ELECTRIC FUTURE – Many thought that with the Volkswagen ID.3 and the future ID.2, the Golf name was destined to end its career with the current generation, the eighth. Instead, the Volkswagen Golf 9 it will be done, but it will only be electric. This was confirmed by the CEO of Volkswagen, Thomas Schäfer, in an interview with the German media newspaper automobile week: “It is clear that we will not give up iconic names such as the Golf, Tiguan and GTI, but will transfer them to the electric world”. So the name Golf, born with the 1974 model, will be kept for a fully electric model, without variants with combustion engines.
WHEN? – Meanwhile, the eighth generation of the Golf will be updated 2024, per end his career by the end of the decade. “Then we will have to see how the segment develops,” Schäfer said. If by 2026 or 2027 the automotive sector becomes something different from what is predicted today, “we could even launch a completely new vehicle. But I don’t expect that to happen,” continued the Volkswagen CEO.
> In the photos the current Golf 8, which will be the last with a petrol engine. The next generation will be electric.
GENI GOLF – The future Volkswagen Golf however, it must have the main characteristics that have characterized the model since its inception. “But it won’t be before 2028when we launch the new SSP electric platform,” emphasized Thomas Schäfer.
