Plus, Russia wants to revive another historic brand by dusting off Volga.
Volkswagen has published revealing design sketches of the 2025 Golf / Golf GTI, and Russia wants to bring back Volga.
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Volkswagen surprised us all earlier this month at CES in Las Vegas where it brought the 2025 Golf. The hot hatch was heavily camouflaged but the folks from Wolfsburg did show the interior with its super-sized screen stuck onto the dashboard. The world premiere is likely around the corner considering the German marque has now published revealing sketches.
VW’s Head of Design Andreas Mindt took to Instagram to share these teasers of the regular Golf. Concomitantly, a short clip published by the automaker on YouTube gives us an official look at the GTI. Regardless if we’re talking about the standard model or the hot hatch, “evolutionary” is the best word to describe the car’s exterior. It’s safe to say VW won’t rock the boat with the compact car’s appearance.
When it debuts in the next few days, the not-for-America standard Golf is expected to keep the manual gearbox. However, the GTI will be available globally only with the DSG. The all-wheel-drive R is also likely to forgo the clutch pedal. This will be the final update for the mighty Golf in the internal combustion engine era.
Coming near the end of the decade, the ninth-generation model will be sold exclusively as an electric car on the VW Group’s Scalable Systems Platform architecture. It’s going to be built at home in Wolfsburg alongside other SSP-based vehicles.
