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![]() | VW Golf Mk7 (2012)
The new Volkswagen Golf Mk7 is nearer than you think. Although the Golf Mk6 only arrived in late 2008, we understands the new, seventh-generation VW Golf lands in September 2012, with a raft of new engines and bodystyles. The VW Golf is the sweetspot of the Volkswagen range; get it right, and the entire group will thrive. Get it wrong, and the balance sheets will be blotched with red ink. It does therefore not come as a surprise that chairman Martin Winterkorn, R&D chief Ulrich Hackenberg and design supremo Walter de Silva want to make 100% sure that the next Golf is spot-on. A few days after the 2009 Frankfurt motor show, the number of proposals was reduced from three to two. VW has almost certainly now crowned a winner. The Golf Mk7 range will continue very much as today's. The CC coupe-cabriolet with folding hard top is on ice, but a cheaper Golf cabrio is expected in 2014. The Scirocco has been deemed a success, and the three-door Golf may become a sleeker, more coupé-ish derivative. caronline |