Yes, must admit, the research and the comparing followed by test drives is the best bit about choosing a new car!
As you’ve been impressed by your Golf’s economy on the motorway, would you consider another car with the same 1.5 TFSi engine?
That would give you a huge choice from the VW T-Roc which is C-HR size, through Touran, Tiguan, Ateca, Tarraco, Kamiq, Karoq, Scala, Passat, Octavia, even Superb. Or another Golf?
We had the 1.4 version in our previous Audi Q3 but although that had the cylinder deactivation too, we never got really great economy.