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zf44
03-08-2012, 06:27 PM
- Production of Mk VII started.
- Word Premiere taking place on 4th September at a special event which will be organized at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
- Public premiere at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September.

Volkswagen Golf VII will debut on September 4 (http://www.worldcarfans.com/112080346918/volkswagen-golf-vii-will-debut-on-september-4)

Dave B
05-08-2012, 12:00 AM
- Production of Mk VII started.
- Word Premiere taking place on 4th September at a special event which will be organized at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
- Public premiere at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September.

Volkswagen Golf VII will debut on September 4 (http://www.worldcarfans.com/112080346918/volkswagen-golf-vii-will-debut-on-september-4)

I do hope they introduce some vibrant colours

Rhigour
05-08-2012, 08:40 AM
Bubble Gum Pink ?:aargh4:

Guest 2
05-08-2012, 09:51 AM
Nothing on VW's website? :confused:

The 6 is still classed as the "new Golf"

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/golf-vi/home


I do hope they introduce some vibrant colours

You can spec a bright Yellow Golf on the DE Configurator!

http://www.volkswagen.de/de/models/golf/CC5.html

vc-10
05-08-2012, 04:09 PM
True, but those special colours are ridiculously expensive! €1,680 for yellow paint, or an even more ridiculous €2,090 for some of the other shades! Normal metallic paint (ie, all the colours we get here in the UK) is €520 for comparison. No idea why anyone would go for them, especially the various ones that are very close to 'normal' paint colours. €2,090 for silver or grey colours that are basically the same as the normal Reflex Silver and Steel Grey/United Grey for €520? Madness. I do agree that the colour range is a bit dull though. I'm not suggesting that they include some of the weird colours that are available on VWAG vehicles (that metallic pale green colour on the Ibiza... YUK) but the metallic red that they've dropped (from the German lineup too) was great.

Of course VW are going to be saying that it's the new Golf, and trying to sell them- there's a dip in demand shortly before the new model, so they're trying to keep the income up. Not telling people who would otherwise wait that there's a new one coming is one way of keeping the demand up.

Guest 2
05-08-2012, 04:12 PM
On the German configurator is showing those colours as Stanard (ie non special colours)

vc-10
05-08-2012, 05:07 PM
No it's not. They're all showing white as being free, some (such as the GTI) are showing plain black and Tornado Red as being free, but every other colour costs. Farbspektrum translates as 'Colour Spectrum' according to Google. The Farbspektrum colours all cost between €1,680 and €2,090. There's also 'Außenlackierung Perlmutt' which translates to 'Mother of Pearl exterior paint' (€1,325), which I take to be the Oryx White that's available on the Polo. 'Außenlackierung' means exterior paint, 'Außenlackierung - Uni (Sonderfarbe)' caused some hiccups as Google didn't understand the word 'Uni', which I think means gloss (as in the normal Candy White colour) here, and 'Sonderfarbe' means special colour, while describing Tornado Red and Black. 'Metallic' and 'Perleffekt' I think are pretty self explanatory, and both cost €520. The 'Uni', 'Metallic', and 'Perleffekt' colours are all available on the UK configurator, although £495 compares badly to the €520 the Germans are paying for metallic paint!

What I think VW Germany have done is to simply put the special order colours on the configurator. They still all cost a bomb (again, €1,680 for yellow paint!!!).

iandjm
06-08-2012, 12:02 AM
I notice you can have a 3 door DSG (yes the Germans still are allowed it!!) Match with R line styling!!! Ever feel we are hard done by option wise?

vc-10
06-08-2012, 12:41 AM
Various engines aren't available on the Polo in the UK too, such as Bluemotion Technology on the 1.2 petrol, 1.2 TSI, and 1.6 TDI, and the 86PS version of the 1.2 TSI, and the 105PS version of the 1.6 TDI, and DSG boxes on various things that aren't the 1.4 petrol! Bit of a shame, I'd love the 1.2 TSI with Bluemotion Technologies a few years down the line! Got 6 years of Uni first... prices will have come down nicely by the time I graduate.

vwcabriolet1971
07-08-2012, 03:30 AM
It normally takes VW at least 6 months to have the RH drive models for UK sale after the German domestic market LH drive models are made available.

david25
11-08-2012, 01:52 PM
I notice you can have a 3 door DSG (yes the Germans still are allowed it!!) Match with R line styling!!! Ever feel we are hard done by option wise?

