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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:08 am I hear they are hiring German designers.
Heard the same. Did you see the spy shot of the new Sonata?

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Man, if you squint and turn your head a certain way you would almost think it's a mix between a 3 series and 30 other similar cars in its class.
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:59 am Amazing content boys! Hopefully it doesn't all get wiped out


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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:41 am

i mean, seriously. If we all agreed with everything we said 100% of the time, why even have a forum?

I can only take so much :dong: and :spinulator: before it just gets old intellectually.
Intellectually?

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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:00 am New Kia Rio coming out soon...

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gross. Good news is the lust wont be there and i cant just get a well used mk7 .:R
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:00 am New Kia Rio coming out soon...

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:bruh:

That's just a rendering, and likely an inaccurate one at that.

That grille is way too aggressive for ze veedub.
Ja wirklish? How do you know dis? Mmmkay 8 coming in 2019 no? By now the dies/injection molds should be built and tested.

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[user not found] wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:22 am
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:47 am

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Oh my...

:225: is actually Cali :crang:
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:47 am :whocares: :crang:
Oh my...

:225: is actually Cali :crang:
Technically he's a Jewish Arab married into an african american family and recieved kicks while other kids got kisses.
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:26 am Ja wirklish? How do you know dis? Mmmkay 8 coming in 2019 no? By now the dies/injection molds should be built and tested.

:notsure: :iono:
Looks like some slapped a new front bumper and rear bumper/lights on an Emkayseven.
I wouldnt expect the platform to change much, rreally a more radical facelift with audi like skirts makes sense. Hopefully they don't go all AZN on the eight like the images suggest
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:14 am
Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:59 am Amazing content boys! Hopefully it doesn't all get wiped out


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Detroit wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:59 am
Intellectually?

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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:00 am New Kia Rio coming out soon...

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gross. Good news is the lust wont be there and i cant just get a well used mk7 .:R
Nothing "intellectual" about this area.

Just a bunch of dead horse beating.
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That MK8 render is horrible.
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http://www.autobild.de/artikel/golf-vii ... utobild.de

For anyone who feels like translating. They also post up the new Polo GTI with similar design cues. I think this is where vw is going for 2019, but i could be falsch
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:00 am Amazing content boys! Hopefully it doesn't all get wiped out


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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:42 am http://www.autobild.de/artikel/golf-vii ... utobild.de

For anyone who feels like translating. They also post up the new Polo GTI with similar design cues. I think this is where vw is going for 2019, but i could be falsch
New Jetta was caught with its pants down a little bit ago.

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They solid wing face'd the fuck outta it. Did they hire washed up designers from Honda?
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Also this thread went full :crang: last night. :wtf:
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:00 am Amazing content boys! Hopefully it doesn't all get wiped out


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[user not found] wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:51 am
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:49 am Also this thread went full :crang: last night. :wtf:
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Apparently I missed quite a bit of :popcorn: action.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:54 am
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:49 am

New Jetta was caught with its pants down a little bit ago.

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They solid wing face'd the fuck outta it. Did they hire washed up designers from Honda?
Side profile + rear 3/4 looks like an A4.

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Side is alright, it has a bit of Ford Fusion going on which is :butwhy: but otherwise not bad. The front :gag:

I like the new A4 doe so maybe this won't be so bad in person.
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Good content in here is good :notbad: :popcorn:

That Jetta is hideous, why so Asian? It looks like they took the back of the current Jetta and glued it onto some cheapo Korean sedan. What ever happened to the MK4/5 era Jettas that were actually nice cars, a cut above other small sedans?
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:57 am
D Griff wrote:Good content in here is good :notbad: :popcorn:

That Jetta is hideous, why so Asian? It looks like they took the back of the current Jetta and glued it onto some cheapo Korean sedan. What ever happened to the MK4/5 era Jettas that were actually nice cars, a cut above other small sedans?
I think that was a myth? I remember them being POS in high school but girls liked them.
I've heard tell of the MK4 being POS, but the MK5 was really nice and pretty reliable, I've known quite a few people who had/still have them.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:56 am I would love an LS swapped FD RX7.
The link I posted is a nice read. Very cool to see the process. Seems like a nice guy as well.
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D Griff wrote:
[user not found] wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:57 am I think that was a myth? I remember them being POS in high school but girls liked them.
I've heard tell of the MK4 being POS, but the MK5 was really nice and pretty reliable, I've known quite a few people who had/still have them.
Mk4 is the best looking golf/jetta since the giugiaro-designed originals, are they actually bad cars? I never had one but they seem like typical German cars. A VR6 one could be a neat :scrooge: DD.
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:28 pm
D Griff wrote:
I've heard tell of the MK4 being POS, but the MK5 was really nice and pretty reliable, I've known quite a few people who had/still have them.
Mk4 is the best looking golf/jetta since the giugiaro-designed originals, are they actually bad cars? I never had one but they seem like typical German cars. A VR6 one could be a neat :scrooge: DD.
Never owned one or had a close friend/family member own one, but I've heard a lot of stories about electrical/build quality issues with the MK3/4 Golf/Jetta. I almost bought a VR6 GLI MK4 instead of the GTI back in 2011 as a :scrooge: option but got scared away from it after researching. It was an awesome blue and seemed like a really cool car for only $5.5k or so back then.
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D Griff wrote:
troyguitar wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:28 pm Mk4 is the best looking golf/jetta since the giugiaro-designed originals, are they actually bad cars? I never had one but they seem like typical German cars. A VR6 one could be a neat :scrooge: DD.
Never owned one or had a close friend/family member own one, but I've heard a lot of stories about electrical/build quality issues with the MK3/4 Golf/Jetta. I almost bought a VR6 GLI MK4 instead of the GTI back in 2011 as a :scrooge: option but got scared away from it after researching. It was an awesome blue and seemed like a really cool car for only $5.5k or so back then.
Yeah I think that the VR6 GLI in particular is cool as hell. Looks good, sounds good, ought to be half decent to drive? :iono:

Hard to justify over an E36/46 :doe:
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Mk4s were nice, you just needed to keep extra coilpacks in the trunk.


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[user not found] wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:57 am
D Griff wrote:Good content in here is good :notbad: :popcorn:

That Jetta is hideous, why so Asian? It looks like they took the back of the current Jetta and glued it onto some cheapo Korean sedan. What ever happened to the MK4/5 era Jettas that were actually nice cars, a cut above other small sedans?
I think that was a myth? I remember them being POS in high school but girls liked them.
They were alright if you had the 1.8T nevarlose engine. Otherwise mostly crap.
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Oh yeah the VR6. Was a good engine if it was running. Rather quick for its time and sounded good.
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I had a Mk4 2.slow Jetta with a 5 speed. Never had any issues with it.

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