It's Official: A VW Arteon 'Shooting Brake' Is Happening, And It Might Have A VR6
With a massive hatchback boot and plenty of interior space, you could hardly accuse the VW Arteon of being impractical. But if you do want an even more Ikea-friendly take on the car, you’re in luck: VW has confirmed that it’s going to make a ‘shooting brake’ estate version.
As we can see via the render above from X-Tomi Design, it’s set to be a handsome thing. And potentially fast: Car Throttle was told last year that VW has been actively testing a new 3.0-litre, turbocharged VR6 engine with around 400bhp for the Arteon hatch, which - if approved for production - would inevitably end up in this estate version too.
It’s not as far fetched as it sounds, either: VW does already have a 2.5-litre turbocharged VR6 engine in the Teramont - the Chinese market version of the Atlas. A 3.0-litre engine based on VW’s unusual narrow-angle, staggered piston V6 format - which uses a single cylinder bank rather than two - would be a very good thing indeed.
As for the wagon-ified Arteon itself, there’s no indication as to when it’ll come out, but we’d expect to see it in some form before the end of the year.
Source: Auto Express
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Restoring faith to VW again.
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That’s my prediction… In this crossover lusty market, nothing else will have chance to compete…
Sad times
You’re wrong. Wagons do still have very respectable sale numbers in Germany (one of the strongest markets) and Scandinavia.
Arguably an important reason why the Alfa Romeo mostly flopped in Europe was because of the lack of a wagon version.
Why do you think VW makes the Golf estate, Passat Estate and even bothered to make the Arteon at all? A lot of business men who need a company car will definetly be up for this, basically the cheaper version of an A6 which is really popular for those people. Crossovers aren’t THAT popular as everyone screams it is, wagons still are extremely common too
That’s greeeaat. Will there be a coupe version of it as well? And a crossover, a “lifestyle” combi, and then a cabriolet version of that, but with four door so it’s a “topless four door coupe sedan wagon shooting brake vehicle”.
Good god.
Would be awesome! VW need something quirky and cool in their lineup.
Looks sick!
I hope its AWD
FFS if it’s a Bentley or a Rolls it’s a shooting brake. If it’s a VW it’s a damn estate
If it’s a BMW it’s a touring, an Audi an Avant but really no one cares they’re all estates
Please be real
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Oh fck yes make this happen