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Volkswagen Passat

Recommended. Big, sensible and comfort. Lacks excitement, but still the one to beat in the segment.

Volkswagen Golf

Recommended. A brilliant all-rounder - good to drive, well constructed and competitively priced.

Volkswagen Golf (98 - 04)

Recommended. Unsurpassed build quality and attention to detail have carried this model into its fourth incarnation and long will it continue. Of that there is no doubt.

Volkswagen Polo

Average. Still one of the classiest superminis, but the Polo is starting to feel old and lacks kit compared to rivals.

Volkswagen Sharan

Not Recommended. Outdated people-carrier lags behind more modern rivals. It has room for seven, but the third-row seats are a struggle to remove.

Volkswagen Beetle

Not Recommended. It's almost impossible to believe this car was once the height of cool. Desperately dated and dynamically indifferent.

Volkswagen Bora

Average. The Bora has all the abilities of a Golf hatchback - plus a boot. The trouble is the Golf costs less and is equally as capable. It's a quality saloon but relatively expensive.

Volkswagen Lupo

Average. Another city car that offers long-distance comfort. But why fork out for a Lupo when Seat's Arosa is virtually a mirror image, for around £1500 less?

Volkswagen Touareg

Recommended. The Porsche Cayenne's (slightly) more socially acceptable sister - this big off-roader combines good road manners with a comfortable, spacious cabin.

Volkswagen Phaeton

Average. Volkswagen's strangest car - the Phaeton is an amazingly well-engineered luxury saloon, but it has struggled without the premium badge that buyers in this segment expect, and running costs are horrendous.

Volkswagen Touran

Average. Golf underpinnings mean the Touran drives impressively well for a mid-sized people carrier, but it suffers from bland styling and less practicality than some key rivals.

Volkswagen Caravelle

Average. VW's latest MPV isn't going to win any beauty contests but then the company is famed for no-nonsense people-carriers. Bags of space matched with high prices.

Volkswagen Golf Plus

Average. A quasi-MPV version of the Golf that lacks the utility of a proper people-carrier.

Volkswagen Passat (97 - 05)

Recommended. Probably the smartest and most classy family car you can buy. The estates are a dream and the PD diesel engines a cut above the rest.

Volkswagen Fox

Average. Both bigger and cheaper than the Lupo it replaces, the Fox offers plenty of VW for your cash. It's just a pity it's not more exciting.

Volkswagen Jetta

Average. VW claims this is an upmarket saloon to rival cars like the Honda Accord and Toyota Avensis. In reality it's nothing more - or less - than a Golf with a boot.

Volkswagen Eos

Average. Volkswagen's funky-looking new coupe-cabrio will give sun-hungry buyers even more choice - but it looks expensive compared to rivals.

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