Volkswagen Golf 7 will be a completely new model built on a modular platform that will allow the introduction of hybrid propulsion. Here are the proposed engines.

The current generation of Volkswagen Golf 6 is not only aesthetically similar to the previous generation, but uses a slightly modified platform of the Golf V, released just in 2003. It requires such a substantial change and the first signs are that the new MQB platform will align with the new trends in motoring. Thus, according to head of development Ulrich Hackenberg, the new platform will be made to incorporate hybrid and electric power-train.

Auto Week magazine speculates that the new Golf will be seven very wide range of engines, from 1.2-liter TSI engine (86 and 105 HP), followed by 1.4-liter TSI engine (122 and 160 HP), 1.6-liter TDI engine (90 and 105 hp), 2.0-liter TDI engine (140, 170 and 220 HP) and ending with the 2.0-liter TSI engine (220 and 300 HP). The last two engines are obviously related sportier GTI and Golf R versions.

This new model should be appear in late 2012, the Golf 6 having a much shorter life than the Golf 5, which was 2.3 million units sold. It is expected that the production target for Golf 6 will be 1.6 million units.

Hopefully that will attract more potential customers, because the VW Golf 6 not quiet manage that.

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