Yes, its total mix and match for Germany, VW UK really restricts the choice.

SC03OTT
11-08-2012, 03:40 PM
Why don't we get the choices? I'd always assumed it was costs, but I can't really work it out in my head. The parts are the same, so surely all it would cost VW is the price of printing a bigger brochure, no?

Rob Stone
11-08-2012, 07:50 PM
i would love them to have a better choice i would love a yellow golf :)

Rhigour
12-08-2012, 04:00 AM
Or a pea green slime one ? :aargh4:

Rob Stone
13-08-2012, 07:59 AM
Or a pea green slime one ? :aargh4:

That's just wrong :( IMO

Guest 2
22-08-2012, 10:46 AM
Got this into my inbox this morning

New VW Golf - first official details | Autocar (http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/2013-volkswagen-golf/new-vw-golf-first-official-details)


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Ace_rimmer
22-08-2012, 01:19 PM
Got this into my inbox this morning

New VW Golf - first official details | Autocar (http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/2013-volkswagen-golf/new-vw-golf-first-official-details)


These "increased dimensions" make me laugh.
the interior has increased by 14mm to 1750mm, providing the basis for a 15mm improvement in rear legroom woohoo 15mm more legroom i can let my toe nails grow haha! the 28mm lower gets a thumbs up though

Rhigour
22-08-2012, 01:21 PM
Got this into my inbox this morning

New VW Golf - first official details | Autocar (http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/2013-volkswagen-golf/new-vw-golf-first-official-details)


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Oh No ! It is getting an electronic handbrake.

I had one of those orrible things on a hired Passat . I never want to see another as long as I live.

Rob Stone
22-08-2012, 01:55 PM
as said above looking forward to the 28mm drop ;)

cs2009
23-08-2012, 11:12 AM
Oh No ! It is getting an electronic handbrake.

I had one of those orrible things on a hired Passat . I never want to see another as long as I live.

There have been a lot of horror stories about those on Audi A4 and A6's, with the brake not holding the car properly on steep slopes.

Guest 2
23-08-2012, 11:13 AM
There have been a lot of horror stories about those on Audi A4 and A6's, with the brake not holding the car properly on steep slopes.

4 years old and mine hasnt broken yet on my C6.

It seems to be Passat's with the problems.

cs2009
23-08-2012, 03:35 PM
It seems to be Passat's with the problems.

It's the same system right across the VAG range.

If it's true that the new Golf comes with the same system, then this is one customer they have lost for good.
The (similar) hill hold function on my car is pretty useless. It often doesn't hold the car properly, and occasionally it jams on, almost stalling the engine as you try to pull away.

Seboni121
24-08-2012, 06:29 PM
I've a match spec golf bluemotion, I'm not sure if mine has hill hold? I can feel the car sometimes being held by something other than my foot.? Especially on a incline would this be it ? How can I find out as I did not by order this car it was already on forecourt

Brian566
24-08-2012, 06:52 PM
Mine the TSI match and if you read the specs and handbook they have hill hold fitted ? but as you are aware don't believe all you read in the handbook !
I can not notice much difference but I tend to hold it on clutch
So not sure if fitted or not

Rhigour
24-08-2012, 09:11 PM
Hill Hold Assist close shave (http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?43305-Hill-Hold-Assist-close-shave)

cs2009
25-08-2012, 11:32 AM
Re: Electric parking brake.

