The Mk7 Golf

Deako · Sep 4, 2012

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Full press release:

SEVENTH GENERATION VOLKSWAGEN GOLF BREAKS COVER IN BERLIN

The all-new Volkswagen Golf has been unveiled in Berlin, 36 years after the original model redefined the small family car. The seventh generation Golf builds on the success of its predecessors, of which over 29 million have been sold, bringing new levels of comfort, practicality, safety and efficiency to the class.

Despite offering more room for passengers and more advanced technological features than ever before, new production techniques contribute to the Mk VII Golf being up to 100 kg lighter than the car it replaces, helping to make it up to 23 per cent more efficient than before. On top of this, the new Golf is also safer than ever, thanks not just to a stronger body structure (which is also 23 kg lighter) but also to a raft of standard and optional passive and active safety systems.

The new Golf is built on the so-called MQB (Modularer Querbaukasten) platform or Modular Transverse Matrix. This standardises many vehicle component parameters across brands and vehicle classes, and allows access to new powertrains and technologies, including innovations in the areas of safety and infotainment, which until now were reserved for vehicles in higher segments.

At 4,255 mm long, the new Golf is 56 mm longer than its predecessor, with a 59 mm longer wheelbase of 2,637 mm. The front wheels are 43 mm further forward, helping to generate more interior space, while the Golf is also 13 mm wider, at 1,799 mm, and 28 mm lower, at 1,452 mm. This helps to create a 10 per cent improvement in the drag co-efficient, which is now 0.27 Cd.

Though the new cars dimensions are larger, its overall design is unmistakeably that of a Golf, thanks to a design DNA that has evolved through the decades. Walter de Silva, Head of Design for Volkswagen AG, said: One of the keys to the Golfs success lies in its continuity. There are a handful of cars with a design that, like the Golfs, has been refined, tweaked and enhanced down the decades and thus become timeless.

Inside the Golf there is more room than ever. Rear legroom is improved by 15 mm, and the front seats have been moved 20 mm further back, benefitting taller drivers. Front shoulder room is improved by 31 mm to 1,420 mm (at the rear it is 30 mm wider) and elbow room by 22 mm to 1,469 mm (20 mm wider at the rear). There is more room for luggage, too: the boot is 30 litres larger, at 380 litres, with a low 685 mm sill to make loading effortless. The front passenger seat can also optionally fold fully forward, creating a loadspace which is up to 2,412 mm long.

In the cockpit, the centre console is now angled more towards the driver, giving them easier, more ergonomic and direct access to auxiliary controls, including the new generation of touchscreen infotainment systems that is available on the Golf. All Golf models now have touchscreen systems as standard, starting in the UK with a 5.8-inch colour display system, and rising to the range-topping satellite navigation system with eight-inch colour display. It operates with finger gestures that will be familiar to smartphone users. Features include DAB digital radio, auxiliary inputs (including USB), Bluetooth telephone preparation and access to vehicle trip information.

Between the front seats, space is increased by virtue of the new electronic parking brake with auto-hold feature. And for the first time in a Volkswagen, the compartment under the centre armrest optionally includes a universal phone holder with inductive aerial, which not only increases the signal strength of a phone placed in it, but also reduces the drain on the phones battery.

The new Golf also features a number of innovative standard safety systems, while optional systems include many previously only available on vehicles in a class above. Standard on all new Golf models is a multi-collision brake system. This automatically brakes the vehicle after a collision, to reduce kinetic energy significantly and thus minimise the chance of a second impact. Research in Germany shows that around a quarter of accidents involving personal injury are multi-collision events. Also standard is the PreCrash system that made its debut on the Touareg. If it detects the possibility of an accident, it pre-tensions seatbelts and closes the windows and sunroof, leaving just a small gap, to ensure the best possible protection from the airbags.

Other electronic aids include Adaptive Cruise Control (standard in the UK from SE models upwards), which uses radar sensors to maintain a set distance from the vehicle in front; Front Assist, which can bring the vehicle to a complete stop and operates at speeds of up to 150 km/h (approx. 93 mph); and City Emergency Braking, which operates at up to 30 km/h (approx. 19 mph), and can reduce or prevent the chance of accidents occurring. A Driver Alert System, as introduced on the Passat, monitors the drivers inputs, to detect any signs of tiredness; while a camera-operated Lane Assist system can help keep the car in a specific lane, providing countersteering assistance where necessary. A Dynamic Light Assist system optionally masks the vehicles high beam lighting, making for brilliant illumination without dazzling on-coming traffic.

