The Dinky New Volkswagen T-Roc Is Here To Give The Nissan Juke A Kicking

Compact on the outside but surprisingly spacious on the inside, the new Volkswagen T-Roc is a little brother to the Tiguan and Touareg SUVs, and it's gunning for the class leaders
The Dinky New Volkswagen T-Roc Is Here To Give The Nissan Juke A Kicking

This is Volkswagen’s trendy baby SUV, called the T-Roc and sold with a two-tone colour finish. It’s the sort of thing VW is hoping will appeal to people like us, if and when we’re looking for our next affordable daily driver fresh out of the showroom.

Built on the same chassis as the likes of the Golf, Polo and Audi A3, the dinky design somehow squeezes 445 litres of boot space behind five seats, potentially making it more practical than it has any right to be.

The Dinky New Volkswagen T-Roc Is Here To Give The Nissan Juke A Kicking

You get a choice of six turbocharged engines for the car, which is named ‘T’ to align with the Tiguan and Touareg, and ‘Roc’ - as in, ‘solid as a.’ There are 1.0-litre, 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre TSI petrols, which should all be good fun, plus an entry-level 1.6 TDI diesel and a whole bunch of 2.0-litre diesels with two- and four-wheel drive, manual and DSG gearboxes and a choice of 148bhp or 187bhp. The petrols match that selection right down to the power outputs.

It’s 4234mm long, making it 252mm shorter than the beefy Tiguan, but it’s wide enough to risk a few parking scrapes in careless hands, at 1819mm excluding mirrors. At launch it’s set to have two trim grades; Style and Sport. Bearing the very specific British consumer vanity in mind, we reckon most people will buy Sport.

The Dinky New Volkswagen T-Roc Is Here To Give The Nissan Juke A Kicking

Sport stretches the limits of marketing speak with ‘Sport Comfort seats’, an oxymoron to beat more or less any we’ve seen lately. It also gets a host of aesthetic goodies like red brake calipers and ambient lighting, while Style offers more choices for customisation and colour. It also has the connectivity package as standard.

All four-wheel drive T-Rocs will get special switchable driving modes; Street and Snow for on-road use, plus Offroad and Offroad individual, the latter of which allows some leeway in the settings for driver preference. It’s possible that the little trier might actually have some off-road talent. The likes of Comfort, Normal, Sport, Eco and Individual are the main modes – but they’re optional on front-driven T-Rocs.

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Comments

Anonymous

Nissan Juke
Bmw X1
Merc GLA
Audi Q3

One car makers make something everyone follow.

08/23/2017 - 22:06 |
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Anonymous

IMO this is the best-looking small SUV I’ve seen.

08/23/2017 - 22:46 |
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Anonymous

If I had 1,000 dollars for every crossover or SUV that has been released in the past three years that can’t go offroad, I would have more than enough money to buy one.

08/23/2017 - 23:29 |
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Anonymous

Gotta be honest, every time I see an SUV article on here I die a little inside.

08/23/2017 - 23:45 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

Oh look the new VW T-Rex

(I’m sorry)

08/23/2017 - 23:57 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

At least it doesn’t have push button ignition

08/24/2017 - 00:14 |
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Joshua Persaud (Wagon/Estate Squad) (Sleeper Squad) I need a

(This may be bad but) I just wondered how good it would be if that T-roc had that 2.5 inline-5 engine.

08/24/2017 - 00:20 |
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Jun Kaile Yamauchi

Seriously? With that nice exterior you still get that ugly steering wheel?

08/24/2017 - 04:16 |
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PAMO

Audi Q2, is it you?

08/24/2017 - 06:56 |
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RustX7 2.0

This excites Hammond

08/24/2017 - 11:17 |
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