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"Our spy photographers have given us a two for one special, with a Mk 7 Golf 5-door and GTI 3-door caught testing. From the elaborate rubber body suits fitted to both test mules, you might suspect a Volkswagen engineer somewhere has been watching The Matrix a bit too often. Nice try VW, but there&amp;#039;s no mistaking this for anything other than the seventh-generation Golf due to arrive in 2012.        2013 Volkswagen Golf    Mild to Wild   The 5-door Golf pictured here is riding on simple steel wheels, and sports a pair of chrome exhausts peeking out the left rear corner of the car. As for the GTI, ignore those faux rear door coverings and turn your attention to the more aggressive exhaust setup, which includes twin pipes at opposite ends of the rear bumper. A set a telephone-dial style alloy wheels is a none-too-subtle hint that this little VW is in sport-tuned format.   What we can&amp;#039;t see is the refined front end of either car. But with the Golf being one of Europe&amp;#039;s best selling vehicles\u2014and hugely important to the VW brand\u2014don&amp;#039;t expect any drastic design changes. Slimmer headlights and a more refined grille are about as crazy as VW is going to get. The GTI, like always, will have a modestly meaner front end and sit lower to the ground.        2013 Volkswagen GTI    The big news with the Mk 7 Golf takes place beneath the sheet metal. For starters, the car is set to move to VW&amp;#039;s flexible MQB chassis, which will also be found in the next-gen Audi A3 and a variety of other models in the Volkswagen AG family tree. In the States, engine choices will likely include the 2.5-liter 5-cylinder as the base engine, a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder for the GTI, and fuel-sipping 2.0-liter turbocharged TDI diesel. A 6-speed manual, and a 6 or 7-speed version of VW&amp;#039;s excellent DSG automated-manual should also be on offer.   Once again, the Golf can be had in 3 or 5-door versions, with all-wheel-drive optional in certain models. Expect a dizzying array of engines to be available in Europe, and some of the more exotic powertrains might be headed to our shores too. A Golf plug-in hybrid and electric-powered variant are distinct possibilities. And the driving enthusiasts amongst us will be pulling for the next-gen Golf R to make it across the Atlantic. The 2012 Golf R currently pumps 256 bhp to all four wheels, and we&amp;#039;re certain VW will find even more power and performance in the upcoming model.        2013 Volkswagen GTI   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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