vw golf cabrio vs eos

[nouze]

what is the pointizzle, discuss

[insanojackson]

one is a golf other is a golf with a tin roof and a curvy nose.

im also confused with the overlap between the new beetle and the scirocco

[davepoth]

"...it's like a Golf"

VAG manage to sell identical cars with different badges on them, this is just selling identical cars with the same badge on them, a sensible evolution.

[AndyT77]

I didn't think VW were still making the Golf Cabrio when the Eos came out? Happy to be proved wrong.

[insanojackson]

AndyT77 said:

I didn't think VW were still making the Golf Cabrio when the Eos came out? Happy to be proved wrong.

no they were not, but there about to start selling a new golf cabriolet.

[nouze]

insanojackson said:

no they were not, but there about to start selling a new golf cabriolet.

Exactly, Golf Cabrio is on sale from 20,720 vs EOS from 21,400. EOS is based on Passat, Golf on ... wait for it... Golf.

If you look at them from the front they look almost identical. I guess it's VW's exercise in economies of scale.

[Waugh-terfall]

I think the Golf is more A3 Cabrio, fabric roof, short rear deck as opposed to the Eos' long deck and folding metal and glass roof. But yeah, stupidly similar and same goes for the Scirocco and NEWnewBeetle...

Edited by Waugh-terfall on Thursday 21st July 22:25

[Ari]

No, the EOS is based on the Golf also. Many people assume it's based on the Passat because it has a Passat style nose and tail lights. It's not.

Which makes the overlap even more bizarre, it's like two Golf convertibles, one with a folding hard top and the other a soft top.

Mind you, Mazda do it with the MX5...

[simoid]

Perhaps they'll make a bit of cash from people that would've bought a Focus tintop, instead of an Eos... but see the Golf Cab and buy that instead? Looks an accountancy decision rather than some sort of design exercise anyway!

[Rich A]

Of the two, the 3.2 v6 Eos is the only one worth buying, making the Golf Cab surplus to requirements.

[insanojackson]

Rich A said:

Of the two, the 3.2 v6 Eos is the only one worth buying, making the Golf Cab surplus to requirements.

3.2 V6. front wheel drive? i predict issues?

[200bhp]

insanojackson said:

im also confused with the overlap between the new beetle and the scirocco

I'm confused about why anyone would buy a 3Dr Golf GTi and not a 'rocco.

[Gatefold]

Ari said:

No, the EOS is based on the Golf also. Many people assume it's based on the Passat because it has a Passat style nose and tail lights. It's not.

Which makes the overlap even more bizarre, it's like two Golf convertibles, one with a folding hard top and the other a soft top.

Mind you, Mazda do it with the MX5...

I maybe mistaken, but I'm sure I read that the current shape/facelift Passat was based on the ubiquitous Golf platform also, unlike the previous one which shared underpinnings with the A4. I recall reading that the current Passat offered slightly more legroom over the Jetta, at the expense of a slightly poorer boot capacity.

This might be ill-informed.

[5lab]

passat has a longditudally mounted engine (that is, it points front-to-back)

the golf has a latrally mounted engine (side to side)

I've not checked, but I'd be surpised if the eos was the former

[AndyT77]

200bhp said:

I'm confused about why anyone would buy a 3Dr Golf GTi and not a 'rocco.

Me too, but i'm also confused over how VW have the audacity to call the 'rocco a coupe. From the back it reminds me of this




Yep, that's a Proton Satira GTI! I'm probably the only person who sees the similarity though!