Volkswagen confirms that the VW Golf 8.5 will make its debut in 1.4 TSI guise in South Africa next year before the GTI and R variants arrive.
Volkswagen can't introduce GTI and R derivatives yet due to South Africa's poor fuel quality.It’s all systems go for the first non-performance VW Golf in almost four years’ local introduction next year.
Niels Wiechmann, brand head of Volkswagen passenger cars, confirmed on Monday that the 1.4 TSI VW Golf 8.5 is ready to roll in 2025. The VW Golf 8.5 GT and R derivates are on hold for moment.“The GTI and R will come, but later. First of all, we’d like to introduce the 1.4 Golf. Its really a great car that has just won an award in Germany last week, so we are really looking forward to that,” Wiechmann told the media in Fourways.following later.
But Wolfsburg has now backtracked on its stance over the “Plain Jane” in Mzansi. It says there are still buyers preferring a hatchback over an SUV and find themselves stuck between a Polo GTI and Golf GTI. And only among private buyers, but also in the commercial space like for instance rental companies.The 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine that will serve on the 1.4 TSI VW Golf also features on new Tiguan and T-Roc and produces 110kW of power and 250Nm of torque.
“The same goes for some of the hybrid models we’d love to launch. Unfortunately the fuel quality does not allow us to release these cars.” VW is also gearing up to introduce the updated T-Cross next year, with the all-new Tayron SUV also in the pipeline.
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