2019 Volkswagen Golf: This Is It, The All-New 8th Gen Model (Updated)
Tha new 2020 VW Golf hatch has made yet another appearance on South African soil, with Carscoops reader Brett sharing a new image of the compact model without a visible (at least from this rear angle) trace of camouflage. We also added a new video that surfaced on Facebook today. Last month, we posted a couple of videos that were supposed to show the 2020 Golf. Now, thanks to Instagram user johannes.vag, who snapped those pics, we can see the eighth generation of VW鈥檚 icon virtually undisguised, sans some barely noticeable stickers here and there . This, then, is the eighth iteration. And just like the last two generations, it鈥檚 both instantly recognizable as a Golf and, at the same time, different enough as to make onlookers realize it鈥檚 the latest Golf. Kinda like the Porsche 911, only much cheaper and affordable. Mind you, VW is always very careful not to mess too much with the styling, as it understandably doesn鈥檛 want to ruin a winning formula.
Thus, even though it shares no panels with the Mk7 and sports sharper head- and tail-lamps, a new grille, and new front and rear bumpers, you won鈥檛 mistake it for anything else even if one were to remove its badges. It goes without saying that the Golf Mk8 is one of the most (if not the most) eagerly awaited new models of the year - and for good reason, as it鈥檚 one of the longest-running nameplates in history. It first launched in 1974 and, in the years that followed, became VW鈥檚 best seller and defined its segment so much that the latter is widely referred to as the 鈥淕olf class鈥? The Golf is the standard against which all newcomers are measured, and that was true even when it wasn鈥檛 the best car in its class (MK3, we鈥檙e looking at you). To a large number of buyers, the Golf was (and still is) the compact hatch to have, and to rival automakers, the one that they wanted to beat. The all-new Golf will be based on an upgraded version of the existing model鈥檚 platform, named MQB Evo. Not only will it be lighter (up to45 kg or 100 pounds), It will also have a slightly larger wheelbase than the current Golf, thus offering improved room in the cabin and, possibly, the boot as well. It should also come with a fresh interior, a lot of safety gear and connectivity options, and probably a semi-autonomous system as well. Of course, later down the road VW will also launch a new GTI, as this is the version that launched a thousand hot hatches. No details are known right now, but in all likelihood it will be powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder with close to 300 horses; and that means that the even more powerful Golf R will be pumped up as well.
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I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e heard the idiom 鈥渓ightning doesn鈥檛 strike the same place twice鈥? In fact, it鈥檚 fairly common for lightning to strike the same place twice. Check out tall buildings, for example. Still, humans like to think that the odds of a rare event happening twice in a short amount of time are statistically very low. And, if I鈥檓 honest, I鈥檓 not immune to that belief. That brings us today鈥檚 Volkswagen. If this 1989 GTI 16V looks familiar, you鈥檇 be forgiven for thinking I just covered it. I, too, thought it was the same car I looked at back in February. After all, what is the statistical probability of coming across another perfect condition, LY3D Tornado Red 1989 GTI 16V after seeing one just two months ago? Apparently it is quite good. 8,322 - frankly, quite a deal for what that car was. Original west coast car , shipped to Massachusetts.
