Volkswagen already preparing not one but two compact to launch until next year: the Golf 8 will follow a I.D. Electric anticipates the future of the brand. We tell you all about them.

Although Volkswagen has just launch a restyling of Current Golf VII (the link you can see our test), not think this will last long on the market. We already knew that the mark was working on developing a Golf 8 new generation which, predictably, was due to arrive in 2019. However, according advances the web Carscoops, board member and head of sales and marketing, Jurgen Stackman, confirms that present “a new Golf in early 2018 and weeks later also the I.D. rebel electric“. That is, in one fell swoop they should arrive in late 2018 two new compact. We tell you everything we know already of the two models.

Volkswagen Golf 8: Compact king … traditional

He best selling car in Europe generation will debut soon, and that’s always is news. And let none other than the eighth generation and, as usual, does not seem that the brand will revolutionize your design, although the concept. The new Golf not have electrical (which reserves the I.D.), but this time it will only versions gasoline, diesel and, yes, plug-in hybrid, which will continue to gain prominence.

Plus developments could already be seen inside and especially in the technology that will incorporate the new Golf. Early reports are already talking about the compact rectangular released a large screen in the center of the dashboard, evolved on the new Arteon and the line used by Tesla. Digital instrumentation also gain more presence and gestural control will already be key. Automatic braking systems and driving aids further combined with all new advances in connectivity and autonomous driving new features, where the new Golf promise and to move alone without human intervention in certain circumstances.

Among the engines that will equip the new VW Golf 8 continue betting big on gasoline, with the three cylinder 1.0 liter TSI versions as input and the new one.5 TSI cylinder shutdown system as a cornerstone of the range. It is also expected to continue to reach sports version GTI and R for a model that should maintain its hegemony in the segment.

More information: Volkswagen Golf 8

Volkswagen VW I.D .: the first of a new era

goodbye to Volkswagen Golf and welcome e-I.D. With these new acronyms, the brand unveils its new family of electric cars that should mark all his future. Already developed on a new specific platform for such vehicles (the MEB, of which will also then SUV I.D. Crozz and the family I.D. Buzz), Only a month after the Golf 8 it will be released.

Presented as a concept and in the last Paris Motor Show in 2016, this compact 100% electric input and promises full autonomy should be between 400 and 60 km. The prototype had a electric motor 125 kW (about 170 hp).

The ID. It has also developed as a base to launch all future technologies related to autonomous Volkswagen car. Inside, we have seen and a new Volkswagen configuration space called “Open Space”: It consists of a multifunction steering wheel that is hidden under the dashboard to activate autonomous mode or piloted driving. Very soon we will know more in depth.

More information: Volkswagen I.D.

Volkswagen Golf 8: Compact king … traditional

He best selling car in Europe generation will debut soon, and that’s always is news. And let none other than the eighth generation and, as usual, does not seem that the brand will revolutionize your design, although the concept. The new Golf not have electrical (which reserves the I.D.), but this time it will only versions gasoline, diesel and, yes, plug-in hybrid, which will continue to gain prominence.

Plus developments could already be seen inside and especially in the technology that will incorporate the new Golf. Early reports are already talking about the compact rectangular released a large screen in the center of the dashboard, evolved on the new Arteon and the line used by Tesla. Digital instrumentation also gain more presence and gestural control will already be key. Automatic braking systems and driving aids further combined with all new advances in connectivity and autonomous driving new features, where the new Golf promise and to move alone without human intervention in certain circumstances.

Among the engines that will equip the new VW Golf 8 continue betting big on gasoline, with the three cylinder 1.0 liter TSI versions as input and the new one.5 TSI cylinder shutdown system as a cornerstone of the range. It is also expected to continue to reach sports version GTI and R for a model that should maintain its hegemony in the segment.

More information: Volkswagen Golf 8

Volkswagen VW I.D .: the first of a new era

goodbye to Volkswagen Golf and welcome e-I.D. With these new acronyms, the brand unveils its new family of electric cars that should mark all his future. Already developed on a new specific platform for such vehicles (the MEB, of which will also then SUV I.D. Crozz and the family I.D. Buzz), Only a month after the Golf 8 it will be released.

Presented as a concept and in the last Paris Motor Show in 2016, this compact 100% electric input and promises full autonomy should be between 400 and 60 km. The prototype had a electric motor 125 kW (about 170 hp).

The ID. It has also developed as a base to launch all future technologies related to autonomous Volkswagen car. Inside, we have seen and a new Volkswagen configuration space called “Open Space”: It consists of a multifunction steering wheel that is hidden under the dashboard to activate autonomous mode or piloted driving. Very soon we will know more in depth.

More information: Volkswagen I.D.