As buyers continue to flock to SUVs, falling sales of estate and three-door Golfs have reportedly ended VW's interest in selling them

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Volkswagen is to end production of two of the Golf’s body styles, according to reports, as buyers shun the long-standing hatchback in favour of SUVs. Both the estate and the three-door body styles are expected to be axed at the end of the current generation’s life cycle, says Autocar, with poor sales the most likely reason behind the two-pronged move.

The MkVII Golf estate is a surprisingly spacious thing, with over 600 litres of luggage room in a compact platform that’s still easy to manoeuvre up a country lane. The three-door, meanwhile, is just cooler than the five-door, but today’s buyers are looking for a different kind of style. SUV sales are said to be cannibalising the Golf range, with the chunky Tiguan and ankle-biting T-Roc now eating into the traditional hatchback’s numbers. The extra production expense of two superfluous body styles is now a cost worth saving.