Volkswagen has hinted as the possibility of keeping the combustion engine Golf 8.5 in production until 2035 as an alternative to the all-electric Mk 9 due in 2026.
Following the same route as the Mk 7.5, the Mk 8.5 serves as an updated version of the Golf 8 that debuted in 2019, which in turn makes use of the MQB platform that premiered with the Mk 7 in 2012.
Either sold next to or where the Mk 9 wont be marketed in, the supposed extension of the Mk 8.5, and therefore the Mk 8, will result in an affective lifespan of 16 years, the most of any generation Golf bar the Mk I that lived on as the CitiGolf in South Africa till 2009.
Regulation changeIts prolonging being attributed to the United Nations replacing the controversial Euro 7 emissions regulations with the less stringent Euro 6e or EU6e, plus the slowdown in EV sales in Europe, Volkswagens Head of Technical Development, Kai Grnitz, indicated that this could lead to Volkswagen not relaying solely on the Mk 9 as believed until now.
Back in May, Volkswagen Group CEO, Thomas Schfer, said the EU6es structure has made it possible for Polo sales to continue as opposed to replacing it fully with the all-electric ID.2all from 2026.