What happens if, for whatever reason, the battery goes flat ?
You then have no means of either applying or releasing the parking brake. Brilliant !

vc-10
26-08-2012, 07:10 PM
Leave it in gear when parked? I do anyway (the handbrake on the Polo with rear drums is hopeless) but maybe something to get used to doing?

The hill hold is supposed to prevent you from rolling backwards when doing a hill start. It should engage when you stop, and it should replace having to use the handbrake. I think it's been standard fit on cars with ESP for a while.

Re holding the car with the clutch on a hill- that's a brilliant way to waste fuel and burn through your clutch.

noonoo63
28-08-2012, 06:56 PM
http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/new-vw-golf-prices-and-interior/263730?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=WCAR%20ENews%20Bulletin%20(24.08.2012 )&utm_content=article4a_headline

Found this on What car re Golf mark 7 might be of interest.

Dave B
30-08-2012, 08:10 PM
A little bit of a sweetner

First Official Teasers of New 2013 Volkswagen Golf Mk7 - Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/first-official-teasers-of-new-2013.html)

The slide show gives a you a peek at the small windows a la Auris just behind the windscreen

zf44
30-08-2012, 10:41 PM
The small window design is a copy across from the golf plus and goes to show the Mk VII will have a deeper dashboard similar to the plus.

Rhigour
31-08-2012, 01:55 PM
Yesterday I test drove a Tiguan which has an electronic parking brake together with a seperate hill hold (manual box). The brake you just forget about, you drive off and the brake auto releases , when you stop and select neutral the brake engages . You can select brake on by pressing the button if you desire. All seemed to work rather well but on a new car, you would expect it to.

david25
01-09-2012, 04:49 PM
Official release coming on 4th September

Golf 1.4 TSI with a powerful 103 kW/140 PS and cylinder deactivation has a combined fuel consumption of just 4.8 l/100 km (112 g/km CO2). Consider the diesel: the world of the TDI begins at 77 kW/105 PS and delivers a combined fuel consumption of just 3.8 l/100 km for an emissions value of 99 g/km CO2.

In comparison:
MK6 122PS Match is 6.2 l/100 km (144 g/km CO2)
MK6 105PS Match is 4.5 l/100 km (119 g/km CO2)

Overall vehicle – how weight savings add up to 100 kg When the Golf is partitioned into the areas of electrical, special equipment, engines, running gear and superstructure, an analysis yields the following distribution for these 100 kg:
-3.0 kg Electrical
-12.0 kg Special equipment
-22.0 kg Engines
-26.0 kg Running gear
-37.0 kg Superstructure

Superstructure – how savings add up to 37 kg
-0.4 kg Dashboard
-1.4 kg Module cross-member (beneath dashboard)
-2.7 kg Air conditioning
-7.0 kg Front and rear seats (depending on version)
-23.0 kg Body
-2.5 kg Miscellaneous

Body-in-white – how savings add up to 23 kg
-12 kg – Use of high-strength and advanced high-strength steel grades and reduction
of sheet metal thickness
-4 kg – Only using materials where they are needed
-7 kg – Optimising profile and surface geometries

New systems – optimised safety and convenience
New assistance systems include the multicollision brake – the Volkswagen Group is the only carmaker in the world to implement such a system – a proactive occupant protection system, standard XDS electronic differential lock (as found in the previous-generation
Golf GTI), ACC adaptive cruise control plus Front Assist and a City Emergency Braking function, Lane Assist lane-keeping assistant, fatigue detection, traffic sign detection and the latest generation of the automatic parking assistant Park Assist including OPS
(360 degree display) as well as the automated light functions Light Assist and Dynamic Light Assist. There are other new technologies as well, such as progressive steering (optimised dynamic performance and better comfort), selection of the driving profile with up to five modes (“Eco”, “Sport”, “Normal”, “Individual” and “Comfort”), an electronic parking brake, a newly developed ergonomic sport seat (ergoActive seat), a guard against using the wrong fuel in the diesels, a new climate comfort windshield that is also a first in this segment and a new generation of information and entertainment systems.

