Auto Bild has a new rendering of the VW Golf VI by Huckfeldt, with a nice and sporty hatchback style (even if the single-frame grill is a little bit too “Audi”).
Auto Motor und Sport has some pictures of the next generation VW Golf too.
Both talk about the Golf V production being too costly.
Volkswagen’s management laments many ills: the electronical connections are too complicated and require too highly qualified personnel, the doors and the multilink rear suspensions are too complcated to assemble.
This leads to production times almost double those of rivals which leads to high production costs.
The result is a car which in 2004 only generated 900 million € less than expected.
That’s the reason why it’ll be replaced in 2008, much earlier than originally planned.