Golf MKVI Gets a new look.

[TheCracker]

True. But i still think if a Mk6 Golf drove past you wouldn't notice it.

 

[KSaiyu]

hmmmmm, I still prefer the look of the Grande Punto or Alfa (of course) over this one.

 

[CDailey]

I like it. 👍

 

[FoolKiller]

...It sounds like a good thing, whatever VW is doing. Press in the US has been saying that the folks at VW are going to ditch the 'mono-grille' taken out of the Audi styling book to better differentiate themselves from their siblings, and thats probably a good idea. Hell, this may prove to be favorable to those of us who want an MKV Rabbit: Sorry FoolKiller and other owners, it may be anyone's guess, but when this 'MKVI' debuts, resale values are going to dip just a bit...

Meh, I'll drive mine into the ground anyway. Jack is mine until the day he dies. Then I'll get a TDI, or might have been able to talk my wife into a GTI. Plus mine doesn't have that horrid Audi-style grill. I thought it looked bad on all other VWs out there and now that I see it on a Golf I think it looks really bad. Now, if you did it in black the way the GTI is, then we can talk.

I can't place it but something turns me off about the back. It seems...flatter? It might just be the angle. I can tell the lights are slightly different.
Here's my MkV for reference.

Drop the grill, please. I remember when buying mine the dealer even made a big deal about the color matched solid grill. I do like the headlights and that they got rid of the little black scuff bumper, or whatever it is.
Mine again.

Wait, does the MkVI have a hidden antenna or do they just not attach it for promotional photos? I would definitely prefer a hidden antenna.

Overall, I think I would have to walk around the car and check it out first. That's what made me fall in love with Jack. Up until that point the Rabbit was just one in a list of about five. It was the second car I looked at, hadn't even driven it yet (dealer was closed), and I was 90% sure. The next day I bought it after work.

EDIT: You know, if VW wants to make production cheaper we can start with removing the gimmicks, like VW logos in the headlights, felt "rabbit fur" on the seatbelt catches, or the fact that when it is frosty outside a V melts over the hood before the rest does (or is this just me?). We could also have the aux input as part of the stereo instead of hidden in the glove box and give up on the "eight speakers" PR and just give me six three channel speakers instead of a seperate tweeter, mid, and woofer. Make that an option. I can think of all sorts of tiny things that probably nickle and dime their costs up. Then from there work on what needs to be changed.

 

[Philly]

My MKV is better. True, it is a GTI, but still, it looks so much better than that MKVI thing.

They are having trouble moving them? I know we checked every dealer in the Seattle area to find one "cheap" GTI that would last a few days on the lot. From what it looked like, new ones didn't spend much time at the dealer either. But what am I talking about? Rabbits and GTIs are different. Maybe the Rabbit is a bit of a "failure"?

 

[Joey D]

I bet the new GTI will look mean.

I just noticed that the fog lights on that model are LED ones, I hope the US version gets that.

 

[Danny]

By making more aggresive, I think it's lost some of it's class.

 

[Bram Turismo]

It looks as though only the headlights, taillights and the grill have been changed...The chassis looks nearly similar to the MKV.

 

[Turbo Lag]

That is a lousy photoshop with Impreza headlights, to my eye.

Definately your right. As a caught the sight of the new Golf, i thought of that

 

[FoolKiller]

My MKV is better. True, it is a GTI, but still, it looks so much better than that MKVI thing.

They are having trouble moving them? I know we checked every dealer in the Seattle area to find one "cheap" GTI that would last a few days on the lot. From what it looked like, new ones didn't spend much time at the dealer either. But what am I talking about? Rabbits and GTIs are different. Maybe the Rabbit is a bit of a "failure"?

It may be a location thing. I know that I have yet to see another MkV Rabbit between Louisville, Frankfort, and Lexington and I have only seen one GTI. It looks like my dealer has had the same white GTI and red Rabbit sitting there since January. The black GTI has gone though, so they either traded with another dealer or sold it. I know they sold at least one other Rabbit because they had a silver one on the lot in August.

