NEW Golf Mk VII - The wait is nearly over.............

[Rhigour]

Yesterday I test drove a Tiguan which has an electronic parking brake together with a seperate hill hold (manual box). The brake you just forget about, you drive off and the brake auto releases , when you stop and select neutral the brake engages . You can select brake on by pressing the button if you desire. All seemed to work rather well but on a new car, you would expect it to.

[david25]

Official release coming on 4th September

Golf 1.4 TSI with a powerful 103 kW/140 PS and cylinder deactivation has a combined fuel consumption of just 4.8 l/100 km (112 g/km CO2). Consider the diesel: the world of the TDI begins at 77 kW/105 PS and delivers a combined fuel consumption of just 3.8 l/100 km for an emissions value of 99 g/km CO2.

In comparison:
MK6 122PS Match is 6.2 l/100 km (144 g/km CO2)
MK6 105PS Match is 4.5 l/100 km (119 g/km CO2)

Overall vehicle – how weight savings add up to 100 kg When the Golf is partitioned into the areas of electrical, special equipment, engines, running gear and superstructure, an analysis yields the following distribution for these 100 kg:
-3.0 kg Electrical
-12.0 kg Special equipment
-22.0 kg Engines
-26.0 kg Running gear
-37.0 kg Superstructure

Superstructure – how savings add up to 37 kg
-0.4 kg Dashboard
-1.4 kg Module cross-member (beneath dashboard)
-2.7 kg Air conditioning
-7.0 kg Front and rear seats (depending on version)
-23.0 kg Body
-2.5 kg Miscellaneous

Body-in-white – how savings add up to 23 kg
-12 kg – Use of high-strength and advanced high-strength steel grades and reduction
of sheet metal thickness
-4 kg – Only using materials where they are needed
-7 kg – Optimising profile and surface geometries

New systems – optimised safety and convenience
New assistance systems include the multicollision brake – the Volkswagen Group is the only carmaker in the world to implement such a system – a proactive occupant protection system, standard XDS electronic differential lock (as found in the previous-generation
Golf GTI), ACC adaptive cruise control plus Front Assist and a City Emergency Braking function, Lane Assist lane-keeping assistant, fatigue detection, traffic sign detection and the latest generation of the automatic parking assistant Park Assist including OPS
(360 degree display) as well as the automated light functions Light Assist and Dynamic Light Assist. There are other new technologies as well, such as progressive steering (optimised dynamic performance and better comfort), selection of the driving profile with up to five modes (“Eco”, “Sport”, “Normal”, “Individual” and “Comfort”), an electronic parking brake, a newly developed ergonomic sport seat (ergoActive seat), a guard against using the wrong fuel in the diesels, a new climate comfort windshield that is also a first in this segment and a new generation of information and entertainment systems.

Wolfsburg, August 2012. At a length of 4,255 mm, the new Golf is now 56 mm longer than the previous model; similarly, its wheelbase has grown by 59 mm to 2,637 mm. Since the front wheels are also located 43 mm further forward, the interplay of the new dimensions
creates sportier proportions, an improved crash structure and an optimised interior space concept. At the same time, the body was lowered in height by 28 mm (1,452 mm) – but headroom in the interior is still very good. On the exterior, the lower height has improved
the car’s aerodynamic performance. Its frontal area is 0.03 m2 smaller, and its air drag coefficient (cd x A) has been reduced by 10 per cent. As a result, the Golf BlueMotion attains a cd value of 0.27, making it one of the best in its class. Nonetheless, at 1,799 mm the new Golf has been designed to be 13 mm wider. In parallel, the track widths have been increased by 8 mm in front and 6 mm at the rear. These additional millimetres give the Volkswagen a fuller stance on the road.

[david25]

Here is the source of the info above, very interesting reading.

Golf 7 Technical Preview - VWVortex

[Rhigour]

weight saving of 100 Kg that's the same as four bags of concrete will the doors still shut with a thud ?

[vc-10]

weight saving of 100 Kg that's the same as four bags of concrete will the doors still shut with a thud ?

I would expect so- it's one of the things that makes a Golf a Golf, and VW wouldn't want to loose the perceived quality that it gives.

[HHGTTG]

I would expect so- it's one of the things that makes a Golf a Golf, and VW wouldn't want to loose the perceived quality that it gives.

Yeah but the wretched doors creak when they're shut or so a lot of people have reported - my doors also when driving over, say, a 'flat' grassed field, put over to car parking, which you see all over the country.

Also they've plagued the new car with, Oh no, an electronic parking brake. This is where VW and myself may part our ways, with a possible future purpose.

[HHGTTG]

Leave it in gear when parked? I do anyway (the handbrake on the Polo with rear drums is hopeless) but maybe something to get used to doing?

The hill hold is supposed to prevent you from rolling backwards when doing a hill start. It should engage when you stop, and it should replace having to use the handbrake. I think it's been standard fit on cars with ESP for a while.

Re holding the car with the clutch on a hill- that's a brilliant way to waste fuel and burn through your clutch.

Ah, you beat me to it. You won't find a quicker way of ruining your clutch, doing that, apart from race boy take-offs from the traffic lights and similar activities.

[david25]

A German colleague is saying to me that low power versions (105PS and below) are getting the (MK4/Polo/Bettle?) torsion beam suspension (claimed in the German car press)

This would be the same as the Seat.

[Dave B]

Quite like interior, not to sure on styling though. It doesn't set my senses on fire the way the mk 6 did but time will tell.

All-New 2013 Volkswagen Golf Mk7: This is Really It, First Official Photos - Carscoop

[Guest 2]

why you no search? NEW Golf Mk VII - The wait is nearly over.............