The Golf facelift will be very similar to that - look at the new A3 FL - new lights, new bumpers, a few new colours, same wheels for most of the range. Really hard to tell the difference if your not into your cars...
... or if you own one. To be honest I couldn't tell you a new Leon from an old one.
I keep pointing out the new A3s to my wife. She thinks they look the same
...and I guess she is right!
Though I find most people seem to have a least heard of a Golf GTI. 'I drive a Golf GTD' , 'What's that?' , 'Diesel version of a Golf GTI.'
On another forum: They were talking about the fact that most people have no clue what a Golf R is. One guy told his 8 year old nephew, who then called it a Golf Arrrggggh! It is a car for pirates!