VW Golf MkVII exclusive pics

VDUB or Dud

Any new Golf will succeed to a point and especially in the UK as certain as its owners wearing Pullovers in Autumm. Overall it will be a good car though not that exciting -The design?
not keen on the front end job,given that its still a box design as the side view on pic 1 is the least attractive angle but its german and people love them,cooler to own than a BMW.

By browser0072000 on 6 October, 2009, 7:57am

"Radical" hahahaha

The VW designers have really let their hair down with this one havn't they. The front looks more like the current scirroco and the back is the same as the current Audi A3?.....wow!
Keep up the good work by making the most boring car on the road, it makes the other designers like Honda & Mazda look so much better!

By Monkeyboy76 on 6 October, 2009, 10:01am

If it ain't bust . . .

Given the increasing pressure on manufacturers to improve fuel economy/CO2 emissions and the importance of aerodynamics in achieving that, it is surprising that designers have any scope for changing the outward appearance of their cars at all.

The Golf may be a box, but it is a good format for a certain market. I have a Mk IV Golf TDI which suits me down to a tee, with a slight reservation over luggage space. It's seven years old and not even beginning to wear. It may not be the most exciting design, but it's very lively when you want it to be and quite economical when you don't. It is also the least tiring car on long journeys that I have ever owned. I drove it from London to Edinburgh with a single 30-minute break at a motorway service area and arrived feeling fresh and ready to go out on the town. It's also well built, well appointed and reliable. I suppose I could ask for more, but I don't see any particular reason to.

By aleximor on 6 October, 2009, 10:44am

Robing

Hmmm.. VW Astra anyone?

By Robing on 6 October, 2009, 10:48am

BMW GOLF

The rear minds me of a bmw X5

By celicast162 on 6 October, 2009, 2:33pm

Where have i seen these pics before?

Oh yeah, these were also impressions of the new mark VII

By Richard_W on 6 October, 2009, 2:59pm

Mark VI i meant

By Richard_W on 6 October, 2009, 3:00pm

i see the chavvy neons will be a part of this car,how sad

By cgsuk on 6 October, 2009, 3:56pm

Oops not neons ,I meant LED'S

By cgsuk on 6 October, 2009, 4:00pm

Golf MK 7

If that is what it is going to be like it is trully ordinary!!

It looks like a Scirocco front on a current Golf.

By jsfletcher61 on 6 October, 2009, 7:58pm

Get real!

Look, no car maker today has the liberty to design whatever it likes; with rules about headlights, bumpers, pedestrian safety and all the rest of it, plus the demand for better economy making aerodynamics important! Yes they share a similar look; its called 'fashion'. They also make sketches and full-scale bucks of cars that will never get past the design clinic stage, so seeing a lump of clay in the background does not signify that much. Astonishingly, it takes several years to design a car, so yes, they are designing the Mk7 when the Mk6 has only just come out! The Golf is a two-box shape because that is what buyers want from a Golf - if you want an amazing but impractical shape, get a new Capri when Ford bring it out! As to the LEDs, they are from Audi, part of the VW group, so the Golf is entitled to wear them, and the current Golf has similar rear lights, already filched from BMW, but that's what people like. Just like 'aleximor', I want a car that is all things to all men, and is boringly reliable and dependable, and so do the people who actually buy Golfs. Also, should not those who leave comments not declare which car they own? 'aleximor' has a Golf, so he/she has put his/her money where it matters; I have a Honda Stream - ugly, practical, unnoticeable - but then some people drive Fiat Multiplas; ugly is in the eye of the beholder!

By Ironic on 7 October, 2009, 4:10pm

ex golf owner!!!!!!!

reminds me of a seat!

By dazzie11 on 7 October, 2009, 8:07pm

If it ain't bust . . .

Thanks for your support, Ironic

As a Mk IV Golf owner I'm probably biased, but I don't think any of its successors has been nearly as clean looking. The Mark V, with its hideous rear lamp clusters, was a disaster, and I detest the chrome-finished gun emplacements inside leering glass-covered gashes in the bodywork that all cars now seem to have where they used to have headlamps.

With its completely smooth form, the Mark IV is also the easiest car to wash!

By aleximor on 8 October, 2009, 4:01pm

> [...] cooler to own than a BMW.

Yeah dude, right. To be even "cooler" get yourself a Ford.

By pannikt on 9 October, 2009, 10:06pm

Boring boring boring, nothing exciting about it all... And dependable? ask some of my colleagues who had the mark 5 and ask if they are dependable.... Overrated, overpriced and BORING, that's all VW's will ever be.

By PaulVFR800 on 11 October, 2009, 9:37pm

Mk VII

If these pictures are accurate, then certainly the profile of the MK VII seems to stay loyal to bothe the mark5 and mk6. Personally I like both of them though I'll never be able to afford any of them. I did own a mk1 Golf back in the late 70's which I loved and I see no reason why I wouldn't like any of the others. I was fortunate in the 90's to be able to drive several mk4's including the v5 and vr6 which were huge fun but sadly I was never fortunate enough to own one. Have VW goofed in making the Mk7 too similar to the two previous models? I doubt it as they will always be popular with owners of previous incarnations. Boring they might be to some, but they've been going for over 30 years and I can't see them dying out any time soon.

By nick7 on 13 October, 2009, 7:29am

LEDs

I think you will find that LED lighting will become almost universal on cars over the next few years. EU directives are making daylight running lights compulsory soon, and the only cost effective way of doing this with low drain on the cars electrics is to use LEDs.
As an aside, LED's mean far less complicated lamp housings that can be very shallow in depth as they no longer need to accommodate an incandecent light bulb. That's why desihners love LED's, they remove many of the constraints of accommodating traditional lighting units.

By j_harden on 21 October, 2009, 11:52am

LEDs too

LEDs are shockproof, so designers can put them on the bootlid/hatch without the bulbs blowing every time you slam the lid shut with the lights on. Plus unlikely to need servicing, so can be less accessible. Probably cheaper now too.

Just followed a '59' C-Max; it has LED rear lights, but brake lights looked like incandescents! Why the mix, Henry?

By Ironic on 12 November, 2009, 10:54pm

Radical designs from VW

Good to see VW being it's radical self. This will really revolutionise the medium car market.

The photocopier salesmen and car detailers of Wolfsburg must be being paid a small fortune...

By sirwiggum on 18 November, 2009, 1:47pm

Nice design, the problem with you lot is you probably like a RS Focus with a big spoiler or the ugly Civic (looked dated already) the golf looks classy it's the sort of car which looks good in our street, not the likes of a Ford or Astra!!

By Berelli on 27 November, 2009, 6:40pm