The GTD gets a chrome stripe, and twin tailpipes on one side, while the GTE gets a blue stripe and no tailpipes. All three, as with the rest of the Mk8 Golf range, are now five-door only.

It has taken VW five generations of Golf Estate to bring a performance wagon to the range (the designers only received orders to make space for the dog from the Mk3 on) but now it has two – the ...