SPY PICS: 2013 Volkswagen Golf Wagon

Confirming news published earlier this year, Volkswagen is set to launch a wagon variant of its new Mark VII Golf. The family-friendly model will closely follow the launch of the all-new Golf hatch, slated for Australian delivery in the second quarter of 2013.

Snapped testing in Europe by Carparazzi, these images confirm what Volkswagen has already told us. And show the model close to production guise, albeit clad in chequered camouflage.

Built on the company’s new MQB architecture, the new Golf Wagon is expected to share the same driveline options as its hatch sibling. For the local line-up, this would include a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder and 1.4-litre turbo-petrol four-cylidner.

If the hatch variants are anything to go by, the range of engines would see the oiler output 110kW/320Nm and consume 4.1L/100km. Its CO2 emissions are rated at 106g/km of CO2.

The petrol variant delivers 103kW/250Nm while consuming 4.7L/100km of 95 RON premium unleaded. On the combined cycle, that equates to an emissions tally of 109g/km of CO2. It is offered as standard with Volkswagen’s new cylinder deactivation technology dubbed Active Cylinder Management. Here, two cylinders are shuttered during flat-road cruising in a bid to conserve fuel.

All engines come with idle stop-start and battery regeneration as standard issue. Depending on variant, transmission choices include six-speed manual and six- and seven-speed dual-clutch units.

There’s no word yet on gains in interior space. But if the previous model is anything to go by, the new Golf Wagon should boast a carrying capacity somewhere in the vicinity of 505/1495 litres, depending on whether the split-fold seats are up or down.

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