The new VW Golf also features a number of innovative standard safety systems, while optional systems include many previously only available on vehicles in a class above. 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 phone's battery.
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Features include DAB digital radio, auxiliary inputs (including USB), Bluetooth telephone preparation and access to vehicle trip information.īetween the front seats, space is increased by virtue of the new electronic parking brake with auto-hold feature. It operates with finger gestures that will be familiar to smartphone users. 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. 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 Volkswagen Golf. The front passenger seat can also optionally fold fully forward, creating a loadspace which is up to 2,412 mm long. 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. 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). Rear legroom is improved by 15 mm, and the front seats have been moved 20 mm further back, benefitting taller drivers. Inside the Golf there is more room than ever. There are a handful of cars with a design that, like the Volkswagen Golf's, has been refined, tweaked and enhanced down the decades and thus become timeless.'
Walter de Silva, Head of Design for Volkswagen AG, said: 'One of the keys to the Golf's success lies in its continuity. Though the new car's dimensions are larger, its overall design is unmistakeably that of a Volkswagen Golf, thanks to a design DNA that has evolved through the decades. This helps to create a 10 per cent improvement in the drag co-efficient, which is now 0.27 Cd.
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 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.Īt 4,255 mm long, the new Volkswagen Golf is 56 mm longer than its predecessor, with a 59 mm longer wheelbase of 2,637 mm. The new Volkswagen Golf is built on the so-called MQB (Modularer Querbaukasten) platform or Modular Transverse Matrix. 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 seventh generation VW 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.ĭespite offering more room for passengers and more advanced technological features than ever before, new production techniques contribute to the Volkswagen Golf Mk VII being up to 100 kg lighter than the car it replaces, helping to make it up to 23 per cent more efficient than before. The all-new Volkswagen Golf has been unveiled in Berlin, 36 years after the original model redefined the small family car.
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