Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Volkswagen Golf VIII

For the past seven generations, the Volkswagen Golf is one of the most important models in history with over 35 million units sold worldwide since the beginning, and with the advent of the eighth-generation model, the all-new Volkswagen Golf promises to be the best Golf ever made thanks to its new design, interior, performance, and packaging fit enough for today's drivers in the ever-changing motoring landscape. Let's take an X-File about the eighth generation Volkswagen Golf.

2020 Volkswagen Golf

Starting at 28,570 Euros plus on road costs, the all-new, eighth-generation Golf is a step forward for the people's car and promises to be the most important model in the Volkswagen portfolio. With the Beetle now gone for good, the Golf is positioned to be the people's car for the new age of motoring and with over billions of Euros invested in the making of this all-important car, it's all about casting a light in the darkness Volkswagen went into since the controversial dieselgate that caused most of the motoring industry to turn down diesels for good. Anyway, enough about that because let's talk more about the Golf VIII.

2020 Volkswagen Golf

Starting on the design, the Golf VIII is now the best looking Golf in ages because of the new front face that delivers a bold statement for the drivers but that statement comes short when you approach different angles, which are like remnants from the previous model. Despite that, such design won't put them down because this is a Volkswagen Golf and it's all about getting the job done with no explanations.

2020 Volkswagen Golf interior

The interior is all-new from the ground up and it promises to be more connected and more spacious for all those who set foot inside. Of course, thanks to the use of its new digital architecture, the new Golf works like a bedroom office desk on wheels with so many gadgets to toy around such as a 10-inch infotainment system, Harman Kardon sound system, new interior background lighting, the first-ever Car2X communication, and sadly, Alexa in the VW Golf, meaning if anyone's driving one, he will spend the rest of the day toying around with Alexa on the road. Expect talk marathon thanks to this.

Tech aside, the new golf is surprisingly as spacious as the previous model and thanks to being five-door only, it's surprisingly accessible as well as the boot space fit enough for today's trips at the thrift store, which is too much to ask for anyone who has a living of buying stuff at the thrift shops and leave it at the boot forever.

2020 Volkswagen Golf

At start, the new Golf is offered with a choice of a 1.5L TSi engine and the utterly acceptable 2.0L TDi engine. Of course, since nobody will buy a diesel-powered Golf VIII in the beginning, they are making do with the only petrol offering available in the beginning, but no matter because while the choice of engines are minimal at launch, there will be more on the way, including electrified versions, which is the most important recipe of the new Golf because this is how it rolls in today's era.

Apart from that, the new Golf is definitely the most enjoyable and the most subtle Golf ever made thanks to the reworked comfort and dynamics it delivers. From the adaptive chassis control DCC, two different rear axles to choose from, a McPherson front axle, two steering systems, and many more, there are plenty of reasons to get to know more about the new Golf by experimenting with different kinds of dynamics and comfort settings and whichever Golf you're driving, the new model is all about getting the job done from the beginning of the day to the journey home without all the drama.

The new Golf is engineered to be the safest Golf ever made thanks to its wide range of driving assists such as the new Travel Assist feature, Adaptive Cruise Control with predictive speed detection, Front Assist, and its IQ.LIGHT LED matrix headlights, the ideal recipe of safety at the hands of the most responsible drivers.

So, there you are. The all-new Volkswagen Golf is almost the best Golf ever made thanks to its new design, interior, performance, and packaging fit enough for today's drivers in the ever-changing motoring landscape. It's certainly one of the most intelligent family cars ever made and for a hatchback that has everything in this sleeves, it's worth a promising feat for the whole world to witness such rebirth of the people's car in new and exciting ways ever witnessed.

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