Wolfsburg, August 2012. At a length of 4,255 mm, the new Golf is now 56 mm longer than the previous model; similarly, its wheelbase has grown by 59 mm to 2,637 mm. Since the front wheels are also located 43 mm further forward, the interplay of the new dimensions
creates sportier proportions, an improved crash structure and an optimised interior space concept. At the same time, the body was lowered in height by 28 mm (1,452 mm) – but headroom in the interior is still very good. On the exterior, the lower height has improved
the car’s aerodynamic performance. Its frontal area is 0.03 m2 smaller, and its air drag coefficient (cd x A) has been reduced by 10 per cent. As a result, the Golf BlueMotion attains a cd value of 0.27, making it one of the best in its class. Nonetheless, at 1,799 mm the new Golf has been designed to be 13 mm wider. In parallel, the track widths have been increased by 8 mm in front and 6 mm at the rear. These additional millimetres give the Volkswagen a fuller stance on the road.

david25
01-09-2012, 09:03 PM
Here is the source of the info above, very interesting reading.

Golf 7 Technical Preview - VWVortex (http://www.vwvortex.com/features/technical-features/golf-7-technicalpreview/)

Rhigour
01-09-2012, 09:26 PM
weight saving of 100 Kg that's the same as four bags of concrete :zx11: will the doors still shut with a thud ?

vc-10
01-09-2012, 10:28 PM
weight saving of 100 Kg that's the same as four bags of concrete :zx11: will the doors still shut with a thud ?

I would expect so- it's one of the things that makes a Golf a Golf, and VW wouldn't want to loose the perceived quality that it gives.

HHGTTG
02-09-2012, 03:57 PM
I would expect so- it's one of the things that makes a Golf a Golf, and VW wouldn't want to loose the perceived quality that it gives.

Yeah but the wretched doors creak when they're shut or so a lot of people have reported - my doors also when driving over, say, a 'flat' grassed field, put over to car parking, which you see all over the country.

Also they've plagued the new car with, Oh no, an electronic parking brake. This is where VW and myself may part our ways, with a possible future purpose.

HHGTTG
02-09-2012, 04:06 PM
Leave it in gear when parked? I do anyway (the handbrake on the Polo with rear drums is hopeless) but maybe something to get used to doing?

The hill hold is supposed to prevent you from rolling backwards when doing a hill start. It should engage when you stop, and it should replace having to use the handbrake. I think it's been standard fit on cars with ESP for a while.

Re holding the car with the clutch on a hill- that's a brilliant way to waste fuel and burn through your clutch.

Ah, you beat me to it. You won't find a quicker way of ruining your clutch, doing that, apart from race boy take-offs from the traffic lights and similar activities.

david25
03-09-2012, 03:36 PM
A German colleague is saying to me that low power versions (105PS and below) are getting the (MK4/Polo/Bettle?) torsion beam suspension (claimed in the German car press)

This would be the same as the Seat.

Dave B
04-09-2012, 06:35 PM
Quite like interior, not to sure on styling though. It doesn't set my senses on fire the way the mk 6 did but time will tell.

All-New 2013 Volkswagen Golf Mk7: This is Really It, First Official Photos - Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/all-new-2013-volkswagen-golf-mk7-this.html)

Guest 2
04-09-2012, 06:49 PM
why you no search? NEW Golf Mk VII - The wait is nearly over............. (http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?135535-NEW-Golf-Mk-VII-The-wait-is-nearly-over)

Dave B
04-09-2012, 07:00 PM
Because if I had posted on that thread it would have been lost on page 4.

The thread title grabs you straight away

Guest 2
04-09-2012, 07:01 PM
That thread is active anyway so I will merge these.

I will also PM Stu for a MK7 Section.

