Advice on buying a Golf

[2007GTI]

I'd like some advice.  My sister is going to buy a Golf in march as she was loaned a TDI Mk5 recently and loved it.  Her requirements are as follows:

Good around town, but has a enough guts for motorway runs.
5 door
Diesel (although she only did 7,000 a year in her last diesel and so may not warrant one)
DSG (she is sick of manual transmission)

Thats about it, bar metallic paint.

So looking at the specs the only 1.9 TDI you can buy with DSG is the Match, according to what car?

I notice you can buy the 1.6 FSi with DSG now and I wondered if anyone had driven one?

The prices of second hand TDI DSG model seem high and as she doesn't do the miles I'm drawn to get her a 1.6 with DSG, its £2k cheaper new!  But then maybe a 1 year old TDI is better value?

[Phil mcavity]

agreed, a one yr old motor is best buy, main depreciation already past, i would think the 1.6 diesel with dsg would be good combo, for performance, econamy, and holds its value better. Never tryied one out, got hooked on 1st drive of my gti!

[2007GTI]

cheers Phil, the 1.6 is in fact a petrol and its not DSG auto, just old school auto!