Volkswagen is a company well known for exploiting all manner of market niches but it found itself looking on from the sidelines as the market for small MPVs boomed. Developing a new platform would have been costly so its answer was to modify the existing Golf chassis to form the slightly more spacious Golf Plus. As a new proposition back in 2004, it met with a tepid reaction but the revised first generation version that sold between 2009 and 2013 is a slightly better bet, especially as a used buy. Read on to find out why.

About the Volkswagen Golf Plus

Now that used prices have levelled off, the facelifted Golf Plus looks a much better bet than it ever did when new. It's still not as committed a five-seat MPV as something like a Ford C-MAX, a Citroen C4 Picasso or a Renault Scenic, but if you find those cars a bit too suburban and over-practical for your tastes, the Golf Plus makes an interesting halfway point. The limited amount of used stock available might force you into a few compromises on colour, trim or condition. After all, the Golf Plus was always out-sold forty to one by the standard hatch version in the UK. Still, if you're part of the small percentage of people who want a used Golf but a slightly more spacious one, this particular Plus could well appeal. It's certainly a much better proposition in this improved form.

Representative finance example

If your borrow amount is £7,000 with a deposit of £1,000, a selected term of 48 months, at a representative APR of 17.9% (fixed) and an annual fixed interest rate of 17.9%, you would pay £171.83 per month. Total charge for credit would be £2,247.84 and total amount repayable is £8,247.84.

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