Volkswagen refreshed the entire eighth generation of its best-known product, the Golf, and along with the hatchback, it also revised the station wagon version, also known as the Golf Variant.

Based on the same MQB platform as the regular, eighth generation, of the Volkswagen Golf, the Variant was the station-wagon version for the well-known German compact car.

Volkswagen unveiled the seventh generation of the Golf in 2012, and, like all its predecessors from the 3rd generation, it featured a station-wagon body version named Variant.

Volkswagen introduced the seventh generation of the Golf in 2012 and waited for another year before submitting the station wagon version named Variant.

Volkswagen introduced the Golf's sixth-generation at the Paris Motor Show in October 2008, and it was one of the most awaited novelties of the year in the motoring industry.

Volkswagen launched the Golf Variant (station-wagon) at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. It was an expected member of the family. Some might said it was an awaited version.

The fourth generation of the Golf also brought the second generation of the station wagon version, unavailable for Golf I and II.

Volkswagen introduced the third generation of the Golf in 1991, and it took it two years to decide and launch it as a station wagon as well.