Volkswagen Golf
Price: $17,965 - $23,435
Mileage: 22 City / 30 Hwy
The Golf provides around-town fun and with a surprisingly sophisticated feel at higher speeds, where other small cars tend to be noisy and nervous.
Whenever you bring up VW, though, the conversation immediately turns to dependability, a traditional chink in the automaker's "German engineered" armor. Consumer Reports' most recent reliability report puts VW right smack in the middle of the pack. It's exactly average.
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Last updated November 12 2010: 11:18 AM ET
