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Cool cars of near future: VW Golf 6

18.08.2008
Volkswagen Golf (or Volkswagen Rabbit if you live in a forest) is one of the most popular most important cars in whole world and when a new generation comes out, it's a big deal. Usually it is.

VW Golf 6 is scheduled to be unveiled in this year's Paris motor show but as it often happens with important new releases, there are plenty of pictures circulating the internet already and everyone who's interested has already googled them. Obviously, I haven't seen it in real life but judging from these pictures alone, Golf 6 will not be a lot different than it's predecessor. Probably the best way to describe it's appearances is by imagining what happens if you mate VW Scirocco with VW Touareg. The end result would be Golf 6.

Technically it will be the same Golf 5. VW will use the underpinnings of good-old fifth generation Golf. It's noting unusual because they use Golf 5 platform for other cars like Scirocco and Tiguan as well and there is nothing wrong with it. The same gearboxes will be used offering choice of manual, automatic or dual-clutch DSG. Interior, however, is redesigned and VW promise much better trim quality.

As you might expect, VW has plenty of engine choices for new Golf, starting from 1.4 petrol with 80 hp all the way up to hot turbo-charged 211 hp "GTi" unit and new common-rail diesels. There are rumors that VW later will introduce "Golf GTD" with an exceptionally cool 2.0 twin turbo 200 hp diesel. It would be exiting to see which one turns out to be the quickest - GTi or GTD. Golf 6 GTi will be in showrooms next year. Unfortunately, it looks like there will be no roaring R32 V6 version of Golf 6. At least it's not on VW priority list by now.

Some new tech-features are also expected to be offered as options in sixth generation Golf. Some of them, like "Adaptive damping system" with choice of three different levels of stiffness, "Intelligent cruise control" and "Automatic parking system" are not yet available even in higher class and more expensive Passat.

Community comments (14)

PhantomPorsche 2 years ago
Its hard to beleive how much better they can get with the trim quality.

Anonymous 2 years ago
fkn stupid it looks exactly the same as the rocco. i dont see the point.

Georg 2 years ago
it is much higher has smaller track front and rear axle is avaible as 3 and 5 door... the different to the Scirocco is huge..as the different betwen the Scirocco and Golf is... the Scirocco is much lower!!! mucch wider has a much wider track... you need to see both cars standing together and you will see that they are completely different

FastestLaps 2 years ago
It is a lot different. The whole body. Even the front (the most similar thing between Golf and Scirocco) is little different. Taillights, however, are surprisingly similar to Touareg.

Anonymous 2 years ago
surprisingly similiar? riiiiight..lol and whats th the point in calling it a 5 and 3 door? does anybody use the trunk/boot to get into there seats? i just could never see the point in calling it that, any good reason?

Georg 2 years ago
In Germany the home of the Golf cars are called 3 door or 5 door. Because the passenger compartment has 3 or 5 openings to load unload... not 2 or 4..

Werty 2 years ago
3 or 5 openings..sounds like my girlfriend..hahahah lol

Anonymous 2 years ago
Really?!?!?!? People who say stuff like that tend not to have gfs

Anonymous 2 years ago
word

Werty 2 years ago
reallly??? hmm just ask yo mamma..hahah

funkmaster 2 years ago
ugly as hell!!!

FastestLaps 2 years ago
Disagree. It is as classic and as good looking as previous Golfs.

Dave 2 years ago
Bring the diesel already!

Anonymous 2 years ago
bring the diesel??? what are you 93 years old..lol

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