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Is not a secret anymore that the high production costs of the Golf Mark V have forced Volkswagen to speed up the development of the next Mark VI. And as the company says the new Golf will have an improved design, more equipment and better quality.

Featuring the traditional Golf design, with the chunky C-pillars set to continue, all the changes in the new Golf will be inspired by the forthcoming Tiguan SUV: new grille featuring a pair of distinctive horizontal bars, redesigned squared-off headlamps.

The Mark VI Golf will be built on the current platform, but will feature a less complicated multi-link rear suspension set-up. This move is to reduce production times, leading to big cost savings for the manufacturer during the build process.

Under the hood there will be the same engines from the current model, the only difference being a turbocharged 120bhp 1.4-litre motor that will replace the current 1.6 FSI petrol unit.

The new Golf will be unveiled next March at Geneva Motor Show, and will go on sale in autumn 2008.

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