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The Golf is perhaps the most important car in the Volkswagen portfolio. Introduced decades ago, in 1974, the model’s reach had expanded so far and wide that its shape and name are known to nearly all corners of the Earth. And this year a new generation, the eight, is inbound.
The official unveiling for the new Golf is scheduled for October 24 at the carmaker’s headquarters in Wolfsburg. With so little time left, the Germans thought it’s time to give us a preview of how the car should have looked, with the release of the initial design sketches.
Judging by what Volkswagen has to say, the 2020 Golf promises to use a “highly expressive design” with an exterior that should be more “dynamic than ever,” while at the same time keeping touch with the general shape that has made it famous over the years.
By looking at what we see in the sketch, that statement is spot-on, especially because at some level this image reminds us of the third-generation Scirocco.
But unfortunately that’s where all similarities between the two end. The real-life eight gen Golf, already spied countless times in the open, is as far from this design idea as it gets, and much closer to the current Golf than we would have liked.
But at least the interior should be totally different. Volkswagen promises fresh colors, new materials, and most importantly a new digital cockpit that should bring the nameplate into the new age of connectivity.
Engines wise, there are a lot of unofficial details, and only one official phrase: the car will use “the new range of efficient engines.”
After the car’s unveiling later this month, the Golf will head straight into production as it prepares for a market launch in December 2019. After all, with the nameplate being the third best-selling production vehicle in history, there’s no time to waste.
Judging by what Volkswagen has to say, the 2020 Golf promises to use a “highly expressive design” with an exterior that should be more “dynamic than ever,” while at the same time keeping touch with the general shape that has made it famous over the years.
By looking at what we see in the sketch, that statement is spot-on, especially because at some level this image reminds us of the third-generation Scirocco.
But unfortunately that’s where all similarities between the two end. The real-life eight gen Golf, already spied countless times in the open, is as far from this design idea as it gets, and much closer to the current Golf than we would have liked.
But at least the interior should be totally different. Volkswagen promises fresh colors, new materials, and most importantly a new digital cockpit that should bring the nameplate into the new age of connectivity.
Engines wise, there are a lot of unofficial details, and only one official phrase: the car will use “the new range of efficient engines.”
After the car’s unveiling later this month, the Golf will head straight into production as it prepares for a market launch in December 2019. After all, with the nameplate being the third best-selling production vehicle in history, there’s no time to waste.
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