10/08/2008 21:48. This is the new Golf. Honestly. They are even calling it the Mk VI, which prompts the question, at what point does a heavy facelift become an all-new model?

So, what exactly is new about it? The face is purloined from the forthcoming Scirocco. There are some new engine features, but also some old ones. The interior looks identical and the suspension and floor pan in fact are so.

Apparently it has improved door seals but somehow I doubt that will get the flashbulbs popping come the "ta-da!" moment when they whisk away the white sheet at the Paris auto show in October
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If VW had done a Honda Civic and unveiled a prop from an episode of "Space 1999" its... // Motoring