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  • Volkswagen
    Dec 23, 2009 | Models_2009
    Volkswagen Golf GTI: TopGear Car of the Year 2009

    The Volkswagen Golf GTI has been able to add another award to its name by taking out TopGear Car of the Year 2009. The Golf GTI has beaten a long list of high-profile competitors and has been able to demonstrate its hot-hatch credentials.

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    Dec 9, 2009 | Models_2009
    Volkswagen Eos: Carsales Network People's Choice Award for third year in a row

    The Volkswagen Eos has taken out the Sports Car category for the third year in a row in the Carsales Network People's Choice Awards 2009.
    The Carsales Network People’s Choice Awards are the country’s most comprehensive analysis of new car purchasing trends. Based on genuine new car enquiries across the Carsales network of automotive websites, the results are tallied from more than 300,000 entries.

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  • Volkswagen
    Dec 2, 2009 | Models_2009
    Australia’s Best Cars crown the Golf 118TSI as ‘Best Mid size car over $30,000’

    Volkswagen’s acclaimed Golf 118TSI has added another significant title to its list of achievements by claiming the award as ‘Best Mid size car over $30,000’ in Australia’s Best Car Awards 2009. The award winners were announced in a ceremony in Melbourne.

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  • Volkswagen
    Nov 27, 2009 | Models_2009
    Volkswagen Golf crowned ‘2009 Carsguide Car of the Year’ winner

    The Golf has taken top spot at the ‘2009 Carsguide Car of the Year’ awards, establishing itself as the benchmark in the small car segment with Australian motoring experts. The Golf was awarded ‘World Car of the Year 2009’ earlier this year and now uses its winning formula in Australia to continue the claim to fame. It went on sale in Australia in early 2009 and has received rave reviews since

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  • Volkswagen
    Nov 27, 2009 | Models_2009
    Volkswagen Golf 118TSI announced as overall winner in ‘DRIVE Car of the Year Awards 2009’

    Volkswagen is also a triple category award winner. Volkswagen has taken out the overall win as ‘Drive Car of the Year 2009’ with its Golf 118TSI. In addition to that, Volkswagen can claim three category wins:

    1. Best Performance Car under $60,000: Volkswagen new Golf GTI
    2. Best Small Car over $20,000: Volkswagen Golf 118TSI
    3. Best Luxury Car under $60,000: Volkswagen Passat CC 125TDI

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    Nov 13, 2009 | Models_2009
    The Jetta 2010 - Revised range with new engines

    The model year 2010 Jetta range has been extended and now offers five attractive engine options catering for all needs. Two petrol engines and three diesel variants make up the new line-up of Jetta models, providing a great value, well equipped mid-size sedan.

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  • Golf GTI Launch
    Sep 30, 2009 | Models_2009
    The New Golf GTI Australian Launch

    More than three decades after a small band of engineers started work on the first prototype Golf GTI, the very latest evolution and sixth generation of the original hot hatch has arrived. The elements of the original Golf GTI remain; sharp dynamics, a responsive four-cylinder engine and driver involvement are at the core of the new Golf GTI. Yet it has evolved – the new Golf GTI is more powerful than any standard Golf GTI before it. However, the day-to-day usability of the new Golf GTI has not been forgotten and it is cleaner, safer and more efficient than ever before.

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  • Golf Trendline
    Aug 28, 2009 | Models_2009
    New Golf 77TDI Trendline - the most fuel efficient Golf model

    Powered by a sophisticated and efficient new diesel 1.6-litre engine, the five-speed manual Golf 77TDI can cover 100km with 4.9-litres on the ADR 81/02 combined cycle. Highway running consumption drops to just 4.3-litres per 100km. With a potential range of well over 1,100km, the new diesel Golf not only delivers its occupants in comfort and safety to their destination but at minimal expense. It produces peak power of 77kW at 4,400rpm, while maximum torque of 250Nm is delivered between 1,500-2,500rpm. Two transmissions are on offer, a five-speed manual and a seven-speed DSG.

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    Jul 14, 2009 | Models_2009
    100,000th Volkswagen Golf sold in Australia

    The Volkswagen brand has just reached a significant milestone on the Australian market with the sale of the 100,000th Golf since the initial model introduction. The celebratory new Golf 118TSI was handed over to its proud owner, Mark Hall, by Solitaire Volkswagen Hawthorn in Adelaide. Judging by the humble beginnings of the MkI in 1976, which at the time was assembled locally in Clayton, Victoria, nobody could have preempted the significance of this truly iconic model. Wheels Magazine recognised the significance of the Golf when it was named Wheel’s Car of the Year in 1976, 4,429 Golfs were sold that year.

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  • VW Advertiser of the Year
    Jun 30, 2009 | Company_2009
    Volkswagen named "Advertiser of the year" in Cannes

    At the 56th International Advertising Festival “Cannes Lions 2009”, Europe’s largest automaker was presented with its first Lion in the “Advertiser of the year” category – thus receiving the highest accolade in the advertising industry. Volkswagen has been presented with around 150 “advertising Oscars” in Cannes since 1961. “By honouring Volkswagen today we are honouring a company that has been a symbol of creative and innovative marketing in the automobile industry for decades,” Terry Savage, Festival Chairman, said during the award ceremony.

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