The ninth-generation Volkswagen Golf may not see the light of day due to looming emissions regulations and ICE bans.
, executives won't decide whether to give the ninth-generation model the green light for production until halfway through 2023.globally in 2019, meaning its successor wouldn't arrive until 2026 at the earliest. And, using the seven- or eight-year life cycle Schäfer mentioned as a baseline, that model would remain on sale until 2033, so three years after the United Kingdom will make selling apowered by an internal combustion engine illegal.
For the Golf, the various bans are a distant hurdle. It first has to clear the draconian Euro 7 emissions regulations that will come into effect in Europe in 2025. Meeting these norms will make new cars between 3,000 and 5,000 euros more expensive than in 2022."With a small car, these additional costs can hardly be offset. So entry-level mobility with combustion engines will be significantly more expensive," Schäfer cautioned.
American hasn't banned the internal combustion engine yet, but the Golf doesn't sell well here. Volkswagen doesn't bring the regular-production model to the United States; the only eighth-generation Golf variants available in American showrooms are the hot-rodded
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