Volkswagen will launch a new version of the Golf in February

The German brand, which describes its new project as a “remarkably fast transporter”, will debut a model in February about which there is hardly any data.

Volkswagen he has given a warning nudge, like the one a friend gives you so you can see something interesting. That nudge is aimed at golf lovers, who will be surprised. The German firm has advanced that in February The ‘remarkably fast transporter’ is coming to dealerships. That suggestion and the apparent spoiler over its rear hatch imply that something exciting is afoot.

Would it be feasible for the highly acclaimed and successful three-door to return? There are many customers of Golf that they stopped looking at the brand when it decided to eliminate these three-door compact sports cars. Be that as it may, there are very few days left to clear up a mystery that the Teutonic company keeps so secret.

The Wolfsburg-based brand has already revealed a fairly comprehensive collection of performance variants for the Golf. His family is always growing. It has the GTD and the GTE on European roads, and the GTI and the R, which shine on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, the most shocking surprise seems that it will take ground shortly.

The GTI, for its part, has an even higher performance variant, thanks to the Clubsport 45, which the Golf R lacks.

It is listed as a hot hatch (compact sport) premium and comfortable, but entering the field of speculation, Volkswagen could prepare its new model without so much luxury, lower the suspension a bit and produce a very high-performance version.

The reception that the GTI and the R It’s been pretty good all over the world. A clear example of this reception has been that they have become finalists for the North American Car of the Year . Even so, it has not yet been clarified if these models will be offered in the United States (for now the Clubsport 45 has not arrived).

If it is any guide to the upcoming model, the tests that have been carried out up to the date of the Golf GTI and the R have as their leitmotiv the power of their engines. The drive goes from 245 CV and 370 Nm of torque for the GTI up to 320 CV and 400 Nm of torque for the R. Surely the new model will beat with a heart as robust as that of its brothers.

It remains to be seen, among other things, how many finishes the newborn will have in February, since the current Golfs have two versions in the case of the GTI (DSG 245 CV and Clubsport) and one in the R.

This article was published in Top Gear by Gustavo López Sirvent.