Seventh-Generation Volkswagen Golf Unveiled In Germany

According to Volkswagen, the new Golf offers "more features, even better safety, and more performance." You know, the usual.

One item particularly of note is the fact that this Golf is 220 pounds lighter than the outgoing model, through a holistic diet (and new MQB architecture) that shaves weight in places as minute as the wiring and air conditioning. The use of high-strength steel has gone up by 28 percent, as well, compared with just six percent before.

The Golf you see here is the European-spec model, so in addition to perhaps different-colored indicators and the lack of a Euro-spec license plate, earlier reports have stated that the aging 2.5-liter inline-five will be swapped out in favor of a 1.8-liter turbocharged four.

Still, we don't yet have any official word yet on pricing, availability, or the confirmation of the above drivetrain speculation.