Wheels COTY: How the Golf won

By Wheels staff, 15 Jan 2014 COTY

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It’s the most deserving winner in decades, but how exactly did the Volkswagen Golf win Wheels COTY?

It’s the most deserving winner in decades, but how exactly did the VW Golf win Wheels COTY?

By acing our testing process that’s how. Click through the gallery to see our group of judges put the Golf through its paces, both at the Lang Lang proving ground and on the round.

A worthy winner.

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