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2017 VW Golf Alltrack Does Light Off-roading During Launch, US Pricing Announced

After a really long wait, the Golf Alltrack is finally becoming available in the United States. It's a bridge between a wagon and a crossover, and you can buy one starting from $26,950.
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Not surprisingly, the Golf Alltrack arrives without the 2.0 TDI diesel engine with which it was presented as a U.S. market prototype about two years ago. In its place, Volkswagen has slotted its powerful 1.8-liter TSI turbocharged and direct-injected engine rated at 170 horsepower and 199 pound-feet of torque.

Another slight disadvantage is the EPA rating of 30 mpg highway and 22 mpg city. Still, that's far better than most crossovers, and the Alltrack gets an enlarged 14.5-gallon fuel tank (13.2 for the normal wagon), so range shouldn't be an issue.

It's good, but for towing and stuff like that, a TDI would have been much more useful. At launch, you will only be able to buy it with the six-speed DSG gearbox, which explains why the Alltrack is more expensive than a feakin' GTI.

A six-speed manual transmission will be available early in 2017 on the S and SE trim levels. When that does become available, the price will drop to $25,850. Regardless of transmission, power is routed to all four wheels via the 4Motion all-wheel-drive system.

The basic $26,950 Alltrack S trim level comes with 17-inch alloys, 6.9 inches of ground clearance and unique body cladding on the side sills and around the wheelarches that carries over to the lower areas of the redesigned bumpers.

The $30,530 Alltrack SE gets things like a standard panoramic roof and automatic headlight activation. Meanwhile, the $32,890 SEL model offers navigation, 12-way power driver seats, and 18-inch Canyon alloys. It also adds automatic light adjustment and replaces the halogen headlights with Bi-Xenon units.

We've got dozens of press photos, but we think that you trail lovers might want to check out what the Alltrack can cope with. For that, we suggest watching the video first.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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