I think VW may have predicted this because when I was looking I was lucky to find more than one Rabbit anywahere, and since I wanted a two-door manual it became a tough game. When I would call local dealers they didn't expect to get any more in stock until they sold teh one they had on teh lot, but I could order one from the factory and then wait. I would have done that, if they had a manual to test drive before mine showed up.

I don't see why people aren't buying them. All the other cars I was looking at required added options to meet the same level, and then they tended to be more expensive by that point.

It must be the two Ford factories (Louisville) and a Toyota factory (Georgetown) in the area that has everyone loyally buying those cars. And I know I have heard a few WWII generation people make comments about both Japanese and German cars.

 

[Philly]

It probably is a location thing. All the dealers around here have several (fiveish) in their lots, and quite a few have fehrinheits. Just in our small 30K person town, I have seen two GTIs in a week. There is also a MKV Rabbit at school. I would have to say that it seems like GTIs are moving faster than Rabbits, though, seeing that I have not seen very many. Maybe US brand loyalty is getting to VW, because Seattle does not seem to care much about that.

 

[FoolKiller]

It probably is a location thing. All the dealers around here have several (fiveish) in their lots, and quite a few have fehrinheits. Just in our small 30K person town, I have seen two GTIs in a week. There is also a MKV Rabbit at school. I would have to say that it seems like GTIs are moving faster than Rabbits, though, seeing that I have not seen very many. Maybe US brand loyalty is getting to VW, because Seattle does not seem to care much about that.

You know, it would figure that right after I said I haven't seen any other MkV Rabbits I pass one going the other direction on the interstate on my way home.

And thinking about it more I think it might be less about brand than it is style. I run across numerous MkV Jettas on a daily basis, although they are still far outnumbered by large Ford trucks and Toyota Camrys. I wonder if the fact that we build Camrys locally and many people drive them doesn't play into the preference for sedan styling. I know when I got my Rabbit the first two questions I usually got asked was, "You wanted a hatchback?" and "Are you sure you just want two doors? My usual answers were, "Hells yes!" and "I'm not riding in the back."

It could just be that the eastern part of the midwest has no interest in European cars. I probably won't see a new MkVI make any difference, good or bad. We will always have a handfull of ricers driving messed up compacts and everyone else settling into their pickups and sedans.

 

[Philly]

Wow. The very same day I said I saw another GTI driving around Burien, I met the driver at Starbucks.

And thinking about it more I think it might be less about brand than it is style. I run across numerous MkV Jettas on a daily basis, although they are still far outnumbered by large Ford trucks and Toyota Camrys. I wonder if the fact that we build Camrys locally and many people drive them doesn't play into the preference for sedan styling. I know when I got my Rabbit the first two questions I usually got asked was, "You wanted a hatchback?" and "Are you sure you just want two doors? My usual answers were, "Hells yes!" and "I'm not riding in the back."

That is probably because of the car market. You will see more trucks because trucks are still a trend among American car buyers. As for Camrys, those are bulk cars. It seems that Toyota has tried to capture every portion of the market with them. MKV GTIs are more specialty cars. They are aimed at a much smaller market; of course they won't be nearly as popular as Camrys and Ford trucks. As for the Rabbit, it is in an emerging market in the US. Compacts/hatchbacks are not a hugely popular market here, although it is growing. That could be a part of the factor.

But come to think of it, I see way more MKIV golfs around, and I have no idea if the age of the MKV has anything to do with this difference in numbers. The MKV could very well be a slow-selling model.

It could just be that the eastern part of the midwest has no interest in European cars. I probably won't see a new MkVI make any difference, good or bad. We will always have a handfull of ricers driving messed up compacts and everyone else settling into their pickups and sedans.

YSSMAN has talked a little about this. In your region, it does seem that Domestic cars are doing much better. I wouldn't be suprised if we had more M-Bs, BMWs and Audis out here on the west coast. It would make sense if we were flooded with Japanese products, though. I can't say I noticed any difference in the nationality of the cars on my recent trips out there, but that could be because I don't look for things like that, just really awesome cars.