Dave B
04-09-2012, 07:07 PM
This is important Chris it needs to be on the front page

Guest 2
04-09-2012, 07:09 PM
This is important Chris it needs to be on the front page

You already posted that link here - NEW Golf Mk VII - The wait is nearly over............. - Page 3 (http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?135535-NEW-Golf-Mk-VII-The-wait-is-nearly-over&p=742617#post742617)

I have PM'd Stu for a MK7 section.

Dave B
04-09-2012, 07:23 PM
So the first official photo's are buried on page 4.......the logic of that is beyond me!

Guest 2
04-09-2012, 07:47 PM
So the first official photo's are buried on page 4.......the logic of that is beyond me!

New section being created so all the info will be in one place ;)

david25
04-09-2012, 08:07 PM
Here you go, the premiere is 9PM tonight

http://auto.blog.rs/gallery/108/volkswagen%20golf%2080.jpg

http://auto.blog.rs/gallery/108/volkswagen%20golf%208.jpg

http://auto.blog.rs/gallery/108/volkswagen%20golf%208011.jpg

http://auto.blog.rs/gallery/108/volkswagen%20golf%2080111.jpg


Source

AutoBlog | Volkswagen Golf VII: prve zvaniÄne slike (http://auto.blog.rs/blog/auto/noviteti/2012/09/04/volkswagen-golf-vii-prve-zvanicne-slike)

Dave B
04-09-2012, 08:19 PM
Chris that is a completely different link, it was a sweetner from VW, my new link shows 16 official pics of the new model

david25
05-09-2012, 07:47 AM
Many real real world pics here

2013 Volkswagen Golf: The Complete Story with Official Details, Photos and Videos [Updated] - Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2013-volkswagen-golf-new-official.html)

Ace_rimmer
05-09-2012, 11:35 AM
I think VW have focused more on the interior design rather than the exterior. The new interior looks impressive and it looks like the centre console is slightly angled towards the driver, which is interesting :o However, im not that struck on the exterior changes at all. The rear LED lights look like a cheaper version of the current R lights and the whole front bumper/fog light setup isn't doing anything for me at the mo.. might grow on me.

All in all the changes are minimal compared to mk4 to mk5 or even mk5 to mk6.. i certainly dont think this new model will make my mk6 look old.. which is maybe a good thing for mk6 owners :confused:

Guest 2
05-09-2012, 08:27 PM
Der neue Golf < Modelle < Volkswagen Deutschland (http://www.volkswagen.de/de/models/golf_7.html)

Dr_Watson
05-09-2012, 08:45 PM
True, CH usually has them pretty early, they sell quick. Quite like the sound of a new 1.4 TSI but the 1.8 sounds even better.

The downside is it comes with a 2 year warranty, like many cars here.

h5djr
09-09-2012, 10:50 AM
Details and brochures are now showing on the Volkswagen Germany website (in German of course) and it is also included in the on-site Configurator. I downloaded the brochures last night as PDF files and translated them them using Google Translate.

Guest 2
09-09-2012, 10:51 AM
Details and brochures are now showing on the Volkswagen Germany website (in German of course) and it is also included in the on-site Configurator. I downloaded the brochures last night as PDF files and translated them them using Google Translate.

*cough* ;)


Der neue Golf < Modelle < Volkswagen Deutschland (http://www.volkswagen.de/de/models/golf_7.html)

HHGTTG
09-09-2012, 04:28 PM
True, CH usually has them pretty early, they sell quick. Quite like the sound of a new 1.4 TSI but the 1.8 sounds even better.

The downside is it comes with a 2 year warranty, like many cars here.

The downside is that compulsory electronic handbrake, the only thing will maked me change to another make, I'm afraid. And no, I have never tried or driven a car with this abomination and don't intend to.

