The Golf is not Volkswagen’s greatest vendor right here or in Europe, however CEO Thomas Schäfer has teased an up to date model as one in all its key launches for 2024.
In a video by the Volkswagen model CEO, he stated 2024 can be one other yr with “many highlights and new merchandise, one particularly” earlier than giving us a shadowy have a look at the up to date small automobile, which might be known as the Mk8.5.
There are numerous lights up entrance: skinny daytime operating lights stretching throughout the highest of the headlights and grille; new, spherical lighting parts throughout the headlights; and an illuminated badge.
Judging by the roof racks, this specific instance within the teaser seems to be a wagon, which received’t be coming right here as Volkswagen Australia axed all its wagons earlier this yr.
This isn’t our first have a look at the facelifted small automobile.
A picture of what seems to be the up to date Golf leaked on-line earlier this year, displaying off the extra aggressive new lookup entrance.
Printed to Korean discussion board Autospy, the picture exhibits “the brand new Golf” at what seems to be an inside preview occasion.
The car proven wears slimmer headlights that retain the conjoined look of the present mannequin, which will get an LED gentle bar on larger grades.
There’s a brand new entrance bumper design too that’s fairly angular and aggressive, suggesting the car proven right here is an R-Line model – the same design adorns the R-Line model of the newest Passat.
No photographs of the up to date hatchback’s inside have been revealed but, however Volkswagen’s renewed deal with inside tactility and high quality ought to imply the up to date Mk8 will provide a extra refined tackle the present automobile’s extra minimalist design.
Utilizing the brand new ID.3, Passat and Tiguan as a information, the brand new Golf ought to characteristic extra soft-touch surfaces and stitched leatherette particulars, elevating the cabin atmosphere to extra premium ranges.
Additional, bigger 12.9 and 15-inch touchscreens are anticipated to be accessible, up from the present automobile’s 10.25-inch unit, operating the model’s new MIB4 infotainment system.
The brand new interface is claimed to supply enhanced performance by way of a brand new pure voice management operate, and Volkswagen has up to date the menu construction and “working philosophy” to be extra user-friendly.
Mr Schäfer has confirmed Volkswagen is strolling away from some controversial inside options rolled out beneath his predecessor, together with touch-capacitive steering wheel switchgear and local weather management sliders that aren’t illuminated. Count on correct steering wheel buttons and backlit sliders on the up to date Golf.
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2024 VW Golf prototype
Volkswagen has beforehand confirmed the up to date Golf will obtain the newest developments of the MQB evo structure, from the brand new MIB4 infotainment system and higher-quality inside finishes, to the latest, best drivetrains the model has to supply.
Like the brand new Passat and Tiguan, the brand new Golf will provide turbo-diesel engines (TDI), turbocharged petrol engines (TSI), mild-hybrid turbocharged petrol engines (eTSI) and plug-in hybrid methods (eHybrid).
A spread of 1.0-litre, 1.5-litre and a pair of.0-litre items are at the moment accessible globally, and these shall be used within the new mannequin with some enhancements. Australian fashions run an older 1.4 TSI with an eight-speed automated beforehand used for the US-market Golf, fairly than the newest EU-spec drivetrains.
The most important developments must be in retailer for the eHybrid PHEVs, together with the Golf GTE plug-in hybrid scorching hatch. A brand new 1.5 TSI evo2 turbocharged petrol engine types the idea of VW’s new plug-in hybrid system, which must be accessible in 150kW and 200kW tunes like the brand new Passat.
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Golf GTE Mk8
With a bigger 19.7kWh (web) lithium-ion battery pack, the brand new Golf eHybrid and GTE ought to provide round 100 kilometres of electrical driving vary – up from 50-62km – plus 50kW DC quick charging.
A plug-in hybrid Golf had been mooted by Volkswagen for Australia, however its launch is now unconfirmed.
Whereas there received’t be an electrical model of the present technology of Golf as there was with its Mk7 predecessor, the subsequent new technology of Golf is set to be electric-only.
Mr Schäfer has beforehand stated the subsequent Golf “have to be an electrical car” and can hold its title. It may launch round 2028.
To the tip of November, the Golf is Volkswagen Australia’s sixth best-selling car with 3352 gross sales, behind the T-Roc (8187 gross sales), Tiguan (6945), Amarok (5693), T-Cross (5512), and Tiguan Allspace (4037).
The T-Roc additionally dethroned the Golf because the model’s greatest vendor in Europe in 2022.
