First look of the new VW Golf VII

The MkVI Golf has been in showrooms for less than a year, but already we have the best images yet of how its successor is shaping up.

And our information on this radical new hatchback, slated for a 2012 debut, has come from the most unlikely source - VW itself!

A promotional video for VW's recently revealed L1 concept accidently revealed a groupe of designers hard at work on a clay styling model of the next-generation Golf in the background. You can see a freeze-frame from that video on the right.

It might be a bit blurry, but the photo proves that work is well underway on the new Golf, suggesting a particularly short lifecycle for the current MkVi car.
As with the transition from MkV to MkVI, styling changes will be subtle and evolutionary - in keeping with the firm's existing design language.

Changes include a sharper snout and more steeply raked windscreen, as well as narrower headlights and more pronounced wheel arches.

VW is staying tight-lipped about the leaked image, but the scene has been promptly erased from the official video.

Author: AL
Source: Autolatest & AE

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