Volkswagen is “just a few weeks away” from unwrapping the long-awaited ‘Mk8.5’ Golf hatchback, however new photographs give an early have a look at the redesigned hatchback. 

The facelifted Golf has been previewed with a camouflaged prototype in scorching GTI guise at CES in Las Vegas, and a show within the overhauled infotainment system has revealed the look of the redesigned entrance finish.

As advised by frivolously camouflaged prototypes in current weeks, the adjustments usually are not intensive, however a brand new therapy for the decrease grille, reshaped air intakes and new mild designs mark it out clearly from the present automotive. These animations solely present the entrance finish, however the rear is anticipated to bear an analogous overhaul, too. 

The up to date Golf shall be accessible for pre-order within the spring, round 4 years after the present automotive arrived in dealerships.

Importantly, 2024 additionally marks 50 years for the reason that Golf changed the Beetle as Volkswagen’s core mannequin.

Since then, greater than 37 million examples have been bought globally, making it comfortably the 86-year-old firm’s – and Europe’s – best-selling automotive of all time.

This newest iteration, whereas not radically totally different in its general design, is charged with renewing and sustaining the enchantment of the eighth-generation Golf till it’s changed by the electric-only Mk9 on the finish of the last decade.

Chief among the many upgrades for 2024 shall be a revised inside, which majors on enhancements to ergonomics, high quality and performance – areas wherein VW has admitted its present automobiles fall quick.

Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer advised Autocar final 12 months that widespread criticism of the interiors of its present automobiles – together with the Golf – “definitely did a lot of damage” to the model, which the agency is seeking to rectify with a brand new method to cockpit design.

To that finish, the brand new Golf includes a redesigned dashboard, which now homes a bigger, 12.9in central infotainment show, working in tandem with a ten.4in digital instrument cluster and working the most recent era of VW’s MIB infotainment platform.