2012 Volkswagen Golf Review

2012 Volkswagen Golf Review - Volkswagen’s MkVI Golf  has been on sale for less than a year (in most parts of the globe) but development on the next-generation of the popular compact is already well underway in Germany.

Recently we saw spy shots depicting the first test-mules of the MkVII Golf, which revealed that it will come with a wider stance than the current model. We now have an image of a semi-complete clay model of the upcoming car, which was accidentally captured on an official Volkswagen promo video for the recently revealed L1 concept car.

Volkswagen has since edited the video to remove the leak but thanks to the guys at Auto Motor und Sport we have this screen shot of the clay model. The design shows clear links to the new Scirocco and Polo, with a pronounced front end and narrow headlights.

As the most powerful small car ever offered by Volkswagen, the 2012 VW Golf R has a dual purpose in appealing to previous owners of the previous Golf R32 and to bring new visibility to the R line of performance vehicles.

2012 Volkswagen Golf R

Q&A for the R: The Fastest, Most powerful Golf to date, with All-Wheel Drive to Boot. But is it Enough?

According to the same papers, Volkswagen is expecting to sell less than 1.6 million units of the MkVI. The MkV, which first went on sale in 2003, managed to rack up more than 2.3 million sales.