AUTO AMAR - 2017 Volkswagen unveils Facelifted Golf

Update the mid-range is designed to help maintain the best-selling car in Europe to look and feel fresh until reengineering MK8 all-new Golf was launched in 2019.

Volkswagen has revealed its facelifted Golf.

The update will cover the entire Golf range: the three and five-door hatchback, high performance GTI, plug-in hybrid Golf GTE and real.

From the outside, it is still clearly visible 'Golf', but those in the know would have clocked some VW minor changes have been made. There are new bumpers front and rear, front lights halogen new daytime LED lights running, full LED light on some specs (go the xenon lamp), the new front wing, and full LED taillights new - that will come as standard on every version of Golf.

There will also be wheels and new color options, with the choice of color is extended to the interior in the form of decorative trim and fabrics, including door panels, dash panel and center console, as well as new seat covers. And the sporty GTI version of the GTE will get specific details colors: red for the GTI, and blue for GTE.

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The biggest changes to the facelifted Golf is found in the cabin, with an updated infotainment systems across the range. There is also a larger touch screen (6.5 to 9.2 inches), and for top-of-the-range 'Discover Pro', a motion control - which is the first time the technology has been used in the compact car class.

Drivers will be able to swipe to move horizontally through the menu, scroll, change radio stations, playlists or flip through to go through a photo album. There will either be interactive visual feedback, or sound effect to confirm the success friction (although you can turn that off if it bothers).

Digital instrument cluster, with everything that is displayed on the color screen of 12.3 inches. There will be five different profiles to view the information, which rearranges what is displayed: Classical, Consumption & Range, efficiency, performance and driver assistance or navigation.

Drivers will be able to use VW App Connect to connect Android, Apple or Google smartphones.

In terms of safety equipment, Golf is packed with many systems, including traffic congestion new aid, monitoring pedestrians to the front to help the city emergency braking, helping trailer (the first in the small car class), and emergency help.

Congestion help enable the car for most of the drive itself, which combines several systems Golf aid to avoid collision from the rear, as well as steering, accelerating and braking automatically. the driver does not have to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times, though.

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There will be a variety of gasoline and diesel engines are available, from a three-cylinder gasoline engine 1.0-liter, four-cylinder petrol engines up to 2.0-liter in the model GTI, which has the power to lift 10bhp at 227bhp. For diesel Golf will be available with the recently revised 1.6 and 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.

Volkswagen debuted its 1.5-liter, four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine in the new Golf, which develops 148bhp and emits a claimed 110g / km CO2. There is also a Bluemotion version in development (technologies that aim to reduce fuel consumption), with 128bhp and 104g / km CO2.

VW also has developed 7-speed double-clutch gearbox new that will eventually replace all six-speed double-clutch gearbox used in Golf to date.

This facelift is designed to help maintain the best-selling car in Europe to look and feel fresh until the all-new, re-engineered MK8 Golf was launched in 2019. The facelifted model will be sold in 2017, and should be the same price as the current model, which is from £ 17,500 to £ 34,000.

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