Volkswagen Golf Estate, Mk7 Variant

4 variants from the facelift on, carrying a real market premium of roughly 9% over an otherwise identical pre-facelift car. Variants appearing in both tables were sold either side of the changeover, the build month decides which one you're looking at, not the model year.

Market availability varied by country; check the engine code stamped on the block rather than the badge on the boot. · Compare every engine side by side →

GTI and R models share a shell with the range and little else. They're listed apart so their prices don't distort the ordinary range.

Prices above are for GTI/R cars only and aren't included in the range figures quoted elsewhere on this page.

● full year · ◐ arrives or leaves mid-generation. Years from 2017 in the accent colour are facelift (LCI) cars. Verify the engine code, not the model year.

Every standard engine in the chassis, plotted at its good-buy price against its risk level. Cheap and low-risk is the top-left; expensive and fragile is the bottom-right. M cars are excluded, they would stretch the price axis and tell you nothing about the rest.

Every standard engine on one euro axis: the bar spans the 10th to 90th percentile of asking prices, the tick is the median and the green marker is the good-buy figure. GTI/R cars are excluded; they sit an order of magnitude above the rest.

Written once against the chassis and shown on every variant page below, so nothing here is repeated 5 times: GTI/R cars included, since the bodyshell and electronics are shared.

Identical engine and gearbox rules to the hatch. And these were company cars in large numbers, so a high odometer with a full book is normal and often the better buy. Check the tailgate wiring and the rear suspension on cars that have worked for a living.