The Golfs steering now uses a variable ratio system that offers more agile steering in dynamic driving situations, while ensuring high-speed stability, and easy manoeuvring in the city. Specify the latest generation Park Assist, and the new Golf will even park itself in a space no more than 80 cm longer than the vehicle.

For the first time, the Golf is also available with driver profile selection, which allows the driver to choose from four modes Eco, Sport, Normal and Individual; with a DSG gearbox a fifth option Comfort is also offered. Each of these modes alters the throttle mapping and engine management (among other parameters) to the chosen style, so in Eco mode, for example, the engine management, air conditioning and ancillary systems are controlled to achieve maximum fuel consumption.

Powering the Golf is a new range of petrol and diesel engines, all of which incorporate Stop/Start and battery regeneration systems. At launch, the petrol engines are a 1.2-litre TSI 85 PS unit returning 4.9 l/100 km (around 57.6 mpg and 113 g/km), and a 1.4-litre TSI 140 PS unit with Active Cylinder Technology, which can deactivate two of the cylinders, and achieves up to 4.8 l/100 km (58.9 mpg and 112 g/km). The launch diesel engines are a 1.6-litre unit with 105 PS, which returns 3.8 l/100 km (74.3 mpg and 99 g/km), and a 2.0-litre 150 PS unit which returns 4.1 l/100 km (68.9 mpg and 106 g/km).

Further details on the new Golf will be revealed at the Paris Motor Show. The car will go on sale from October, with the first UK deliveries expected in January 2013.
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smiffy555 · Sep 5, 2012

Try autocar as well...........the GTi is going to be brilliant!!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/2013-volkswagen-golf/2013-volkswagen-golf-revealed-updated-gallery

Deako · Sep 5, 2012

Looking forward to the Paris Motorshow. Concepts previewed often turn out to be 99% accurate of the road going models!!

Richard Mk2 · Sep 5, 2012

Not to sure on the Mk7 yet.

But then again thats what i said about the Mk6, and i quite like them now.

Its always better to see them in the flesh first

fthaimike · Sep 28, 2012

from German sources...

http://www.motor-talk.de/news/sieben-dinge-die-uns-am-golf-7-enttaeuschen-t4162751.html

The return of the torsion beam rear axle

With the introduction of the Golf 5, the torsion beam rear axle 2003 had retired. Forget it. Now she returns to the Gulf 7th Only the models with more than 140 hp VW donated a modern multi-link axle. This lowers the price while at the base, but is technically a major setback. Where: Retro is in. And yes, the twist-beam axle had been the first golf
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Deako · Sep 28, 2012

Rear suspension is definitely independent.

See link in this thread: http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php?256227-Mk7-Golf-GTI-Concept-Paris-Motorshow for more.

Richard Mk2 · Feb 7, 2013

Saw a Mk7 today, on the back of a car transporter while filling the lorry up with diesel, so i managed to have a good look over it. It was in silver, not sure what spec though.

Ive got to say, they do look really nice and was quite impressed.

Anyone else seen one yet ?

Crispy 8V · Feb 7, 2013

I've been all over them, all models and specs, and driven couple of them head to head verses other makes of simlar size

A basic model does have rear beam, not changed the mk1! Higher specs do have a independant. The designer has told us he has gone back and looked at them MK1 looks and lines
I stuggled to see that, unless you have a look at the rear window just right angle, the steel merges into the rear window making it look bigger and the hatch looks flat with the lights!

From a driving it's got too much to play with, the radio isn't a radio at all but the user interface for the radio, as well as suspension and engine settings - Eco settings for almost everything lol Radio unit is fitted in the glovebox!

Overall the whole car has been built upwards and not rework of a mk5 or 6!
Some major changes with the petrol & diesel engines which in theory is an advancment

The GTI will be wearing it's red stripe, which merges around the grill & lights, I can't wait

Richard Mk2 · Feb 14, 2013

Saw one close up today at work. Was a bluemotion diesel in white, and i couldn't stop looking at it.

It was lovely

I want one!

gti-monkey · Apr 12, 2013

saw one of these is the flesh for the 1st time the other day, i've gotta say i love it. wipes the floor with the 6 IMO

Furey · Apr 17, 2013

Yeah saw a few in the showroom, absolutely lovely, attention to detail on lights etc is exceptional, the factory alloy selection is stunning, interiors are sumptuous, and these were bluemotion and GTD models! The GTI will be something else.

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