While Volkswagen mourns the death of former patriarch Ferdinand Piech, the peeps in Wolfsburg announce that the Golf Mk. 8 is entering the final stage of testing ahead of the autumn 2019 world premiere. To mark this moment, the camouflage of the pre-production model has been changed with a black-and-white pattern that makes us feel dizzy by looking at it.
“Digital, intelligent, and connected,” the eighth Golf generation will ride on an improved MQB vehicle architecture. What we know so far is that the MQB Evo is up to 45 kilograms lighter in addition to 12-volt electrification such as the mild-hybrid system in the EA288 Evo 2.0 TDI.
The turbo diesel mentioned in the previous paragraph utilizes a belt-driven starter generator and a lithium-ion battery to reduce fuel consumption. The single-turbo version is good enough for 136 metric horsepower (100 kW) while the range-topping engine is rated at 204 ponies (150 kW).
“A five-door vehicle with powerful proportions,” the compact hatchback doesn’t look all that different from the Mk. 7 for obvious reasons. Volkswagen can’t afford to visually overlap the European bestseller with the ID. series, and also worthy of note, the Golf needs to be recognizable as a Golf.
One of the more obvious changes is the different VW badge on the trunk lid and up front, harking back to older designs running up to the 2000 redesign. Moving away from the 3D blue-and-white to the flat black-and-white design will be officially marked in Frankfurt next month at the IAA 2019.
Three- and four-cylinder powerplants, manual and DCT options, as well as the GTI and R are a few highlights worth expecting from the Mk. 8 along with a thoroughly redesigned interior. This makeover should also translate into different pricing, as in more money even for the entry-level 1.0 TSI engine.
Handsome yet also dull, the all-new Volkswagen Golf is certain to sell rather well in Europe. The United States, on the other hand, has reduced the Golf lineup to just a handful of specifications for 2020.
The turbo diesel mentioned in the previous paragraph utilizes a belt-driven starter generator and a lithium-ion battery to reduce fuel consumption. The single-turbo version is good enough for 136 metric horsepower (100 kW) while the range-topping engine is rated at 204 ponies (150 kW).
“A five-door vehicle with powerful proportions,” the compact hatchback doesn’t look all that different from the Mk. 7 for obvious reasons. Volkswagen can’t afford to visually overlap the European bestseller with the ID. series, and also worthy of note, the Golf needs to be recognizable as a Golf.
One of the more obvious changes is the different VW badge on the trunk lid and up front, harking back to older designs running up to the 2000 redesign. Moving away from the 3D blue-and-white to the flat black-and-white design will be officially marked in Frankfurt next month at the IAA 2019.
Three- and four-cylinder powerplants, manual and DCT options, as well as the GTI and R are a few highlights worth expecting from the Mk. 8 along with a thoroughly redesigned interior. This makeover should also translate into different pricing, as in more money even for the entry-level 1.0 TSI engine.
Handsome yet also dull, the all-new Volkswagen Golf is certain to sell rather well in Europe. The United States, on the other hand, has reduced the Golf lineup to just a handful of specifications for 2020.