It's Coming! The All-New, MK8, Volkswagen Golf Will Be Revealed TOMORROW

The next Volkswagen Golf will be revealed tomorrow, and will bring with it more solid evidence of Volkswagen's new electrification strategy, ushering in an era of new super-frugal mild hybrid powertrains. Despite being a facelift, the Golf will be updated heavily.

VW' hinted at how the updated Golf will look, saying that the cab-backward design of the seventh-generation Golf has been "further honed"

Insiders predict the new Golf will feature a new 48V petrol hybrid system as its main powertrain option - a strategy which could be particularly effective in the US market, where VW’s ‘clean diesel’ aspirations look dead in the water in the wake of its emissions scandal...

MDarringer - 11/9/2016 10:22:50 PM

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It will still be a dull Golf and that will be the problem. VW doesn't understand that Honda is the one to beat with the Civic and the Golf/Jetta are just dowdy as hell by comparison. The Civic kills its VW non-competitors with superior styling, quality, reliability, and durability.

The Golf needs an exorcism, not a mild restyling.

carsnyc - 11/10/2016 1:57:18 PM

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@ MD, a few decades ago maybe, but comparing VW to Honda now is a disservice to the Japanese.

610looper - 11/11/2016 5:29:57 PM

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The predictably subtle mid-life changes brought to the Golf are designed to improve the overall competitiveness of the seventh-generation model against a raft of rivals until the arrival of more heavily altered eighth-generation Golf in 2019.

MDarringer - 11/11/2016 6:35:50 PM

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But making over a non-competitive vehicle into a non-competitive vehicle is what VW did.