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Offline Steve30

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #10 on: 02 December 2012, 16:05 »
Nice mk6.5  :grin:

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #11 on: 02 December 2012, 22:27 »
I can't see the pics in MS explorer but they work fine in firefox & Google chrome  :angry:

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #12 on: 03 December 2012, 13:55 »
The car was spotted at VWs testing grounds in South Africa.





That looks smart and although we know it’s got the Golf look it’s got a more solid modern look. In the first and second picture the A pillar looks longer than the current Golf also the windows at the side seem a bit shorter in hight ?. The front end also has a more slopping bonnet than the current Golf. Can see where the salesman is coming from when he say’s you will see a much sharper modern looking Golf when you see it in the skin standing next to it.

Edit to add - Anyone else think stone chipping will be a problem with that slopping bonnet
« Last Edit: 03 December 2012, 14:02 by I.D.C. »

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #13 on: 03 December 2012, 20:54 »

Edit to add - Anyone else think stone chipping will be a problem with that slopping bonnet

Nothing new compared to the Mk6 then!! Mine looked as if it had been shot blasted at the front. Never had a car like it for stone chips. Extremely poor.
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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #14 on: 04 December 2012, 17:54 »
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #15 on: 04 December 2012, 18:03 »


Front of the car looks squashed and rounder and the rear fatter...not liking this angle I have to say! It doesn't help with those wheels I guess :sick:


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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #16 on: 04 December 2012, 18:05 »
Yeah see what you mean the narrow windows do make the @rse end look fat.

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #17 on: 04 December 2012, 18:12 »
The MK7 looks 'softer'.

When the MK6 came out initially I didn't like the shape but it grew on me and now I think my MK5 GTI is rounder and softer...because it is!

I really like the the Edition 35 in Candy White or Tornado Red with the black wing mirrors and Glendales...the ultimate Marmite wheels in the VW range it seems :grin:

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #18 on: 04 December 2012, 18:13 »
Yeah see what you mean the narrow windows do make the @rse end look fat.

Nah, this is a fat arse.

Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

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Re: Golf 7 GTi spotted in South Africa
« Reply #19 on: 04 December 2012, 19:14 »
I told my mrs to stop eating subway! She said its the only 12" she'll ever get!