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Title: Golf mk7
Post by: Khare on 25 January 2010, 18:51
what do we think?

(http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/upload/21030/images/5VolkswagenGolfMk7.jpg)

(http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/upload/21030/images/4VolkswagenGolfMk7.jpg)

(http://indianautosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mark-7-vw-golf1.jpg)

(http://indianautosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mark-7-vw-golf2.jpg)
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: jamrock on 25 January 2010, 19:14
i really dont like the new shapes(mk5 mk6 mk7). ithink they have no soul. :cry:

thay all look the same!! maybe with a great deal of modding it MAY look OK
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: JC on 25 January 2010, 19:14
golf mk5.5+ a bit more  :grin:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 25 January 2010, 19:14
golf mk5.5+ a bit more  :grin:

Exactly what I was thinking.  :grin:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Mikester on 25 January 2010, 19:18
Looks even worse than the horrible mk6.

Mk5 Golf was the last nice GTI, then its all about the polo really.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: simonpolly on 25 January 2010, 19:20
Looks even worse than the horrible mk6.

Mk5 Golf was the last nice GTI, then its all about the polo really.

That looks like a golf mk6 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 25 January 2010, 19:23
Looks even worse than the horrible mk6.

Mk5 Golf was the last nice GTI, then its all about the polo really.

That looks like a golf mk6 :rolleyes:

Exactly what I was thinking (again).  :grin:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: madgti on 25 January 2010, 19:29
really dont like it
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Reasty on 25 January 2010, 19:30
Hope it looks better in real life coz I really don't like the look of that at all.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: simonpolly on 25 January 2010, 19:30
Vw designers seem to be lacking abit in the imagination department when it comes to the golf. Mk5 Mk6 and now the Mk7 all look very similar :undecided:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Komenda on 25 January 2010, 19:32
Looks like every other modern car, soulless and uninspiring

Spot the difference

(http://indianautosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mark-7-vw-golf1.jpg)

(http://www.greencarsite.co.uk/econews/images/new-astra.jpg)
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Organisys on 25 January 2010, 19:43
Auto Express trying to sell copies again....


Gimme a Mk2 anyday.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: leigh_harty on 25 January 2010, 19:45
Auto Express trying to sell copies again....


Gimme a Mk2 anyday.


Definatly.. they need to stop selling them to the 'wrong people' before they're just another rep car.. and bring it back to basics
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: dan_apps on 25 January 2010, 19:55
hopefully the GTI version will help redeem it slightly but i imagine it will be very close to the mk5/ mk6 again!
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Toby on 25 January 2010, 20:35
toby no likey
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: jonnypolish on 25 January 2010, 21:56
Spot the difference is right!
Looks like a mk6 absorbed an astra...
Disappointing :(
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Horney on 25 January 2010, 21:59
At least this time it'll be an all new car. I actually quite like it.

nick
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: simonkit on 25 January 2010, 22:24

 It definitely looks like the Astra, not a great move !!

 I've just bought a MK5 which personally I think looks better than the MK6 - if I'm honest though I don't think many of the VW models have anything distinctive in the looks department (Roc is the exception), it's more about the driving experience/convenience factor

 
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: jonnyb on 25 January 2010, 22:48
Front is too thin, and the rear is way too high.  Reminds me of my old clio (mk2) that had a fat arse which sat too high, which no amount of "slammage" would fix.

poor effort VW.  Ill stick to the oldies for now  :evil:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: bobbarley on 25 January 2010, 22:50
I don't like the grill, it needs the red strips on the grill.  It's just a mk6 with the rear end from the new Focus.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: maxp on 25 January 2010, 23:02
Mk1, - > Mk5
Mk2, - > Mk6
Mk3, - > Mk7
Mk4, - > Mk8,

by that reasoning, the next decent one's gonna be the mk 9  :wink: :grin:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Ninja on 25 January 2010, 23:42
That's bloody awful.

