Safety can come in small packages. The newly launched Golf VI received five Euro NCAP stars for crash safety. The Volkswagen Golf VI EuroNCAP rating for the occupant protection received 36 of 37 possible points in a test that was conducted at 64 km/h. The space of the driver remained completely intact. The current Volkswagen Golf VI shows a three points improvement over the previous version.

In the frontal and side crash test the Volkswagen Golf VI received 16 out of 16. For the child protection the Volkswagen Golf VI managed a 41 out of 49 points possible. For pedestrian protection the Volkswagen Golf VI received 22 out of 36 points.

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