2019 Volkswagen Golf VIII Release Date, Price, Spy Shots, & Redesign – New information surrounding the next generation Volkswagen Golf have started out to appear. According to AutoExpress, the compact model will debut at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show. Its launch will coincide with the release of the brand’s I.D. electric vehicle lineup, but regardless of the EV push, the new Golf will continue to be a ‘core product’.
Volkswagen Golf VIII Specs
“The goal is Golf, due to the fact in the next generation it will probably be our principal core product or service; and that is in which the focus goes”, Volkswagen’s chief, Herbert Diess, informed the British publication. “You may well think of it once more ‘Das Auto‘ because it is this kind of a great package for a five-seater; it really works so well”, Dress included. Like a lot of previously believed, the Volkswagen Golf Mk8’s exterior design will not be remarkable leaving over the current models, following an evolutionary styling. It is expected to gain streamlined-looking LED headlights, a lower bonnet, squared-off shoulders at the rear, and the ‘Golf’ lettering that will possibly rest underneath the ‘VW’ badge on the tailgate, a move inspired by the Arteon.
And when its exterior will not deliver any spectacular changes, the very same should not be explained about the interior design, which ought to get a full transformation, with digital displays replacing most of the physical buttons. A large central touchscreen is going to take the middle stage and most characteristics of the car will probably be controlled by means of it. Finally, the tool cluster will be substituted by an active facts display, a feature that can at some point be transported out across the range.
Volkswagen Golf VIII
Underpinning the new Volkswagen Golf will probably be an up to date version of the MQB platform. This will help drop up to 70kg (154lbs) over the recent car, allowing it to follow a wide engine lineup that should include the 1.5-liter turbo gasoline unit and a new 1.5-liter diesel that’s stated to change the present 1.6 TDI. The car will likely feature mild hybrid technology by adopting the 48-volt electric system on some versions, as Diess revealed: “Mild hybrid methods will play a main part in the next generation of the Golf; that might be the first software.”
Volkswagen Golf VIII Interior
The plug-in hybrid GTE will survive with the new generation, but the e-Golf won’t, as it will be replaced by an entirely new car which will get into the I.D. family. GTI and R variations of the Golf include a small power boost that will enable them to develop up to 250hp and 350hp, respectively.
