New Golf to debut this fall however would possibly solely arrive in US as GTI, R
Volkswagen has launched a brand new teaser picture of its next-generation Golf. Marking the eighth technology of the favored hatchback, the brand new Golf is scheduled to make its world debut this fall, with the reveal anticipated to be in October on the automobile’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
VW’s teaser exhibits a Golf prototype carrying gentle camouflage (full with the mixing of the phrase “Golf”), obscuring our view of the hatchback’s styling particulars. Nevertheless, it’s clear that the brand new Golf will retain the identical primary form VW’s been utilizing for the final seven generations of the nameplate.
“At the moment, we won’t disclose all particulars of the brand new Golf, however you possibly can already understand its elegant proportions,” stated Klaus Bischoff, head of Volkswagen Design.
2020 Volkswagen Golf spy pictures – Picture by way of S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
2020 Volkswagen Golf spy pictures – Picture by way of S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
2020 Volkswagen Golf spy pictures – Picture by way of S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
The eighth-generation Golf, which is able to experience on an up to date model of VW’s MQB platform discovered within the present mannequin, would be the most high-tech but, with superior options like a digital gauge show, web connectivity and a 48-volt mild-hybrid system. However despite the fact that the brand new Golf goes high-tech, it’s anticipated to stay a driver’s automobile.
To that finish, VW is planning GTI and R efficiency variants of the brand new Golf (the truth is, these are seemingly the one Golf fashions we’ll get in the USA). It’s rumored that the next-gen GTI will see its energy soar from at this time’s 220 horsepower to round 300 horsepower. With a view to clear room for the extra highly effective GTI, the Golf R may obtain as a lot as 400 horsepower from its Four-cylinder turbo engine. A 6-speed handbook will likely be customary in each automobiles whereas a 7-speed dual-clutch automated is predicted to be out there as an non-obligatory improve.
Whereas most markets will obtain the brand new Golf early subsequent 12 months, we seemingly will not see it till the top of 2020 or early the next 12 months, after which solely in GTI and ultimately R grades.