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Offline Jammy1

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Golf MK8
« on: 21 November 2014, 15:27 »
A little article on the MK8, I might even contemplate going to the dark side with a 10 speed DSG on offer   :grin:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/89538/new-volkswagen-golf-mk8-tech-secrets-revealed
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #1 on: 21 November 2014, 15:51 »
You might need to place your order now to get one close to launch. :whistle:
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #2 on: 21 November 2014, 17:13 »
10 speed DSG? Oh please  :cry:

I drove a BMW diesel earlier this year with about seven or eight gears and all it did was change gear constantly stuttering and jerking like a hyperactive toddler with a live electrical cable in his gob.
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #3 on: 21 November 2014, 17:30 »
Quote from: monkeyhanger on 21 November 2014, 15:51
You might need to place your order now to get one close to launch. :whistle:

Lol, you might even be too late now!
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #4 on: 21 November 2014, 17:36 »
Quote from: Exonian on 21 November 2014, 17:13
10 speed DSG? Oh please  :cry:

I drove a BMW diesel earlier this year with about seven or eight gears and all it did was change gear constantly stuttering and jerking like a hyperactive toddler with a live electrical cable in his gob.

Surprised by that as my 8 speed 330 gear box is excellent, one of the things that put me off a recent test drove in an R was the way that the car constantly wanted to drop from 6th the 3rd when cruising on a dual carriage way to over take a car.

I really like the look of these pictures, the rear window looks like it has a coupe slope to it and I really like the angular exhausts that are being adopted from their Audi cousins.
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #5 on: 21 November 2014, 18:03 »
I love the look of the car etc I just don't like some DSG boxes.
10 speed is a bit excessive! In my humble and grumpy opinion.

Maybe if I had one on a 50p lease deal I'd change my mind...
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Anyway, Autoexpress. Need we say more...

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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #6 on: 21 November 2014, 19:04 »
Not really impressed with the looks in those pictures. It looks like a facelifted MK7. And that exhaust looks like a copy of the actual Astra VXR (OPC)/Skoda Octavia RS exhaust.
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #7 on: 21 November 2014, 20:17 »
Quote from: Exonian on 21 November 2014, 17:13
10 speed DSG? Oh please  :cry:

Where's a 7 speed manual box :D ?
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #8 on: 21 November 2014, 20:23 »
Front looks like a Focus ST.
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Re: Golf MK8
« Reply #9 on: 22 November 2014, 08:04 »
I like the sound of the new Tech in development. As a DSG fan who's driven 6 and 7 speed boxes the 10 speed sounds good. Lower CO2 and better fuel economy... what's not to like. And it can handle plenty of torque too (unlike the dry sump 7 speed unit).

I wouldn't pay any attention to the photoshop styling images. They're just guessing from current trends and kinda amuses me. The front looks like a hybrid of the Scirocco and eGolf front diffuser. While its flanks look like the current Audi A3. Tailgate, well that's pure speculation on which way VW will tweak the rear lights. Quite like the exhausts though. I can see that making it through to final designs as lots of manufacturers are going down this route - Big new Volvo's and the new Mercedes C Class to name but a few.
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