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The first-generation Golf GTE was hugely popular in its day and one of the first truly mainstream plug-in hybrids. Now there's an all-new version based on the latest Mk8 Golf, with a raft of improvements. But it faces a host of rivals these days, so can the GTE still cut it? Our new presenter Grace Webb finds out...

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