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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 configurator reveals three-door model

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The all-new three-door Volkswagen Golf Mk7 can now be seen on the ‘Konfigurator’ application on the brand’s German website.

It’s the first time the three-door version of the all-new Volkswagen Golf has been seen, with all the previous official press photos highlighting the more popular five-door model.

While the images are not actual photographs, the renderings show the new three-door from all angles.

Further exploration around the site reveals the Golf’s specifications and details such as engines, outputs and fuel economy.

Volkswagen is claiming combined cycle fuel economy of just 2.7 litres per 100km and average CO2 emissions of 85g/km for the 77kW 1.6-litre diesel-powered BlueMotion model.

Marc Lichte, leading designer for the exterior of the new Golf, has added some additional design elements to the new model – most notably the strong character line below the door handles, wrapping around the car and broken only by the wheel arches.

The front wheels have also moved forward by 43 millimetres, reducing the front overhang.

Volkswagen’s new MQB platform, which will underpin at least half of all Volkswagen models by 2015, uses more high-tensile steel than the previous Golf Mk6 platform and as a result is lighter by 37kg.

The design creates more space too, with a noticeable increase in legroom and a boot that is 30 litres larger than its predecessor.

A report from Autocar in the UK speculates the Golf Mk7 will be sold with two different suspension systems. Base or lower-end versions will reportedly get MacPherson struts up front and a torsion beam set-up at the rear, while higher-spec models will receive MacPherson struts up front and a multi-link unit at the rear.

Volkswagen Australia says it’s too early to comment on specific models and individual suspension systems for the new Golf, which will arrive here in the second quarter of 2013.

  • Golfschwein

    That’s a good looking 3 door hatch, but I’ll be sticking with the 5 door. May not even have the choice in Australia.

    • Showtime

       I think it will be a choice with the GTI and R models.

    • filippo

      There’s no doubt that the Golf is a popular car, which is why I find it strange that VW in Australia is so determined that everybody must buy a 5 door DSG. In Europe and the USA Golf buyers have a far greater choice.

      • Phil

        Australian buyers get a manual as standard not a DSG. 3 door was offered in the past but was dropped due to a apparently low uptake.

    • Sumpguard

         Good looking Golfchwein? Spoken like a true Vdud  dealer. The rear end styling looks tacked on and is a step backwards from the current car and the front now looks too similar to the Polo which makes it look cheaper!

      • Golfschwein

        I’m just a fan, Sumpguard. Just a fan. Aren’t you a fan of something? 

        • Zaccy16

          I’m a fan too, classy car

          • Crummydore

            Me too, I love the classy evolution of the design…. there is an understated style to VW designs and its working well for them.

            And the current Polo is an awesome looking small car.

          • Zaccy16

            Yeah, I have a polo 77tsi and it’s a very classy car!

  • Pauly

    Australia never had the choice of a 3 Door Golf.

    The only 3 door options we have are for the GTI and R and even then customer feedback had to twist VW Australia’s arm to get them into the country.

    I will be waiting to see what the next Scirocco R looks like :)

  • Monk

    Just stay away from Da Sh*t Gearbox

    • Tez

      I hear you on that one! If you’re buying a Golf…stick with the manual as the DSG doesn’t like long term use

    • AvidF1fan

       i disagree. my DSG has been goin fine in my 3dr Mk5 Golf GTI for the past 5yrs.

      back on topic, i wonder if the GTI will look like a Polo GTI lol

      • Zaccy16

        I also disagree with monk, I have a 77tsi polo with dsg and have not had a problem, it drives like a dream and I regularly drive a torque converter auto and a manual and the dsg is easily the one I’d pick!

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

          The issue is with reliability, no arguments over how it drives.

          • Zaccy16

            I have owned 3 Mazdas, a Toyota and a ford And te Volkswagen had been equal or better than the jals for build quality and reliability

          • Zaccy16

            Not jals sorry japs

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

            Build quality and reliability are different, chances are the VW had the best build quality. Looking at just one vehicle doesn’t give a good idea of how reliable they are. Veedub DSG’s have a very high failure rate, but that’s not to say they’re all unreliable.

          • Zaccy16

            Yes they are different but build quality is a starting point for reliability, if the car has loose parts when you buy it you know that those bits are eventually going to fall off in the long run

  • Monk

    3 door is a great idea – 2 less things that can break

  • TG

    Too much time on your hands, CA? :)

  • Zaccy16

    Lets hope the three door will be cheaper! who would by a prius when the bluemotion only uses 2.7 l per 100 km!

    • Luke Brinsmead

      Ditto, hybrids in general now seem unessesarry.

      • Zaccy16

        Exactly! except maybe for the new rangie hybrid!

  • Kyle

    VW Australia probably has difficulty trying to price a 3-door Golf. It would have to be cheaper than the 5-door, but then it would get mixed up the Polo.

  • http://twitter.com/SamMoss8191 Sam Moss

    The side profile looks very Scirocco in my opinion, I hope there’s a 3 door GTi

    • JamesB

      The Scirocco looks waaaaay better than the 3-door Golf.

  • Mitch Subishi

    Inside looks goods, outside so ho hum

  • JamesB

    This 3-door isn’t too sexy. The doors look rather long. The 5-door is more proportioned, and the parallel cutouts of the rear door and rear bumper are a nice touch, a sign of attention-to-detail. Hope they didn’t skim through the reliability aspect this time.

  • Simon

    I personally don’t like the front end styling… looks like a step backwards are a lot more like the Mk4 Golf – the front end of the current Mk6 looks more modern (IMO).  I think the 3 door Golf would sell, given the increasing popularity of the Golf over the past years.