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Offline SRGTD

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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #50 on: 21 January 2019, 23:25 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 21 January 2019, 22:56
Unless that's all part of Vw cammo.  Not hard to stick some old wheel designs on...
I think pretty much all the spy shot pictures I’ve seen of pre-launch VW’s being tested - camouflaged or not - have been using old wheel designs.
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #51 on: 22 January 2019, 00:03 »
Quote from: Jim_mk7.5 on 21 January 2019, 21:51

Those GTI pics are clearly fake.

How can you tell? 

Not sure I'm liking the GTI, if those pics are to be believed.  Looks quite dumpy to me.
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #52 on: 22 January 2019, 08:56 »
Quote from: Splashalot on 22 January 2019, 00:03
Quote from: Jim_mk7.5 on 21 January 2019, 21:51

Those GTI pics are clearly fake.

How can you tell? 

Not sure I'm liking the GTI, if those pics are to be believed.  Looks quite dumpy to me.

Well I’m no Inspector Clouseau but...a discreet Tornado Red GTI testing in South Africa, looking finished at least a year before release with no number plates on in what looks like the fakest video since that Veyron drove into a lake. Yes, must be real!



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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #53 on: 22 January 2019, 10:09 »
Quote from: Jim_mk7.5 on 22 January 2019, 08:56
Quote from: Splashalot on 22 January 2019, 00:03
Quote from: Jim_mk7.5 on 21 January 2019, 21:51

Those GTI pics are clearly fake.

How can you tell? 

Not sure I'm liking the GTI, if those pics are to be believed.  Looks quite dumpy to me.

Well I’m no Inspector Clouseau but...a discreet Tornado Red GTI testing in South Africa, looking finished at least a year before release with no number plates on in what looks like the fakest video since that Veron drove into a lake. Yes, must be real!
Yes, good point about the distant release date. I hadn't considered that. I do hope you're correct. Although the similarity to the black one has me concerned it may be legit.
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #54 on: 27 January 2019, 09:12 »
Autocar Jan 23 reporting the hybrid system has been dropped
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #55 on: 27 January 2019, 12:01 »
Quote from: david25 on 27 January 2019, 09:12
Autocar Jan 23 reporting the hybrid system has been dropped
It was never a full hybrid anyway.
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #56 on: 27 January 2019, 17:08 »
Ahh, the classic faked spy shots taken by a toddler on a Nokia 5510 with its lens smeared with vaseline.  :laugh:
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #57 on: 27 January 2019, 23:22 »
Quote from: david25 on 27 January 2019, 09:12
Autocar Jan 23 reporting the hybrid system has been dropped

The electric powered "boost" I would think isn't there - no VAG has had it yet.... its just an energy recycling thing to drive the electronics and starter motor...
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #58 on: 28 January 2019, 00:37 »
Isn't production for the Mk8 supposed to start in June? I'm hoping we'll see more concrete information by March.
I don't think we'll see right hand drive performance models on driveways till the end of 2020 though.
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #59 on: 28 January 2019, 07:33 »
Yes, some big motor show in March will be where it is revealed to the world most likely...
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