« Reply #121 on: 18 May 2015, 13:31 »
Interesting thoughts about a face-lift. Will VW bother with a facelift or will the mk8 essentially be a facelift MQB car? I'm wondering if the mk8 will be like the mk6 and just a facelift previous generation model. Who knows?!!
As for the black stripe - this is to pay homage to the mk1 and mk2 which had the lower door stripe and often features on the Worthersee models. An awful lot of GTI's at Worthersee are classic GTI owners so I expect the stripes go down well with them but would unlikely be used on a production model unless feedback was overwhelmingly positive from their customer panels they use.
The one thing that makes me take note is the way the lower bumper is styled more like the Polo GTI in the direction of the upright painted bits. On the current Golf GTI it still goes in the mk5 and mk6 direction making a V or a Beetle Bonnet shape but the Clubsport has the uprights in the opposite direction like the R and Polo GTI. I prefer the former as it looks a bit prettier.
As the bumper strakes on the GTI ape the R8 strakes, and the facelift R8 has a different lower bumper style I'd guess the GTI might follow the trend. It's funny how the various VAG models borrow bits of styling - the biggest one for me was how much VW toned down the IROC front end before Scirocco production and then the current sporty Audis all stole the IROC front end with the big prominent diamond shape.
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