2016 Volkswagen Golf
2016 · Compact · gasoline
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Top 9% of 2016 gas cars
8.1 L/100 km · about $2,325 a year
Among 2016 compact cars, all types#28 of 113
Against every car on sale today, EVs includedC
20,000 km a year at $1.44/L regular gasoline.
Change km or fuel price
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Cheaper to insure than 88% of 2016 cars
From what insurers paid out on the 2016 model
Compares cars, not drivers. Not a quote.
Insurance estimates for
- Crash rating
- 5/5 NHTSA stars
- Insurance claims
- 79 21% below average · 2016 data
- Theft risk
- — not enough data
- Awards
- 1 IIHS
Why insurance costs what it does
IBC hasn't published claims for the 2016 yet, so this uses what insurers paid out on the 2016 model, compared with a typical car. Bars to the right mean higher claims, which push the price up.
- Crash repairsCollision3% below
- Theft, vandalism and hailComprehensive53% below
- Damage from other driversDCPDno data
- Injury payoutsAccident benefits7% below
- How often it's stolenTheft frequencyno data
How the grade is worked out
We estimate what a typical driver with full coverage would pay for this model in Ontario, then rank it against every other 2016 model. The car-specific part of the premium follows what insurers have paid out on this model (the bars above). A is cheaper to insure than at least 80% of them. It compares cars, not drivers: your own quote depends mostly on your age, record and address.
Sources: Alberta AIRB, FSRA, GAA, Facility Association and IBC How Cars Measure Up. How this works
Safety
5/5 in U.S. government crash tests (NHTSA) on the Golf. 5 is best.
- Overall★★★★★
- Head-on crash★★★★
- Side crash★★★★★
- Rollover resistance★★★★
Driver assist
- Automatic emergency braking: optional
- Forward collision warning: optional
- Lane departure warning: optional
- Blind-spot warning: optional
Awards
- IIHSTop Safety Pick+ Source
About these ratings
Stars measure how well the cabin protects people in a lab crash, not how often the car crashes. They're for the U.S. version (4 DR, FWD) of the same model year, usually the same car as in Canada. IIHS awards can depend on headlights or trim. How this works
Fuel and emissions
- City9.3 L
- Highway6.5 L
- CO₂188 g/km
- Smog rating—
Litres per 100 km. Rated as gasoline, 129 of 782 for efficiency in 2016.
All NRCan figures
- NRCan model name
- Golf
- Powertrain (file)
- ice
- Vehicle class
- Compact
- Engine
- 1.8 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Transmission
- M5
- Fuel type
- Regular
- City
- 9.3 L/100 km
- Highway
- 6.5 L/100 km
- Combined
- 8.1 L/100 km
- Combined (mpg)
- 35
- Energy use (ranking scale)
- 8.1 L/100 km eq.
- CO₂
- 188 g/km
- CO₂ rating
- 7/10
- NRCan trims averaged
- 2
- Efficiency rank this year
- 129 of 782 (beats 84%)
- Class rank this year
- 28 of 113 · Compact
- Vs latest NRCan year
- 360 of 794 in 2026
- Class vs latest year
- 31 of 53
Lab ratings from Natural Resources Canada; real-world use, especially in winter, is usually higher. How this works