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Offline BanksyGTI

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Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« on: 31 August 2023, 23:37 »
The first leaked shots of the ‘finished’ Golf 8.5 surfaced this evening - taken from VW Group’s ‘Mobility Evening’ in Munich that serves as a pre-cursor for the press before the International Motor Show next week.

The Golf was in the background of a photo taken of the brand new Passat. I believe that the Golf in the picture is in R Line trim as the bumper is a close match to the Passat’s, which is also an R Line. It’s common for VW to launch their cars in R Line trim these days too.

The 8.5 GTI will also be unveiled next week, as given away by the following teasers on VW’s German Twitter page.


















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Offline massimo23

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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #1 on: 01 September 2023, 09:26 »
It is a screenshot taken from this video from TopSpeed Slovacchia  :whistle:
Wonder what will happen to them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-4qPdM1FIY
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #2 on: 01 September 2023, 10:23 »
Let's hope they did some pre-production testing on this one  :grin:
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #3 on: 01 September 2023, 12:10 »
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Offline davo245

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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #4 on: 01 September 2023, 15:47 »
Probably cost 50k before options without and engine cover as std.
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #5 on: 01 September 2023, 21:41 »
It has potential but I'm going to say they'll have cocked it up again. New Passat looks good except for the interior screen...very ford...
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #6 on: 03 September 2023, 08:09 »
"Special-edition 2024 Volkswagen Golf GTI 380 celebrates the manual transmission in VW's hot hatch!"

My initial reaction was of total enthusiasm. 380bhp in a GTi with a manual box... Incredible, I will fit that clutch into my mk7 CS when the time comes?

Then I read the article and jumped back from my initial conclusions! :)

https://media.vw.com/en-us/releases/1759

No doubt still a nice car!
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #7 on: 03 September 2023, 20:50 »
Maybe this is the alternative 8.5.  :whistle:

https://youtu.be/GpvCSI9IwJA?feature=shared
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #8 on: 03 September 2023, 21:40 »
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Re: Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!
« Reply #9 on: 03 September 2023, 23:03 »
Quote from: clubsport on 03 September 2023, 08:09
"Special-edition 2024 Volkswagen Golf GTI 380 celebrates the manual transmission in VW's hot hatch!"

My initial reaction was of total enthusiasm. 380bhp in a GTi with a manual box... Incredible, I will fit that clutch into my mk7 CS when the time comes?

Then I read the article and jumped back from my initial conclusions! :)

https://media.vw.com/en-us/releases/1759

No doubt still a nice car!



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