November Golf update - weird press release

[jv]

Mk5 time! Yep, this is amazing:

Wolfsburg, 31 October 2016 – The Golf's debut in 2003 left many a competitor from the higher mid-class standing with its comfort, dynamism and quality. Just one year later, a 200-PS Golf with black radiator grille and sports seats in the legendary tartan “Interlagos” fabric heralded the comeback of the GTI. Demand for the Golf, and demand for the GTI, has never let up since. To date, the Golf GTI is the most successful sportscar in the compact segment. The Golf itself is unassailable as the best-selling European car ever. Now just before the launch of this bestseller update in November, it’s time to take a look back: at the Golf MkV and 2003.

Retrospective: In 2003, Europe experienced a particularly long, hot, summer. Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley feature in ‘‘Pirates of the Caribbean’’. The greatest of all little heroes, however, remains the sorcerer’s apprentice in the 55 million-selling book ‘‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’’. The automobile highlight of the year is the new Golf MkV - bigger, safer and higher quality. By 2003, the Golf had been the bestselling car from Germany for almost three decades. It has generally come to be regarded as ‘The’ car par excellence, as the only truly classless compact class model. And the fifth Golf? It is still built on the DNA of the first generation - but the MkV itself will be visually reinvented. The design of the Golf MkV with the characteristic C-pillar; the powerful rear; the sporty front end and the muscular silhouette rising toward the rear shows pure dynamism. Another Golf innovation is the front end: for the first time, the bonnet follows the contour of the headlight, like a sports car.

[jv]

Mk6 flavoured nonsense:

Wolfsburg, 4 November 2016 – The countdown is under way: in six days Volkswagen will present a major update of the Golf in Wolfsburg. That will herald the launch of a Golf which will democratise progress yet again. An ongoing tradition since the launch of the first Golf, 42 years ago. With the debut of the sixth-generation Golf (2008), more and more luxury class assistance systems found their way into the compact segment – marking the beginning of a silent revolution in automotive safety.

Retrospective: In 2008 Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the USA. The Spanish national team wins the final of the European Football Championship against Germany. The English singer Amy Winehouse wins five Grammy awards in Los Angeles and Volkswagen enriches the year with the sixth generation of a bestseller: the Golf.

New assistance systems such as Adaptive Cruise Control ACC, automatically steered Park Assist, automatic main beam management Light Assist, the Hill Hold function and further technical innovations in the form of adaptive chassis control DCC make the car which will later be named "World Car of the Year" in 2009 the hitherto most advanced Golf. And not only that: by the time it was replaced in 2012, the Golf MkVI had madei ts mark in the history of Volkswagen, becoming one of the safest compact cars of its time –  thanks to its numerous assistance systems, up to nine airbags (including knee airbag) and sovereign five stars in the EuroNCAP crash test.

[jv]

"Connected with its environment" - guess that's one way of describing it

Wolfsburg, 9 November 2016 – The countdown is under way: tomorrow, Volkswagen will introduce a major update of the Golf thus continuing the success story of this bestseller. It began in 1974, with the debut of the first-generation Golf. The update of the seventh Golf generation in 2012 – the first Volkswagen model based on the modular transverse matrix (MQB) – brought about a car that was connected with its environment more than ever, establishing a new type of digital display and control elements in the segment and bringing assistance systems from the luxury class into the compact class.

Retrospective: 2012. Joachim Gauck is the eleventh President in Germany. Hurricane Sandy turns all the lights off in New York. In England, Adele's new album “21” becomes the best-selling album of the 21st century thus far. And in Berlin, Volkswagen presents the seventh generation of the Golf. It is up to 100 kg lighter and impresses with an armada of new assistance systems. In 2013 it was awarded the internationally prestigious “Car of the Year” title. From 2014 onwards, the Golf MkVII is the first model in its class to be available with both pure electric drive (e-Golf) and with a plug-in hybrid drive (Golf GTE).

