Golf New VW Golf VI coming in 2008.

[PanterroR]

Way better than the pics Yannis posted.

 

[Centurion]

There is too much Audi DNA in Huckleberry's interpretation.

 

[Imhotep Evil]

The sooner the Golf VI comes, the better.
The Golf V isn't going to ever be a profit making car because of the rear axe and
poor doors design. Changeing it means retooling costs.
Without out Audi the Golf V would have been the finail nail in VW's coffin.

 

[Mr. M]

It would be dead foolish to offer the Golf only as a two door version.

I read something about the current Golf being costly to manufacture because of over-complicated production processes. With the new Golf they are intending to make these cars easier to produce and hence to meet global demand more efficiently. I hope it doesn't mean any cost-cutting or a reduction in quality.

 

[Yperion]

I read something about the current Golf being costly to manufacture because of over-complicated production processes. With the new Golf they are intending to make these cars easier to produce and hence to meet global demand more efficiently. I hope it doesn't mean any cost-cutting or a reduction in quality.

That seems to be what the articles from German sources say. Anyway the current Golf is still the best seller in Europe despite higher prices than it's competion mainly the Focus and the Astra. Of course Ford and GM have no problem pushing the prices downwards since they are already loosing tons of money in Europe.

 

[Porsche Guy]

By Huckfeldt (AutoBild):

While Huckfeldt is generally spot on, I'm hoping that he's wrong with this one. The front looks more Audi than ever with the huge grill and no chrome around it. I'm more a fan of the pictures below for the next gen Golf. They follow VW's current design theme better plus I think it looks quite sporty. I would buy one if it looked like this.

 

[Deutsch]

I'd GLADLY trade my Volv in for a GOLF VI R32, in a heartbeat. Hopefully I'll be in a financial position to do so.

 

[siko]

WOW... those last chops (not the Huckfeldt's) look pretty awesome!!

 

[Yperion]

Huck's interpretation is not good. It looks like an uglyfied Audi A3.

The one from 3harts is much better.

 

[notic]

golf vi already? we havn't even gotten the golf V yet!

 

[LaArtist]

looks pretty hot..especially from the rear

 

[Yperion]

Next VW Golf looms - reports

Volkswagen is planning to introduce earlier than planned the sixth generation of the VW Golf in order to reduce spiralling costs of the current model, German press reports said.
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Designers want to give the Golf VI a more exciting look with either a single front grille like the new Audi range or a chromed grille like the new VW Passat, the reports said.

VW engineers have been ordered by the car maker's executives to simplify construction of the new model to cut costs.

The news magazine Der Spiegel reports that workers currently needed 48 hours to produce the current Golf with competitors needing about half the time to produce a similar car.

Especially the door construction of the current Golf needed repeated readjustment putting up the cost up by 300 euros per car,Der Spiegel reported.

VW's works councils have criticised management for the high production costs, citing an over-emphasis on unnecessary technical details.

A VW spokesperson has denied the reports that the Golf V1 would come earlier than planned. But the reputed Auto-Motor-Sport magazine said that it was unclear whether VW could still afford such a big choice in the Golf range.

It is possible that VW could produce the V1 as a sporty three-door version while merging the five-door and Golf Plus into a different model, the magazine said.

The Volkswagen division of the VW concern is currently facing massive cost-cutting measures, especially at its main Wolfsburg plant in northern Germany.


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