Volkswagen Golf: the next one is already in the pipeline

The Golf 8 will focus on reduced emissions and on a major diet, but there is discrepancy on when released.

LIFE IS SHORT? - Hard, the life of the best seller: the Volkswagen Golf (in the photo, the current series), that is to say the car far more sold in Europe (here to learn more) has been submitted, in its seventh generation, a little less than two years ago, and already chasing rumors on what will be the heir. According to media sources, the german Golf 8 will debut already in 2017, making it very short the life of the current. Not that the previous Golf 6 is duration of more, as that was in the price list from 2008 to 2013 - less than five years, all inclusive.

RICH INSIDE - The future Volkswagen Golf, that other sources more realistic damage to novice for the 2019, will be stylistically very different from the present and will have various devices to help guide, the aid for the car parks to the automatic braking in the case of recognition of pedestrians. Inside there will be neither the head-up display, nor the transposition of app smartphone connected to the display of the multimedia system. As the current Golf Course, the one that will be based on modular platform MQB and weigh up to 50 kg less; also provided three cylinder engines derived from those of the current Polo for the basic versions.

DRAMATIC DECREASE OF CO2 - The goal of the new Golf 8, regardless of the date of debut, would be the one of the reduction of emissions (and consumption) on the order of 90 g/km of CO2, also because in 2020 will come into force new Community standards in Europe just in theme of emissions. According to calculations, for then the Volkswagen will have to reduce the emissions of the future range of a percentage of between 22 and 27% with respect to those present. Hence the need to focus development on aerodynamic efficiency, which might affect the shapes of a car that is born to be the most reassuring as possible and certainly not the most daring.

THE LESSON OF THE XL1 - Always according to the rumors, in the future Golf we should find many of the "lessons" learned from Volkswagen with the futuristic XL1, especially in aerodynamic terms. This is the field in which the German engineers have identified room for improvement in reducing consumption, without increasing the costs of production. The weight of the base version of the next Golf course should be about 1100 kg (today are 1130), a possible reduction without the use of materials particularly sophisticated. On car in this class the margins for the automakers are already today great haste; use carbon, magnesium or aluminum would mean having to increase the sale price decreasing, then, the competitiveness.