2020 VW Golf will have more powerful GTI and Golf R versions

New details have emerged regarding the next-generation
VW Golf.
According to Auto Express, which spoke to several Volkswagen honchos at a supplier meeting,
the eighth-generation model will make its debut next year at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The new Golf Mk. VIII will also spawn a plug-in hybrid model, GTI, and Golf R, but the
e-Golf appears to have been shelved.

Both of the Golf’s performance-oriented forms, the GTI and Golf R, will get substantial increases in power for a total of 250 and 350 horsepower respectively. That will put the GTI on roughly equal footing with the Ford Focus ST and Subaru WRX, and the Golf R at the same level as the Ford Focus RS and closer to the Mercedes-AMG CLA45 and GLA45 models.

The e-Golf, which
VW had previously told us would arrive with a roughly 186 mile range, will disappear with the new generation according to
Auto Express. The outlet reports that it’s a casualty of VW’s focus on the I.D. line, particularly the I.D. hatchback. That hatchback is due to arrive a year after the new Golf in 2020 for Europe, and VW says that it will deliver on the 373-mile maximum range (European cycle) quoted for
the concept. In the U.S.
the first I.D. product we’ll see is the production version of the
I.D. Crozz in 2020, followed by a version of
the I.D. Buzz van in 2022. Of course, it’s also possible that the current-generation e-Golf might linger on for a year until the I.D. hatchback goes on sale.

For more information on what’s coming for the next-generation VW Golf, be sure to
check out our previous coverage on the hatchback.

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