Dr_Watson
10-09-2012, 08:05 PM
Also true, I had one in a hire car, a passat I think. It wasn't too bad but I would happily lose a little storage space and have a normal handbrake. My wife really like the look of the CX5, thinking of changing to something completely different. My GOlf R32 had coil pack problems, 2nd GT 170 had turbo problems and my current TSI 122 has a turbo that pulses on and off and sometimes doesn't work at all, and VW can't find the root cause, maybe something by the Japs is called for after all!

tomsurfer
05-10-2012, 11:10 PM
The price list is now online and can be downloaded, but not the brochure

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/golf-vii/which-model/brochures/

SC03OTT
05-10-2012, 11:31 PM
I appreciate everything has gone up in price, but £17K? (I ignored the 1.2TSI 85PS, nobody's buying that)

vc-10
05-10-2012, 11:56 PM
It's not that much of an increase. The 105PS S is a whole £115 more, the 1.4 TSI SE is £330 more than the equivalent Mk.6 Match. Not exactly extortionate! The base 1.2 TSI S 85PS is actually cheaper in the 7 than the 6!

Dr_Watson
06-10-2012, 07:08 AM
and when you price up a nice Volvo V40 (when you add in about 40 options to actually make it worth while), the new Golf is looking very tempting!

vc-10
06-10-2012, 07:30 AM
Volvo are trying to be more of an Audi competitor though, than a VW competitor.

HHGTTG
06-10-2012, 09:03 AM
I did request an Audi A3 brochure but the local dealers sent me the brochure for the 'old' A3 and so I binned it. Hopefully the new brochure will be available soon. However, it seems and perhaps has always beent the case that any A3 5dr Sportback will always be dearer than a similarly specified Golf, in which case, if I accept that e- handbrakes are unavoidable, unlesss I go for Ford, Vauxhall et.al. then I might as well go for the MK7 Golf.

h5djr
06-10-2012, 06:03 PM
The price list and options list is now available for download from Volkswagen UK.

It seems that quite a few of the 'goodies' are now included as standard on some models.

andyCYM
08-10-2012, 01:11 PM
[QUOTE=h5djr;751013]The price list and options list is now available for download from Volkswagen UK.

Where did you find this? I can download from volkswagen.co.uk but the .pdf just says 'currently unavailable' or something similar - ?

tomsurfer
08-10-2012, 02:06 PM
[QUOTE=h5djr;751013]The price list and options list is now available for download from Volkswagen UK.

Where did you find this? I can download from volkswagen.co.uk but the .pdf just says 'currently unavailable' or something similar - ?

Just go here

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/golf-vii/which-model/brochures

and choose "Download the New Golf pricelist"

The brochure is not currently available.

andyCYM
08-10-2012, 09:48 PM
You shouldn't judge electronic handbrakes until you've tried one. For three years I drove a passat with one, combined with the hill-hold function (extra then but std on the mark 7 it seems) it was faultless. Come to a halt, release the brake pedal and car sits still until you engage the clutch and move off, regardless of incline. Stop, switch off engine and parking brake comes on. Start engine, put on seatbelt and parking brake disengages. What's wrong with that? Oh, and it never went wrong...

andyCYM
08-10-2012, 09:52 PM
Thanks for that, i've followed the link but as before 'price list' that downloads is a .pdf page saying 'price list unavailable'. Maybe VW are amending it already?

h5djr
09-10-2012, 05:16 PM
Thanks for that, i've followed the link but as before 'price list' that downloads is a .pdf page saying 'price list unavailable'. Maybe VW are amending it already?

Well I've just logged in using the following URL: http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/golf-vii/which-model/brochures/
and downloaded a 2.8Mb PDF file that is the price list. Go to the URL and choose Download The New Golf Price List. The New Golf Brochure only comes up with a PDF saying it's not yet available but the price list, which list all the models, prices and all the options and prices is available to download.

andyCYM
10-10-2012, 09:17 PM
Well I've just logged in using the following URL: http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/golf-vii/which-model/brochures/
and downloaded a 2.8Mb PDF file that is the price list. Go to the URL and choose Download The New Golf Price List. The New Golf Brochure only comes up with a PDF saying it's not yet available but the price list, which list all the models, prices and all the options and prices is available to download.

