Volkswagen Golf (Mk6)

2008–2012Chassis code Typ 5K

Cluster: Analog with LCD display: cars with this instrument cluster
Centre display: 5 in touchscreen
System: Volkswagen RNS & MIB infotainment

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Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 1Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – sixth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 2Cockpit · “VW Golf VI TSI am 2008-10-11 (Cockpit)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 3Cockpit · “VW Golf VI 1.4 TSI 160PS Comfortline Reflexsilber Interieur” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Thomas doerfer · CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 4Cockpit · “VW Golf VI 1.6 TDI Comfortline Reflexsilber Interieur” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Thomas doerfer · CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 5Cockpit · “VW GTI (5583276883)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Powhusku · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 6Instrument cluster · “Volkswagen Golf VI 1.6 TDI Tacho” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Spacekid · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 7Centre display · “Volkswagen Golf – sixth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), photo 8Controls · “VW Golf VI 1.2 TSI Interior” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Spacekid · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

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Volkswagen Golf (Mk1)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – first Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk2)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – second Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk3)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – third Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk4)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf - fourth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk5)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf - fifth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk6)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf – sixth Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk7)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf - seventh Generation” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom
Volkswagen Golf (Mk8)Cockpit · “Volkswagen Golf” (opens in a new tab) · © Volkswagen AG · Editorial use (opens in a new tab) · Volkswagen Newsroom

Summary

In 2008 the Golf VI swapped the blue instrument lighting used since the Golf IV for white-lit dials from the Passat CC, and offered touchscreen navigation units.

Specifications

Years: 2008–20122000s: cars launched in the 2000s
Chassis code: Typ 5K
Instrument cluster: Analog with LCD display: cars with this instrument cluster
Head-up display: None
Centre display: 5 in touchscreen
Infotainment: RCD radios (e.g. RCD 210, RCD 310)
RNS 3105 in
RNS 510
Input: Physical buttons, Steering-wheel controls
Climate: Physical controls
Physical buttons and knobs: About 37, dash and consoleCounted from this photo Button Census
Predecessor: Volkswagen Golf (Mk5), 2003–2008
Successor: Volkswagen Golf (Mk7), 2012–2019
Era: Touchscreens1997–2019

Cockpit

Instrument cluster

Round dials in chrome rings and a multifunction display, standard from Trendline, with a "Plus" version on some models. The Golf R had blue needles.

Centre display

RNS 310

Touchscreen that could also be worked with a central control knob.

RNS 510

Touchscreen with a DVD drive and USB.

Controls

Climatic manual air conditioning on Trendline, dual-zone Climatronic on Highline.

Facts

The dials came from the Passat CC and replaced the blue lighting used since the Golf IV.[1][2]
Volkswagen gave the Golf VI new steering wheels, a new operating concept for the air conditioning and improved radios, with DAB+ digital radio available.[1]
The RNS 510 added DAB reception and dynamic navigation, with maps on a 30 GB hard drive.[5]
Blaupunkt supplied the RNS 310, whose map data could be copied from the navigation CD to an SD or MMC card.[4]
The driver information in the cluster gained new functions, steering-wheel operation became more prominent, and voice control could be ordered.[6]

Sources

[1]Volkswagen Newsroom (Volkswagen Classic). Golf VI (2008–2012) (opens in a new tab). volkswagen-newsroom.com
[2]Wikipedia (German). VW Golf VI (opens in a new tab). de.wikipedia.org
[3]Wikipedia. Volkswagen Golf Mk6 (opens in a new tab). en.wikipedia.org
[4]PC-Welt (19 December 2008). CD-Navi mit Doppel-Radio-Tuner SD-Kartenleser (opens in a new tab). pcwelt.de
[5]Motorsport-Total.com / Auto-Medienportal (2017). Rückspiegel: Wie das Autoradio im VW Golf das Laufen lernte (opens in a new tab). motorsport-total.com
[6]AutoScout24 (2020). VW Golf: Auto-Cockpit im Wandel der Zeit (opens in a new tab). autoscout24.at

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Record: volkswagen/golf/mk6
Wikidata: Q1417956 (opens in a new tab)
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