs	9.9/10.0 secs**	10.0/9.7 secs
30-50mph in 3rd/4th	3.7/6.3 secs	4.9/7.9 secs**	4.2/6.5 secs
50-70mph in 5th/6th	8.5/10.4 secs	9.8/13.1 secs**	9.0/12.0 secs
Top speed/rpm at 70mph	134mph/1,800rpm	124mph/1,750rpm	129mph/1,800rpm
Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph	54.9/39.1/10.7m^	48.7/34.3/9.2m**	55.3/41.8/10.0m^
Noise outside/idle/30/70mph	64/49/58/65dB	68/47/64/71dB	63/45/61/68dB
Auto Express econ (mpg/mpl)/range	46.5/10.2/511 miles	47.4/10.4/521 miles	43.8/9.6/530 miles
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined	56.5/78.5/68.9mpg	52.3/72.4/62.8mpg	44.8/67.3/56.5mpg
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined	12.4/17.3/15.2mpl	11.5/15.9/13.8mpl	9.9/14.8/12.4mpl
Actual/claimed CO2/tax bracket	163/106g/km/15%	160/117g/km/17%	173/129g/km/18%

Airbags/Isofix/rear parking sensors	Seven/yes/yes	Seven/yes/£345	Six/yes/£350
Auto box/stability/adaptive cruise ctrl	£1,415/yes/yes	£1,490/yes/no	£1,255/yes/£750
Climate control/leather trim/DAB radio	£400/£1,830/yes	Yes/£800/£295	Yes/£1,250/yes
Metallic paint/xenons/keyless entry	£495/£785/£350	£515/£1,140^^/£310	£525/no/£525^^
Sat-nav/USB connection/Bluetooth	Yes/yes/yes	£1,550^^/yes/yes	£750/yes/yes

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Submitted by J400uk on Thu, 2012-12-06 08:56.

How is this a fair test? The 118d would be the comparator for the 2.0 TDI Golf, both deliver the same sort of power. 116d is equivalent to a Golf 1.6 TDI.

Submitted by wanted the golf to win on Sat, 2013-07-20 21:08.

the 118d sport would also have the same spec levels as the golt gt!!!

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