New Golf Mk 7 rendering from Auto Express

[Shady Pioneer]

Mk7 is horrid. MK6 is nice, MK5 is nicer 

[matchboy]

MK6 is only a facelifft and tweaks

rubbish, its completely different to the mk 5 if you actually take the bother to drive both and compare them.

[FamilyDub]

Can't see the picture I'm surprised Auto Express is making do with artists impressions of the Mk VII, though, I thought they would have 'official pictures' of the 2033 MkXIX at the very least.

 

[robz]

ahhh.... with ya carry on peeps, lol
still dont like the above!

[Horney]

MK6 is only a facelifft and tweaks

rubbish, its completely different to the mk 5 if you actually take the bother to drive both and compare them.

Ha ha you keep living the dream. It's the same car underneath with a few tweaks to upgrade the interior and reduce production costs and give it the new VW corporate nose. This was well publicised in the press and is the official line from VW.

All of this is fact but it doesn't mean it's not a good car, it's just that it's only got a 2 - 3 year life cycle as the MK7 is a whole new platform which will be smaller, lighter, more efficient to  run and build and turn a better profit for VW.

nick

[VWKev]

MK6 is only a facelifft and tweaks

rubbish, its completely different to the mk 5 if you actually take the bother to drive both and compare them.

Ha ha you keep living the dream. It's the same car underneath with a few tweaks to upgrade the interior and reduce production costs and give it the new VW corporate nose. This was well publicised in the press and is the official line from VW.

All of this is fact but it doesn't mean it's not a good car, it's just that it's only got a 2 - 3 year life cycle as the MK7 is a whole new platform which will be smaller, lighter, more efficient to  run and build and turn a better profit for VW.

nick

Same Engine is it ?

[Horney]

MK6 is only a facelifft and tweaks

rubbish, its completely different to the mk 5 if you actually take the bother to drive both and compare them.

Ha ha you keep living the dream. It's the same car underneath with a few tweaks to upgrade the interior and reduce production costs and give it the new VW corporate nose. This was well publicised in the press and is the official line from VW.

All of this is fact but it doesn't mean it's not a good car, it's just that it's only got a 2 - 3 year life cycle as the MK7 is a whole new platform which will be smaller, lighter, more efficient to  run and build and turn a better profit for VW.

nick

Same Engine is it ?

Engines don't come into it. They're often changed mid car cycle and from brand to brand within a group. Infact the R is having a MK5 Engine and many of the MK6 lineup hass engines brought over from the MK5.

You seem very offended that your car is not "all new" and I don't know why. THe MK5 was universally praised as the best Golf since the MKII so an upgraded version is surely a good thing? The MK7 being an all new car has the possibility of being rubbish which the MK6 was almost certainly never goign to be because it's based on a well loved platform.

nick

[DWGTI]

I like the rear end, front end is stinking! Plus the car looks too long! 

[matchboy]

Ha ha you keep living the dream. It's the same car underneath with a few tweaks to upgrade the interior and reduce production costs and give it the new VW corporate nose. This was well publicised in the press and is the official line from VW.

living the dream?  well i've have a mk 6 and i had a mk 5 gti so i can actually make my own mind up rather than reading what a fat sweaty journo tells me in some magazine.  oh and the engine is different so its not really the same car is it?  plus it doesn't drive the same.  and the interior is different.

the same?  hmmmm.  

[Horney]

Ha ha you keep living the dream. It's the same car underneath with a few tweaks to upgrade the interior and reduce production costs and give it the new VW corporate nose. This was well publicised in the press and is the official line from VW.

living the dream?  well i've have a mk 6 and i had a mk 5 gti so i can actually make my own mind up rather than reading what a fat sweaty journo tells me in some magazine.  oh and the engine is different so its not really the same car is it?  plus it doesn't drive the same.  and the interior is different.

the same?  hmmmm.  

Jeees you guys are soo picky, some different shaped seats, a few new knobs, some extra soundproofing and some extra bits on the engine do not make an all new car! VW have stated in their press releases and on their website pre launch that it was not "an all new car" but an upgraded and tweaked MK5 to make it better and more efficient to build and run.

Ok let me try and put it in terms you may understand. If you tried to fit the running gear and interior on a MK4 into a MK3 or a MK5 it won't fit, the body shells and platfroms are different. They are different cars. If you want to swap the running gear and interior from a MK6 into a MK5 you can because the body shell is the same, they are essentially the same car.

nick