Dear Fellow American… buy more wagons!
Yes, you think you need that crossover or sport utility vehicle. Well, the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack is here to prove you wrong. This is basically the Audi Allroad Jr. It’s a near-premium longroof that looks good, drives well, and can go deeper into the world of no roads than your average crossover mall cruiser.
Save the wagon… you don’t need that CUV.
[Disclaimer: VW tossed us the keys to this Golf Alltrack and included a tank of fuel. I needed to get it washed… more than once.]
The Volkswagen Golf Alltrack is your adventure wagon
By Jeff Glucker
Mar 22, 2017
By Jeff Glucker
Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff
After VW’s recent history this could be a really hard sell against a Subaru.
Drive an Alltrack back to back with a Subaru and it’s an easy sell for the VW.
I’d prefer the Outback, but Subaru ticked me off by dropping the manual transmission option. At least the VW offers a six-speed.
I’d like to see VW do better ground clearance on their off-road oriented stuff, the lift over the normal cars is pretty minimal.
Wouldn’t lifting it basically turn it into a CUV? I don’t think there’s a shortage of those…
Not for the Alltrack which is still a wagon body so a crossover, but yes for the Tiguan which strangely has less ground clearance than the Golf Alltrack, <7".
Wagons > Crossovers. My question is, does this vehicle technically classify as a light truck like some other lifted wagons?
A bit more lift (adjustable shocks?) and some more AT-oriented tires, and I might really need to reconsider my plans for the Jeep Replacement™.
I like these. I saw one two days ago on the street and it struck me as a perfect size vehicle for my family truckster. Dovetail that into I like drive a Golf using ride share for work it is making the short list so I jumped to VWs site to take a closer look.
I must say, what is it with Germans and their failure to take into account cold weather? Look at this fail, imagine when it gets compacted with ice and road grit.
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