My favorite golfs are, in order;

MK2  :cool:
MK1  :wink:
MK4   :smug:
MK3   :wink:
MK6  :smiley:
MK5  :undecided:

and now, at the bottom of the list,

MK7. Eww.  :sick:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Wayne on 25 January 2010, 23:52
Horrid looking car
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: DazVR6 on 25 January 2010, 23:57
Those pics with the plastic arches reemind me of a mk3....






















he waits.......
















won't be long now.....
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Jay on 26 January 2010, 07:44
Mk1, - > Mk5
Mk2, - > Mk6
Mk3, - > Mk7
Mk4, - > Mk8,

by that reasoning, the next decent one's gonna be the mk 9  :wink: :grin:


This may well be true...
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: johnson6672 on 26 January 2010, 08:53
Arse looks like a alfa 14 something
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 26 January 2010, 09:04
agree with the polo comments. was at the dealers the other day having a look (whilst waiting for the parts guy gossiping on the phone  :angry: ). Its a better looking car than the golf tbh and a nicer size!
Title: Re: Golf mk7 - coupe?
Post by: DubFan on 26 January 2010, 09:10
How about this then? A Golf Coupe concept, likely to be badged as a Jetta though.
(http://www.carsuk.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/VW-Compact-Coupe-FT1.jpg) (http://www.carsuk.net/vw-new-compact-coupe-vw-golf-coupe-hybrid-revealed/)

Or
http://imotor.msgfocus.com/c/17h9ayGX82eBVy5SZY7 (http://imotor.msgfocus.com/c/17h9ayGX82eBVy5SZY7)

Apparently it's a hybrid. Quite pretty I think.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Guy on 26 January 2010, 09:32
on first glance I just thought 'Astra' - especially its arse

oh crap... when will there be another truly remarkable golf... or are we done and dusted now

it is up to us to act as guardians of the future, the custodians of living engineering history
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 26 January 2010, 09:39
cars are gonna get more and more boring as time goes on  :cry:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: johnson6672 on 26 January 2010, 11:04
I think the polos have always been good, apart from the one with the dodgy headlights, just that the GTI badged ones are few and far between, the new ones are more Golf GTI than the Golf GTI, as in size.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Organisys on 26 January 2010, 12:23
cars are gonna get more and more boring as time goes on  :cry:
Only from major car companies. Look at the specialist stuff we have had recently.

Ariel Atom, Caterham R400/500, Lotus Exige R, etc.

Not exactly boring.....
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: maxp on 26 January 2010, 13:19
cars are gonna get more and more boring as time goes on  :cry:
Only from major car companies. Look at the specialist stuff we have had recently.

Ariel Atom, Caterham R400/500, Lotus Exige R, etc.

Not exactly boring.....

Aye, in tought financial times like these, large companies arent willing to take any risks, they just want a guaranteed return.

Hence this vanilla ice cream of a car.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 26 January 2010, 13:30
cars are gonna get more and more boring as time goes on  :cry:
Only from major car companies. Look at the specialist stuff we have had recently.

Ariel Atom, Caterham R400/500, Lotus Exige R, etc.

Not exactly boring.....

not exactly daily drivers though are they  :grin:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Dec on 26 January 2010, 13:42
Haven't bothered reading more than the first couple of posts in this thread.. but the pics Khare posted just look like a slightly facelifted mk6.. I don't see it worthy of being called a mk7 really!
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Organisys on 26 January 2010, 19:37
cars are gonna get more and more boring as time goes on  :cry:
Only from major car companies. Look at the specialist stuff we have had recently.

Ariel Atom, Caterham R400/500, Lotus Exige R, etc.

Not exactly boring.....

not exactly daily drivers though are they  :grin:

Well no, but you see my point.
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Mr Blue on 26 January 2010, 19:45
Just another car with a vw badge they call a golf. Parts robbed off other models and walla, there you have it a mk7!

They lost their touch a long time ago. Ohh well at least mk1 and mk2 prices will go up  :tongue:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Snoopy on 27 January 2010, 21:19
The mk1 and mk2 had a huge amount of robbed parts so its not new. :drool: Common to the passat and audi 80 of the time. :wink:
Title: Re: Golf mk7
Post by: Roverdose on 28 January 2010, 02:21
ain't no golf. The polo is what the golf should be imo