COMING SOON: Volkswagen Golf 8
German giant to rewrite the small-car rulebook – againWhen it arrives Down Under in late 2020, the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf will set a new standard for the humble small hatchback.
It will bring a brilliant interior that’s quieter, better finished and even smarter than before, a brilliant chassis with crisper steering and terrific ride comfort, and the sort of electronic driver assistance that you’d expect for a six-figure luxury car.
But the new Golf 8 isn’t is demonstrably bigger nor faster than before, and will continue in Australia with carryover 110kW/240Nm 1.4-litre and 180kW/370Nm 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engines for mainstream 110TSI models and the new Golf GTI respectively.
That may still make it the new technology leader in its class, but will it be enough to sway more buyers away from the best Mazda3, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and Hyundai i30 ever produced?
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