VW design boss Walter de’Silva can’t sleep because of the new Golf 7
While some of you might consider making a car is as simple as screwing some nuts and bolts together so that the body will stay together, think again, as the whole technological process of building a new car is a very tough one.
Further testimony to this fact are some statements from the Volkswagen group’s design boss, Walter de’Silva, known for the Seat Altea and Leon, Alfa Romeo 156, Audi A5, A6 and many more. He revealed that the biggest challenge in his lifetime is currently represented by design of the future Golf 7 model. He says that after taking over the design department of VAG, the new version literally kept him from sleeping.
de’Silva revealed that he can’t sleep at night when he thinks of the new Golf. The model will be redesigned from head to toe, and might arrive around 2012. Work is already underway so de’Silva must repay the confidence that has been invested in him.
Another interesting statement from the Italian designer is in regards to the personal time, as it seems that de’Silva spent more time with the Volkswagen group boss, Dr. Winterkorn, than he spent with his wife.
Hopefully though Walter de’Silva will pull through and honor one of the most famous models in automotive history. Until then, may we see great improvements in the future spyshots of the new Golf 7.
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VW to Begin Production of All-New Golf MK7 in August, European Sales to Start in November
We already know that the next generation and first truly new Golf since the Mk5 (upon which the current Mk6 is heavily based), will receive its public debut at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show at the end of September.
But now we learn via a report from Autonews Europe that production of the Golf Mk7 will begin at Volkswagen's German manufacturing plants in Wolfsburg and Zwickau in Germany, in early August and that the compact hatchback will roll out to European showrooms in November.
The new Golf will be the second model after the latest generation Audi A3 to make use of the VW Group's modular transverse matrix (MQB) platform. It’s exterior styling is expected to be an evolution of the current model's design DNA as Volkswagen does not want to alienate buyers of its most successful model series.
Aside from the conventional turbocharged gasoline and diesel engines ranging from a small-displacement 1.2-liter TSI to the 2.0-liter TSI in the GTI and the 'R' AWD sport models, the new Golf will also debut hybrid powertrains with gasoline- and diesel-electric powertrains as well as a pure-electric variant.
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