Does more screens mean more better? In the case of the Volkswagen Golf R-Line, that's a hard no. In fact, you might miss out on what a great car it actually is.
There’s this idea that if you want to appeal to young people, you need to have a bunch of screens everywhere. You need to have a product that is super tech-focused, or at least something that seems tech-focused because apparently the only thing the smartphone generation wants is more smartphone-like things.
I need to be able to go off of feel and muscle memory and if that needs to rely on something that’s as unintuitive as a touch pad, then it’s no good. Especially if you need to rely on a screen to adjust something as simple as the fan speed on your air conditioning. There’s no dial or knob here, instead you need to tap on the Climate touch button in the centre console then use the touchscreen to make adjustments.
But it doesn’t. What VW has done is essentially replace all the physical buttons with touch buttons and called it a day. Even the slide to adjust volume doesn’t work the way you’d expect because there’s no hold command or acceleration to it which means it functions almost exactly the same as just tapping the volume up or down button.
For a car that seems obsessed with “new technology” there are almost no pre-collision safety features. There’s no AEB , no lane keep, no blind spot warning, nothing. All you get is a rear camera and ESC . I can’t help but be disappointed in the choices that VW has made here because despite all of these shortcomings, I really enjoyed my time in the Golf.
Particularly surprising was how nice the displays look in this car. I’ve heard complaints that it’s laggy and unresponsive, but I have to say I haven’t encountered anything that’s out of the ordinary for a car. Sure, if you look for it you can find areas where the Golf was built down to a price because it was. A lack of compartments and segmented storage stands out the most to me.
All of this pairs really nicely with the way the vehicle was setup. While it’s comfortable around town and on the highway, it also feels sharp enough in the bends. There’s plenty of grip, which is confidence inspiring, so it’s very easy to have a good time on a nice road.
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