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The 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon TDI Highline DSG Isn’t As Good As Other Golfs

Please return your seats to the upright position. The Earth continues to spin peacefully on its axis. Donald Trump is a candidate for the Republican nomination for POTUS, thank heavens. Ian Callum still pens Jaguars.

Glory be, you’ve just laid eyes on a 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen TDI, the closest thing to an automotive health food store for your malnourished, car-loving belly. Don’t worry, you’ll get over yourself, and you’ll be breathing normally in short order so long as you don’t reach back into the far-flung corners of your mind to remember that even BMW will allow you to buy a new, brown, diesel wagon right now.

Once you’ve regulated, there’ll still be one problem. Save for the cargo-hauling part, the Golf SportWagen isn’t as good as other Golfs.

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