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Audi RS7 vs Volkswagen Golf

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Audi RS7
Audi RS7

2020 price

Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Golf

$38,690 - $72,490

2025 price

Summary

2020 Audi RS7
2025 Volkswagen Golf
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Twin Turbo V8, 4.0L

Turbo 4, 1.4L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
11.6L/100km (combined)

6.3L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Limited rear headroom
  • Rear legroom could be better
  • Cabin storage isn't great

  • Getting pricey
  • Rear knee-room a bit tight
  • No manual transmission option
2020 Audi RS7 Summary

If you’re looking for a sedan version of the RS 6 Avant, then you’ve come to the right place – sort of. See there is no RS 6 Sedan, but the RS 7 Sportback is the next best thing – you may even find it an even better thing because not only does it share RS 6 Avant’s outrageous engine and high-performance hardware, it’s also a sedan …but with a hatchback.

And if that kind of thing makes you happy, sit down – because the new generation RS 7 Sportback has just landed.

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2025 Volkswagen Golf Summary

While we all mumble about the SUV taking over the passenger car world, a quick glance over at Volkswagen proves the traditional hatchback is still a viable train of thought.

Of course, with the original 1970s Golf, VW more or less invented the modern hatch, but even so, its decision to stick with the concept speaks volumes when many other makers are moving to an SUV-only (or, at least, SUV-dominated) stance.

So, any new or even facelifted VW Golf is big news, and an important model that VW can’t afford to have fail.

What we’re not seeing with the VW Golf yet is any form of hybridisation, let alone, full electrification, despite the Golf being available in EV form in Europe for some years now. At which point the question becomes one of whether Volkswagen is giving he Golf concept the best chance of survival. As in, can a conventionally powered, conventionally packaged hatchback still do the business in 2025. I mean, evolution is one thing, but – sticking with the metaphor - extinction has always been a possibility, too.

 

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