VW Design Boss Losing Sleep over Golf VII Development
Walter de Silva, who helped design the current VW Polo, will be responsible for the 7th generation Golf due in 2012
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SkadV8
He is not sleeping because he saw opel astra not because some thing he said.He is scary.I'm sorry but astra is good looking and good quality.Men go to sleep and dream about astra design and you may think about something like mk7 look like mk6 and so one...
September 28, 2009 1:15 pm
Chuck
In fact what Opel has done with the upcoming Astra is actually a clear copy-paste out of the 2005 SEAT Leon mkII's profile, another model that carries De Silva's signature, as an evolution of the design language shown in the 2001 Seat Salsa concept car, apparently long before the 2009 Astra came out in the surface. Thus no reason for De Silva to worry about! If the Opel Astra is good looking, this shall be due to De Silva's work...
September 28, 2009 3:06 pm
DogFalcon
Why do they call MKVI to the actual model? Why not Golf 5.5??? they screw up everything! Now...Mk VII? Please!! Be gentle and make the car even better in every aspect! Waiting...Patiently...
September 28, 2009 1:23 pm
opelbauer
You guys are right. This is really funny to see that Golf Mk7 comes however Golf Mk6 is still just a facelift of Mk5. By the way anybody knows who was the designer of the current Passat(2005) ?
September 28, 2009 1:50 pm
teuton
Current Passat was designed by ex-VW Turkish designer Murat Gunak. His designs sucked big time anyway
September 28, 2009 4:11 pm
opelbauer
Thanks the answer, so a Turkish made our car :) good to know :)
September 28, 2009 5:39 pm
theoldman
Golf could take some design tips from Jaguar because the 2003 XJ was just like a facelift of the older model... and the 2009 XJ is all new and the best looking car in its segment
want to see that happen to the golf... a totally revolutionary design, the most bold, beautiful and striking hatchback in existence..
well... one can only dream
September 28, 2009 2:08 pm
nederina
I thought it is the other way round since the Golf is pretty much just an evolution of its predecessors. Porsche designers gets the most sleep while Audi and Aston Martin comes second and third.
September 28, 2009 2:10 pm
Chuck
The 2012 VW Golf/Rabbit is expected to be a brand new generation -and not a mild facelift like it was the Golf VI- incorporating lots of technical novelties in the Golf range such as hybrid versions.
September 28, 2009 3:04 pm
Chuck
What is interesting though with the Golf VI is that under the classic (or even old-fashioned for others) design, it keeps leading in its class in terms of technical specs, like the independent rear suspension, the rigid chassis, the 5-star EuroNcap safety results, the TSI turbo-charged engines, the dual-clutch DSG gearbox etc etc. If only they could improve the reliabilty...
September 28, 2009 3:05 pm
N20_Purge
Jeez, the VI just came out. There is no need for a VII just yet. Chill out and get some sleep.
September 28, 2009 3:39 pm
9TNine
Why doesn?t he hold an inter-VW group competition for all the designers from all the VW group companies, (Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Seat, Skoda, and VW) plus a few external designers like Giugiaro to see who can design the best-looking Golf??
?Or, just change the badges on the current one if it?s going to look the same ? YAWN, oh excuse me ? anyway!
September 28, 2009 6:44 pm
DeleteThisAccount
For whatever it's worth, I agree with you on the open competition.
The problem is that when your chief designer has so many models to his name, he can hardly consult anybody else.
Maybe it's unfair to judge, but he's not really reinventing the wheel, the new Polo isn't exactly a huge leap forward.
Maybe he should leave the sleepless nights to his successors who will have to revive the Golf after its appeal diminishes, if ever...
Worst case scenario they design a new one the year after...
September 28, 2009 8:25 pm
crazy_golf_driver
In 30 years or so, they've made 6 models...so by the time 2040 we gonna see GOLF 13....When they gonna stop?
October 16, 2009 9:24 am
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