Golf [Spyshots] Spy Pics & Info: VW Golf VII

[klier]

It has already begun...the Golf VI will live a short life.

Some early info; 2012 release. All-new platform. 'Efficient Dynamics' (more power, less consumption)

 

[DaSilva]

WHAT ?
haha... seriously vw ...

 

[Deleted member 25]

W t f ?

 

[Mr Robert]

MINI baby, MINI...

 

[Giannis]

It's very annoying. I am just about to get a new Golf VI and now this comes and screws my plans...

 

[rev]

I wonder how many Golf generations there will be till the end of 2020. Oh, I know! VW presents the new Golf XVI!

 

[bmer]

Well, the Golf 6 is actually more like Golf 5.5. So no wonder the Golf 7 is so far in the developing process already.

 

[ateekt]

I have yet to see Golf VI in person & they're already testing the next one! I'm lost on Golf gens!

 

[DaSilva]

Well, the Golf 6 is actually more like Golf 5.5. So no wonder the Golf 7 is so far in the developing process already.

Are we sure their not testing the R25 ??
... Still you are so correct bmer, when the MK5 came it
was a completly new car compared to the MK4 but
as you have allready pointed out the MK6 is a MK5 base
so maybe their allready testing the MK7 ...

I'll say that's cool with me cause Golf is THE best car evermade
for a person like me.


edit. they are testing the MK7 haha shit.. !!
Photos:

 

[martinbo]

Interestingly, this model strategy appears to be working in favour of the consumer when it comes to resale value. The incremental improvement in Golf 6 (or 5.5 for those more cynical of you) means that Golf 5s have devalued less than would normally be seen in a typical generation jump. Used Golf 5 GTIs are fetching damn good money and have far less of that "the old model" stigma attached.

Giannis, I'd buy that Golf 6 in a heartbeat. It's a Golf. It's practically timeless. Unlike Megane, Astra et al. With a Golf you're buying a premium motoring appliance. Not a fashion statement.

 

[m-power]

Already?????
Now that VW got a decent looking Golf, they are going to actually replace it

I really hope it won't be with this sh!t :

VW, please, Golf is not a Mazda 3 that you replace every 3-4 years !

 

[Giannis]

Giannis, I'd buy that Golf 6 in a heartbeat. It's a Golf. It's practically timeless. Unlike Megane, Astra et al. With a Golf you're buying a premium motoring appliance. Not a fashion statement.

I am just waiting for the greek version of the cash4clunkers law to be signed next month, so that I can give my crappy clio and get 2000€. Note that I can't get more than 300€ if I sell it.

 

[bmw 745d]

The first Leakes.

 

[jack]

looks more like a polo clay model

 

[DaSilva]

The first Leakes.

Woohooo

 

[martinbo]

VW designer struggles with Golf

Volkswagen group chief designer Walter de Silva has claimed he doesn’t sleep at night when he thinks of how to design the seventh-generation VW Golf.

The sixth-generation Golf was launched earlier this year with only minor changes over the outgoing model. Although he didn’t give anything away about the styling of the next-gen Golf, he did admit it was causing him sleepless nights.

“When I think about the Golf VII, I do not sleep at night,” he said. De Silva had minimal influence in styling the current Golf, but he admits the next model will be his greatest challenge.

The Italian also described the styling of the recently-launched VW Polo, claiming it is “simple”.

“The new Polo is a simple and honest shape and designing simplicity is much more difficult than overdesign with decoration,” he said.

De Silva also claimed the stresses of the job, which he started in February 2007, have led him to spending more time in the past two years with VW group CEO Martin Winterkorn than with his wife.

VW designer struggles with Golf - Autocar.co.uk

 

[DaSilva]

"De Silva also claimed the stresses of the job, which he started in February 2007, have led him to spending more time
in the past two years with VW group CEO Martin Winterkorn than with his wife."

LOL I don't think THAT will help with the new MK7 design.
Hey De Silva here coms some inspiration from Da Silva

 

[jules]

Interesting article at CAR Magazine

There is an interesting article at CAR :-

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 (2012): full story | Secret New Cars | Car Magazine Online

Seems to have a few more bits of information which appear (to me) to make sense for MK7, where it is headed and the likely innovations we will see.

Jules

 

[Bartek S.]

VW Golf MkVII exclusive pics

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Leaked image reveals look of radical 2012 Golf


The MkVI Golf has been in showrooms for less than a year, but already we have the best images yet of how its successor is shaping up. And our information on this radical new hatchback, slated for a 2012 debut, has come from the most unlikely source - VW itself!
A promotional video for VW's recently revealed L1 concept accidently revealed a groupe of designers hard at work on a clay styling model of the next-generation Golf in the background. You can see a freeze-frame from that video on the right. It might be a bit blurry, but the photo proves that work is well underway on the new Golf, suggesting a particularly short lifecycle for the current MkVi car.


Read more:autoexpress

 

[Deleted member 25]

They added some edge and they call it a radical design ?