The Mk7

[tony_danza]

Seeing the Source (Germany's Auto Express).... I'd be inclined to say it's a photoshop.

[MC71]

^^^^ was waiting for someone to say "photoshop" 

[mortygttdi]

I think the real question we should be asking is..... can we retro-fit that sat nav into a mk5?!?!?!?!? 

This unit is not possible to retro fit into any other car with out big modifications to the dash, the unit has an 8" screen and the hdd/nav unit is similar to what is in the Fords i.e its above the glove box in a drop down compartment...its the same unit that is in the new Touareg. On another note if you did manage to fit it it you could get the panoramic parking camera's in

[tony_danza]

If you look on VW.de's site as mentioned earlier, you can see the 3 door. The same strong line across the car is there, so the GTI pics are certainly 'shops.

http://www.volkswagen.de/de/models/golf_7/konfigurator.html

[stealthwolf]

That looks really badly photoshopped but I prefer the look over the current mk7 pics.

[Beddie]

Price list for the german market models here...

http://www.autobild.de/artikel/vw-golf-vii-preise-3573363.html

[the bruce]

Alfa's Giulietta, which is very well built and better looking inside/out and better specified, comes in £1k cheaper.

Is it?

If you look on VW.de's site as mentioned earlier, you can see the 3 door. The same strong line across the car is there, so the GTI pics are certainly 'shops.

http://www.volkswagen.de/de/models/golf_7/konfigurator.html

[Bernhard30]

I really like the official pics of the car, think it looks pretty sharp myself and personally reckon it is enough of a departure from Golf V1. But still very much a Golf.
Even think it's pretty smart in that light blue metallic.

Can see me lusting after the Ed40 if they do one (which I guess they will) and imagine it will be expensive for my wallet.
As my Ed30 will be worth about ten pence by then...

 

[uz]

Alfa's Giulietta, which is very well built and better looking inside/out and better specified, comes in £1k cheaper.

Is it?

Oh yes, it's a far, far more attractive car to my eyes than a Mk6. The interior doesn't match the Mk7, I will concede, but I still prefer the exterior.

My Alfa was one of the first batch of RHD Mitos, and didn't rattle, squeak or break down in anything like the manner of any of the 2 Mk5s or the Mk6 in our family (or any of the other five cars based on the Golf)... My brother-in-law has an Alfa GT, which is of the older generation whose build quality was more questionable, but it's been reliable, too.

And the Giuliettas I've been in feel very well built; don't believe the old Alfa stereotypes. Or the old VW ones, for that matter; the Alfas are better and the VWs worse than their respective reputations imply. Having owned both, and being part of a very large family where VAG/Mercedes products constitute the majority of purchases, I can safely say that.

Still, compared to the non-premium products, the Mk7 will wipe the floor with the Astra (which is a good looking thing, to be fair), Focus (which isn't) and Megane (would only buy the RS).

[R32UK]

Alfa's Giulietta, which is very well built and better looking inside/out and better specified, comes in £1k cheaper.

Is it?

Oh yes, it's a far, far more attractive car to my eyes than a Mk6. The interior doesn't match the Mk7, I will concede, but I still prefer the exterior.

My Alfa was one of the first batch of RHD Mitos, and didn't rattle, squeak or break down in anything like the manner of any of the 2 Mk5s or the Mk6 in our family (or any of the other five cars based on the Golf)... My brother-in-law has an Alfa GT, which is of the older generation whose build quality was more questionable, but it's been reliable, too.

And the Giuliettas I've been in feel very well built; don't believe the old Alfa stereotypes. Or the old VW ones, for that matter; the Alfas are better and the VWs worse than their respective reputations imply. Having owned both, and being part of a very large family where VAG/Mercedes products constitute the majority of purchases, I can safely say that.

Still, compared to the non-premium products, the Mk7 will wipe the floor with the Astra (which is a good looking thing, to be fair), Focus (which isn't) and Megane (would only buy the RS).

Thats all well and good but coming in at £1k cheaper is no good when the residuals are so poor.... you might as well get the golf. From past sales figures, thats pretty much what everyone else thinks too.

[RedRobin]

Thats all well and good but coming in at £1k cheaper is no good when the residuals are so poor.... you might as well get the golf. From past sales figures, thats pretty much what everyone else thinks too.

....Even if you only keep a car for a couple of years I think that buying the car which you enjoy driving the most always trumps the £1k saved and worse residual. As car enthusiasts isn't that what we are all about?

(sent from my iPad @ JKM)

[andrewparker]

Thats all well and good but coming in at £1k cheaper is no good when the residuals are so poor.... you might as well get the golf. From past sales figures, thats pretty much what everyone else thinks too.

....Even if you only keep a car for a couple of years I think that buying the car which you enjoy driving the most always trumps the £1k saved and worse residual. As car enthusiasts isn't that what we are all about?

(sent from my iPad @ JKM)

Agreed, but his original post centred around which car represented value for money. Residuals should be considered IMO.

[RedRobin]

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I respect a point of view about residuals, Andrew, but I think that many of us choose a car simply because it's love at first sight. Just like choosing girlfriends/wives/partners, our choices aren't cold and rational.

(Sent from my iPad @ JKM)

[andrewparker]

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I respect a point of view about residuals, Andrew, but I think that many of us choose a car simply because it's love at first sight. Just like choosing girlfriends/wives/partners, our choices aren't cold and rational.

(Sent from my iPad @ JKM)

Again, I agree, but it's hardly relevant in a conversation about value is it? We're not talking about which car excites you, simply cold hard, emotion free value for money.

[RedRobin]

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I respect a point of view about residuals, Andrew, but I think that many of us choose a car simply because it's love at first sight. Just like choosing girlfriends/wives/partners, our choices aren't cold and rational.

(Sent from my iPad @ JKM)

Again, I agree, but it's hardly relevant in a conversation about value is it? We're not talking about which car excites you, simply cold hard, emotion free value for money.

....Sorry but I thought this thread was about the Mk7 and whether we like it enough to consider buying one.