Thanks to MQB, it is not only new technologies that reign supreme in the Golf – the design also gains a new dynamism due to its entirely new proportions. The front wheels are significantly further forward.

Consequently the front overhang is shorter while the bonnet appears longer. Head of Design at Volkswagen Klaus Bischoff: “The vehicle cab is shifted backward in visual terms, resulting in the so-called ‘cab backward impression’. That is the name given to the proportions of vehicles from classes above, where the bonnet is long and the cab is located further toward the rear. The new Golf MkVII therefore has the type of proportions usually only seen in higher segments.” Klaus Bischoff and his team have now further honed this design. On 10 November in Wolfsburg, Volkswagen will introduce the new look of the Golf along with new assistance, infotainment and drive systems.

The presentation of the new Golf in Wolfsburg will be broadcasted live on Thursday, 10 November 2016, from 12.30 pm until approx. 1.00 pm CET (11.30 am - approx. 12.00 pm GMT):

Internet (#Golf): http://volkswagen.gomexlive.com/vw_live_pk/?lang=en
YouTube: https://youtu.be/XxWrSoPCKhE

1 e-Golf: power consumption in kW/h/100 km: 12,7; CO2-emissions in g/km: 0, efficiency class: A+

2 Golf GTE: fuel consumption in l/100 km: 1,7-1,5 (combined), power consumption in kWh/100 km: 12,4 - 11,4 (combined), CO2-emissions in g/km: 39 – 35 (combined), efficiency class: A+

[jv]

"Volkswagen is digitalising the most successful model in the Group’s history – the Golf – with a major update."

Here we go:

Key facts – the Golf update in summary

1.  World premieres: Volkswagen presents the updated 2 and 4-door Golf as well as the Golf GTI, Golf GTE and Golf Variant.

2. The “Discover Pro” infotainment system with gesture control sees the interface of the future make its debut in the compact class.

3. The complete range of infotainment systems has been redesigned and fitted with larger touchscreens.

4. Range of online services expanded; “Guide & Inform” as well as “Security & Service” for models with a navigation system.

5. The spectrum of assistance systems in the Golf democratises progress, featuring Traffic Jam Assist and Emergency Assist for the first time.

6. New generation of TSIs: 1.5 TSI Evo with 110 kW/150 PS and Active Cylinder Management makes its debut in the Golf.

7.  Added performance for the Golf GTI: 169 kW/230 PS for the standard version and 180 kW/245 PS for the GTI Performance.

8. Newly developed 7-speed dual clutch gearbox (DSG) will gradually replace all 6-speed DSGs for the Golf.

9. Front and rear sections with new bumpers. Full LED tail lights; animated indicators for the top-of-the-range version.

10. Brand new LED headlights replace all Xenon headlights for the 2017 model year Golf and Golf Variant.

[jv]

And just for Exonian....

[Exonian]

 






I wouldn't have said a word, honest guv!

[fredgroves]

8. Newly developed 7-speed dual clutch gearbox (DSG) will gradually replace all 6-speed DSGs for the Golf.

Gradually replace? Not immediately, gradually.

And:

democratises progress

WTF does that mean? That's like an American I once heard say "we're going to democratize the f*ck out of Syria" ;-)

[Watts]

democratises progress

WTF does that mean? That's like an American I once heard say "we're going to democratize the f*ck out of Syria" ;-)

Maybe it means the updates will be free

[Watts]

Well there's nothing on the update to put me off getting one if I was changing. The technology updates leave me cold, the power update is neither here or there and the styling tweaks are okay. Like the hidden ACC sensor, probably the best bit! Apart from 3 door models remaining, the day they go I'm definitely looking elsewhere.

[jv]

8. Newly developed 7-speed dual clutch gearbox (DSG) will gradually replace all 6-speed DSGs for the Golf.

Gradually replace? Not immediately, gradually.

Means some people will get 6.43 gears. 6.99 might be annoying.