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Golf 7 Preview for the United States

This from VWVortex.com BY:  JAMIE VONDRUSKA 4 February 2014 Volkswagen gave us the first look at the new U.S. Spec Golf 7 models (fresh off the new assembly line in Mexico) at the North American International Auto Show. There were two Golf 7 models and two GTI’s on display at the show. While Volkswagen won’t officially announce trim packages, options and pricing till the New York Auto Show in April, we did learn a few details about the new models that will be offered here. The short version is that we expect that the Golf 7 models offered here will be very similar in price to the existing Golf 6 but with quite a bit more standard equipment. The TDI will be the exception which should be offered at a lower starting price. GTI models will arrive first at the end of May/beginning of June followed by 1.8TSI Golf models in July and TDI models in August (as 2015 model year cars). The factory in Mexico is slowly getting up to full production speed wanting to ensure quality firs...