Got it now, thank you. It's a very generous spec. Can't imagine what they'll do in three years time when they have to re-label the SE as a Match and pile in the extras!

Malarith
14-10-2012, 06:58 PM
Got it now, thank you. It's a very generous spec. Can't imagine what they'll do in three years time when they have to re-label the SE as a Match and pile in the extras!

I'd heard (and for the life of me I can't remember the source) they won't be doing a Match spec for the MKVII. I know they've done it for a number of the previous marks, so it sounds hard to believe.

noonoo63
14-10-2012, 07:49 PM
Got it now, thank you. It's a very generous spec. Can't imagine what they'll do in three years time when they have to re-label the SE as a Match and pile in the extras!


Well if the mark 6 is anything to go by it wont be three years more like one year as when I bought my SE in November 09 just three months later, I think. they produced the Match with much higher spec for little £'S Extra grrrrrrrrrrrr.:mad:

h5djr
19-10-2012, 11:42 AM
The brochure for the New Golf VII is now available on the VW website.

HHGTTG
19-10-2012, 02:18 PM
The brochure for the New Golf VII is now available on the VW website.

Is that the paper brochure which if it is, aren't very reliable in these early days?

h5djr
19-10-2012, 03:35 PM
Is that the paper brochure which if it is, aren't very reliable in these early days?

It's a PDF of the paper brochure which is basically a picture type, no doubt translated from the German brochure modified to suit the UK market. The German brochure has been available since the original launch in Berlin some weeks ago on the VW Germany website. The internal pictures are of a RHD vehicle and it all looks much the same as the actual vehicles I sat a week or so ago in Wolfsburg.

The more detailed Price and Specification brochure has been available on the site for a couple of weeks.

HHGTTG
19-10-2012, 05:01 PM
It's a PDF of the paper brochure which is basically a picture type, no doubt translated from the German brochure modified to suit the UK market. The German brochure has been available since the original launch in Berlin some weeks ago on the VW Germany website. The internal pictures are of a RHD vehicle and it all looks much the same as the actual vehicles I sat a week or so ago in Wolfsburg.

The more detailed Price and Specification brochure has been available on the site for a couple of weeks.

I know the ebrake switch is there somewhere but can't be seen in those photos, however it would not seem to be so readily available to hand as a mechanical one. Oh well only sitting in one will resolve that doubt.

h5djr
19-10-2012, 05:27 PM
I know the ebrake swXitch is there somewhere but can't be seen in those photos, however it would not seem to be so readily available to hand as a mechanical one. Oh well only sitting in one will resolve that doubt.

If you have a look at the Auto Express website and their test of the Golf VII the is a good picture (of LHD car) and it shows the handbrake switch in the centre console just behind the gear lever (Volkswagen Golf mk7 interior | Pictures | Auto Express (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/60742/volkswagen-golf-mk7-pictures/page/2/0)). When I sat in one (again LHD) it did seems to be where I would expect it to be and it is quite a reasonable size. When I sat in a new A3 as few minutes earlier the switch was in a similar position but was somewhat smaller. The Golf was the better of the two.

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19-10-2012, 09:07 PM
If you have a look at the Auto Express website and their test of the Golf VII the is a good picture (of LHD car) and it shows the handbrake switch in the centre console just behind the gear lever (Volkswagen Golf mk7 interior | Pictures | Auto Express (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/60742/volkswagen-golf-mk7-pictures/page/2/0)). When I sat in one (again LHD) it did seems to be where I would expect it to be and it is quite a reasonable size. When I sat in a new A3 as few minutes earlier the switch was in a similar position but was somewhat smaller. The Golf was the better of the two.

Thanks for that. Yes, those pictures give a good impression of the new Golf however the back looks a bit bland although it shouldn't be that much different to the MK6 however there is an element of the new Polo about it but I can't put my finger on it. The design of the Polo from the rear aspect is very poor and bland almost as if the designers had run out of ideas.