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Lane Assist stops your car from drifting out of its lane, reducing the chance of an accident and making long motorway journeys much safer.

The Lane Assist system is like a friendly co-driver. If it senses your car is drifting out of your driving lane it gently counter-steers the car back on line.

Since many accidents are caused by cars leaving their lanes when the driver's concentration falters, this innovative system makes driving safer and easier. The lane-keeping assistant uses a camera located in the rear-view mirror unit to monitor the road markings and prevent an unintended deviation. The system only intervenes if the indicators are not activated, so if you do want to change lanes and signal your intention, the intelligent system recognises this and switches off.

How it works

When the system is switched on, Lane Assist automatically becomes active from 40 mph upwards. A camera built into the driver's rear view mirror detects the lane markings and works out the position of the vehicle. If the car starts to drift off lane, the lane keeping assistant takes corrective action. If the maximum action it can take is not enough to stay in lane, or the speed falls below 40 mph Lane Assist warns you with a vibration of the steering wheel. Then it's up to you to take correcting action.

If Lane Assist is activated, a yellow control symbol, shaped like a road, lights up. As soon as the camera has analysed the road markings, this symbol turns green, showing the system is live. If your car then leaves its lane, Lane Assist takes soft and continuous correcting action. If you take your hands off the wheel, the system makes a sound and displays a message, making a takeover request.
If you stop holding the wheel for longer, the function automatically turns itself off. You can counteract Lane Assist, if you wish, by softly steering against it.

Article source: www.volkswagen.co.uk

The Volkswagen Golf has been named Used Car of the Year by What Car? magazine, Britain’s biggest car buyer’s guide.  The 2010 Golf SE 1.4-litre TSI five-door model claimed victory in the Family Car class ‘over £6,000’ category, before going on to win the overall Car of the Year accolade.  The Golf is no stranger to What Car? Used Car awards, having also won its class last year. 

The What Car? Used Car of the Year judging panel was made up of experts from all areas of the motor industry including car dealerships, auction houses and What Car?magazine itself.

In commenting on the reasons for the Golf’s win, John McIlroy, Editor of What Car?said: ‘The What Car? used car of the year and family car winner, the Volkswagen Golf has consistently proved that you don’t have to buy big to get impressive cabin quality and refinement.  Volkswagen has got it right with the Golf, each generation of Golf gets better and better making it such a great used car buy.’

The Golf Mk VI is praised for offering buyers ‘genuine value for money’, thanks to an impressive and economical engine, a spacious and stylish cabin with an ‘exceptionally high quality look and feel’ and strong safety credentials.  In short, says What Car?: ‘No other small family car matches the Golf for fun and comfort.’

Collecting the award on behalf of Volkswagen was Head of Sales Operations, Ian Plummer, who said: ‘We’re delighted to win this award.  The seventh-generation Golf has claimed a number of high profile accolades since its launch so it’s tremendous for us that the previous generation is also still winning titles too.  Excellent value for money, high quality and a strong reputation mean the Golf is always a popular choice with new and used car buyers and we’re grateful that What Car? has recognised this.’

Volkswagen’s used car programme, called ‘Das WeltAuto’, ensures that customers not only get a quality product, but also high quality service when they purchase a car from a Retailer.  Rolled out across the manufacturer’s network in 2011, Das WeltAuto is designed to make the purchase of a secondhand car as appealing as that of a new car, with ‘Used cars you can trust. Guaranteed’. 

Every car sold under the Das WeltAuto banner comes with a number of features, including a no quibble exchange policy, free servicing for two years when bought with Volkswagen Finance and a used car warranty.  Full details, as well as an online used car locator, can be found at  www.volkswagen.co.uk/used.

The full results of What Car?’s Used Car of the Year awards are published in the November issue of the magazine, out 19 September.

Article source: www.volkswagen.co.uk

This system tells you your tyre pressure, via your instrument panel, before you set off, and during every journey. Sensors in each wheel (including the spare wheel) and the wheel electronics send radio signals to a control unit with information about tyre pressure and temperature. As each unit has its own code you can easily tell which wheel is affected. If tyre pressure is too low, or there's a sudden loss of pressure, you are warned by visual and/or sound signals. This constant monitoring offers you a high level of safety.
Although the system is a great help, it is still the driver's responsibility to make sure the correct tyre pressure is maintained.

Article source: www.volkswagen.co.uk

The Discover Media Navigation System combines excellent navigation features with in-car media entertainment – all controlled from its easy-to-use 5.8“ touchscreen colour display.

The 2D/2.5D navigation comes with voice control and European maps displaying a range of useful information, such as points of interest, speed limits and no-overtaking zones. To help you avoid congestion, this system even offers you three routes – fast, short and eco-friendly – based on traffic messages.

With DAB/FM/AM radio, CD drive and multiple file playback from SD and AUX IN, you can enjoy listening to music on the four high quality 20 watt front and rear speakers. And Bluetooth telephony connection let’s you make or receive hands-free phone calls with on screen status display.

Features & specifications:

• 5.8“ touchscreen colour display
• 2D/2.5D map navigation (Europe) with voice control
• CD drive MP3/WMA
• Music playback from MP3, WMA, AAC files with title display from SD and AUX IN
• USB, AUX-IN, SD (2x) (Aux and USB require optional connection cable)
• DAB, FM and AM radio reception
• 4x20 watt output (front and rear speakers)
• Bluetooth connection for phone and media (HFP, A2DP *, AVRCP **)

Navigation software updates

Discover Navigation and Discover Navigation Pro touch-screen navigation/radio systems include navigation software updates for a period of 3 years from new.

The latest map updates for your navigation system will get you new roads, itineraries and the latest POIs in Europe.

In order to update your navigation system visit the Navteq maps website here. You can download the full set of data in one go, or choose to download in individual segments. Full instructions on how to perform the update are also available on the website.

As of July 2013 the latest available map packs are versions;

• Discover Pro; V03959800LF 0072 ECE 2013/2014
• Discover Media; 5G0919866E 0034 ECE 2013/14

The next update is expected November 2013.

Alternatively, from November 2013, when the next updates are due to be available, you can purchase an updated SD card from an authorised Volkswagen retailer. 

Article source: www.volkswagen.co.uk