The TDI engine itself spins pleasingly freely, idles incredibly smoothly, and thanks to some speaker cheating, delivers a fairly bassy if not entirely interesting noise that does just enough to remind you that this is the quick one. The six-speed manual is just as satisfying as in the GTI (even if the reward for extending revs isn't), the driving position is irreproachable and the monochrome tartan seats pretty much perfect. It's quick – quick enough to make the front tyres hunt for grip in first and second – but never unruly enough to trouble the sharp, ideally weighted steering with yobbish torque-steer. We'll come onto diesel's impending problems shortly - which stretch far further than hashtag dieselgate - but as a product, as a fast and frugal all-occasion family car, the Golf GTD slots right in alongside a BMW 335d Touring or Volvo V90 Cross Country as one of those ultimate 'all the car you'd ever really need' machines.
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