Still without a definitive front
The Volkswagen Golf is also heading towards a future full of electric powertrains. After the current generation is retired, it will most likely be over for a Golf with combustion engines and that means that the updated Volkswagen Golf GTI in this article is the last new one with the characteristic pop or rattle from the exhaust.
What exactly the future of the Volkswagen Golf will look like remains to be seen. It seems certain that after the current eighth generation Golf has been retired, there will be a fully electric Golf. Whether that car will be called ID Golf or perhaps just Golf if the ID label is no longer necessary? That remains to be seen. You still have to wait quite a few years for a new and therefore fully electric ninth generation Volkswagen Golf. That won’t come until 2028 at the earliest, so the current model will have to wait a while. It does so in a refreshed form. We can already show you the facelifted Volkswagen Golf GTI on these spy plates, but there is surprisingly little new about this test sample.
We previously saw that the updated Golf has new flatter headlights…
It is not the first time that the facelifted Golf appears almost without camouflage stickers. That also brings us to a difference between this captured specimen and previous test models that appeared on screen. The headlights of this white GTI seem no different from the ones you currently know of the model. Naturally, we expect that this GTI will also soon receive the new and, above all, slightly flatter headlights. It remains to be seen whether the striking pattern in which the LED daytime running lights on the current Golf GTI are housed in the mesh on either side of the bumper will return. The cleverly applied tape around the bumper cannot hide the fact that the front bumper is being renewed. The front bumper seems to show similarities with the one that the GTI Clubsport now has.
…and gets a thoroughly renovated interior.
Just like every other version of the Golf, the updated Golf GTI also gets a refreshed interior. This will include a larger infotainment system and Volkswagen appears to be returning the physical push buttons to the steering wheel. Indeed, just like in the new Tiguan, for example. Through the windshield you can already see that this test sample also has the updated interior, despite the fact that hardly anything has changed on the outside. In terms of engines, count on the arrival of mild-hybrid petrol engines eTSIs. There will also be several plug-in hybrid powertrains. Don’t be surprised if the 2.0 TSI in the Golf GTI soon produces more power than the current 245 hp.
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