Reply With QuoteMagazine/newspaper reviewers should do that more often - park the old next to the new. Then they'll stop saying nothing's changed in the design and point out the differences to readers.Originally Posted by Mountainman
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That's what I thought until I parked my white Mk7 next to a white Mk6 the other day and then the differences became very obvious. Longer, wider, lower with sharper edges, bigger guards with more slope towards the roof, the front bumper blending more with the painted sections and the raised bonnet line with the sharp creases running back to the windscreen all give the Mk6 a more modern, crisper, aggressive appearance. It makes the Mk6 suddenly look old and yesterday's car. Look closely and everything has changed. And that's coming from someone who has just sold their white Mk6. And it is a Golf, with a history going back to 1974 (I owned a white one for 5 years from 1977 then too) and VW will never do a Hyundai i30 or Focus or Lancer and completely change the theme with every new model. I mean, look at the back of the new Focus. Would you have picked what it was without the badges? Thankfully VW won't do that to Golf owners.
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Magazine/newspaper reviewers should do that more often - park the old next to the new. Then they'll stop saying nothing's changed in the design and point out the differences to readers.
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Does anyone know anything new?
Dubber
When the XR5 forum has better info than VW Watercooled...
Link to a journo or other who has driven one of the demos running around NSW.
Focus ST vs Mk7 Golf GTI
No bi-xenons.
Dubber
This is getting ridiculous, but why the hell not...I think those photos were taken at the VAG HQ in Chullora (24 Muir Road Chullora, Sydney, NSW). Someone should go for a drive.
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In the photo 20130816_155623a.jpg, looks like the normal sat nav instead of the Discover Pro. No 3dr, no std xenons, no std discover pro. This is very much a let down all round.
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Thank god for some information, I think I am like a few people here this is killing me.. just sent a email to the delaer whcih will tell me nothing .. Car Advice did a new review driving a overseas car on the weekend .. but we must be getting very close..This is getting ridiculous, but why the hell not...I think those photos were taken at the VAG HQ in Chullora (24 Muir Road Chullora, Sydney, NSW). Someone should go for a drive.
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I dont agree, that is dscover pro .. not normal 5.8 inch sat sav ..
But agree no Xenons...
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It's the basic unit, notice the angles around the screen in the shot.
Example:
The discover pro doesn't have them and it reaches right down to the lip whereas the basic one doesn't.
Theres a few other things we can get form that shot though, it has the Mode button next the the DSG, which I think means it has the adaptive suspension and it doesn't have the Engine start/stop button, so no std KESSY.
Last edited by readerr0r; 19-08-2013 at 03:24 PM.
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You are right reader0r,It's the basic unit, notice the angles around the screen in the shot.
Example:
The discover pro doesn't have them.
Theres a few other things we can get form that shot though, it has the Mode button next the the DSG, which I think means it has the adaptive suspension and it doesn't have the Engine start/stop button, so no std KESSY.
There are three buttons on the left of the gear stick,
One is the engine stop start, are the other two the adaptive suspension?
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