Mark - not a direct answer to your question, but i've just bought a 53 plate Golf GT TDi 150 and i absolutely love it. I'm 6ft 3 and knocking on for 20 stone and i've never once felt cramped in it and it doesn't feel like a small hatchback...
Little remap on it from work and 200bhp, 300lbft and i've squeezed 53mpg out of it