Renewed Volkswagen Golf for 2028: First Look at Facelifted Model

After the inevitable abandonment of the current eighth generation, the Volkswagen Golf will face a fully electric future in a few years. The new electric Golf will not make its appearance until 2028 at the earliest, Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer previously indicated. Whether that future Golf will go through life as an ID Golf or simply as a Golf when the ID label is no longer necessary, remains to be seen. What is certain is that the icon will get a facelift. We can now show you the renewed Volkswagen Golf for the first time.

The interior of the renewed Volkswagen Golf. With push buttons!

We showed you photos of a test copy of the facelifted Golf back in September last year, but that white prototype was indistinguishable from the original from the outside. That test model did have, among other things, a completely new and considerably larger infotainment screen than the current model. In addition, he seems to get a steering wheel with physical instead of touch-sensitive buttons. So a few things are waiting for the Golf on the inside, but the appearance is also a touch-up session. We now see the modified exterior of the now 3.5 year old Volkswagen for the first time.

As radically as smaller brother Polo was renewed in 2021, the Golf will not be revised. However, the exterior also changes a lot, although you have to look closely for it. The only briefly packed test sample – given the otherwise redesigned tailgate in the left front fender a plug-in hybrid eHybrid – has other headlights, among other things. They keep their spur, but are flatter than before and taper towards the middle. The layout of the lamps has also been adjusted. Volkswagen adjusts the bumper work and further refines the rear lights. The shape of the rear lights does not seem to change, but their interpretation does.

Volkswagen may show more of the facelifted Golf later this year.