The new Golf 6 revealed!

I’m a little late on the uptake here but recently shots of the new Golf 6 were released onto the Internet.

Below is a picture of the car from the front:

As you can see they took styling cues from the front of the new Scirocco (which you can view here) and plonked it onto the current Golf 5 platform. Frankly this car looks a lot like the Golf 5 except we live in a parallel universe where the Golf pigged out on excessive amounts of chocolate and got a little bit wider….

The Golf 5 was only released in 2004 so it comes as a surprise that the sixth generation of the car is already being launched. The reason for this launch is due to the fact that production of the fifth generation was very costly and this cut into the profit margin back at VW headquarters. The sixth generation is supposedly more efficient to build and therefore cheaper. I mean it makes sense in the current economic climate except for one tiiiiny issue: the fact that the base model costs 200 Euros more than it did with the fifth generation model. So basically VW is making more money and not translating those savings to the customer. The simple fact is even the interior is the same as the Golf 5, there is nothing revolutionary here.

Frankly though, I find the new design so bland and dowdy looking that I’m dubbing this the Golf 5.5. It’s more of a model refresh than an entirely new range. They fattened up the Golf to appeal to slightly tubbier middle class buyers who have been driving some form of the Golf since their twenties. VW is bound to launch GTI, convertible and countless Diesel versions of this car but I can’t help but not get excited.

If consistency to the point of boredom appeals to you then the Golf is going to be a winner but if you like a little bit of difference in your morning commute then look elsewhere.

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