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Old 12-03-2004, 02:20 AM   #1
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Default New VW Gold Plus

What do u guys think?


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Old 12-03-2004, 02:39 AM   #2
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It's gotta be good for somethin.
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Old 12-03-2004, 03:56 AM   #3
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wdf, not what I expected to see in here =/
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Old 12-03-2004, 05:18 AM   #4
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the Plus sounded something RS6+ but I guess I got fooled...
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Old 12-03-2004, 01:10 PM   #5
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Old 12-03-2004, 01:12 PM   #6
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is it a taller golf or polo, or derby or what??
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Old 12-03-2004, 01:42 PM   #7
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^^^^
It's a taller Golf. VW says it has to compete with the Renault Scénic, the Ford C-Max, the Citroën Picasso, the Opel Zafira, etc. A bit strange, because I always thought the VW Touran was a competitor of those. But I think the Golf Plus is a bit smaller than the Touran, the Golf Plus will have only 5 seats, were the Touran has 7 seats. So I guess the Golf Plus is VW's Renault Scénic, and the Touran is VW's Renault Grand Scénic.


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Old 12-03-2004, 02:48 PM   #8
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^^ thanks.
mmm... and it will be the same as the jetta vagon, sportvagon, as you call it, in my country. almost nobody is buying that thing.
in terms of space I don't see any real use.... another car to the oblivion of really forgetful cars
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Old 12-03-2004, 03:19 PM   #9
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^^
You mean the Golf/Bora/Jetta Break or Variant, thus a break version (i.e. a 5 door with a box-like rear shape)?

for example:




No the Plus will be higher, more monuvolume like.


btw, here are some extra pics of the Golf Plus, taken at the Bologna Motorshow:













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Old 12-03-2004, 03:24 PM   #10
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sorry for my idiotic english... but I what I tried to say is that car wont sell more than 10 units in my country and I don't see the real value in those kind of cars.
but... I don't own one, neither plan to buy one... and look awful
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Old 12-03-2004, 04:08 PM   #11
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It will probably sell overhere in Europe. A lot of families with kids buy these sort of mini-MPV cars.
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Old 12-03-2004, 06:09 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Wutputt
It will probably sell overhere in Europe. A lot of families with kids buy these sort of mini-MPV cars.
Yeah, Europe tends to love smaller more fuel and space efficient cars. So I can really see this car will be pretty popular. But not in NA for sure.
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Old 12-03-2004, 07:18 PM   #13
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I dont like the MPVs concept since when driving them it seems that someone is driving a van rather than a car.......i do prefer a station wagon version of any touring car or the pug 307 which its a mixture between an ordinary 4 meter sized car and its equivalente MPV
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Old 12-12-2004, 07:39 AM   #14
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What surprised me is that the lights are not shared with the ordinary Golf as it would simplify the production and that's as far as i know an intension of the VAG.
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Old 12-12-2004, 12:09 PM   #15
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It's uglier than a normal Golf But it probally will cost more if you have to buy something like that than buy a Scenic
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