2024 VW Golf GTE Facelift Makes Spy Photograph Debut, Cannot Conceal Large Display screen

With Volkswagen confirming the next-generation Golf might be an EV, we’re presumably wanting on the final facelift the conventionally powered mannequin will ever get. This prototype combines the combustion engine with an electrical motor for the GTE plug-in hybrid. It was caught by automobile paparazzi throughout hot-weather testing forward of an official launch scheduled to happen in 2024 when the equal Skoda Octavia will even undergo a mid-cycle replace.

VW did not even trouble to cowl the redesigned, barely slimmer headlights. Nicely, perhaps that is as a result of the modifications are delicate and the peeps from Wolfsburg would possibly’ve thought folks would not discover. Eagle-eyed readers will even discover the entrance bumper has been mildly up to date however VW cleverly slapped on some camouflage to cover the tweaks. The prototype appears to be lacking the X-shaped, five-point LEDs within the bumper except the disguise is taking part in tips on us.

Shifting on the again, there are stickers to cowl revised taillights that appear to have the identical form as on the pre-facelift Golf GTE. The ghastly faux exhaust suggestions are nonetheless there, though we’re getting the sensation it is simply faux chrome that may (hopefully) be eliminated for the manufacturing automobile. Total, the modifications on the surface might be delicate, such a lot in order that solely diehard VW followers will discover the variations straight away.

Our spies couldn’t peek inside, nevertheless it’s exhausting to cover that greater display. You possibly can simply see the way it stands proud from the dashboard; a putting distinction in comparison with the neatly built-in infotainment of the previous-generation Golf. Different VW Group vehicles might be getting the brand new setup, together with the next-generation Tiguan and Passat in addition to their Skoda counterparts, the Kodiaq and Very good. An early take a look at mule of the Golf Mk 8.5 was seen in September 2022 with the large show.

It is too quickly to say whether or not there might be any modifications beneath the hood, however we should always level out that the brand new Kodiaq debuting this fall is getting a plug-in hybrid model primarily based across the 1.5 TSI engine. The explanation we’re bringing this up is that the Golf GTE makes use of the older 1.4 TSI, so it may imply the VW Group’s upcoming PHEVs will change to the newer turbocharged gasoline engine. Nonetheless, time will inform whether or not that is the case.

When it arrives subsequent 12 months, the Golf facelift is predicted to cast off the touch-sensitive controls on the steering wheel as VW has admitted prospects dislike them. In the meantime, the brand new Tiguan debuting within the coming months would be the first to drop the capacitive-touch controls.