Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn is optimistic for the future of the T-ROC, with the automaker willing to build the crossover if the customers want it.
Automotive News Europe reports the production version of the concept crossover — based upon the MQB architecture found in the Audi A3 and Volkswagen Golf — would slot between the compact Tiguan and VW’s planned Taigun subcompact SUV.
Winterkorn believes the concept will have a mass appeal for the automaker’s customer base — especially as sales of crossovers and small SUVs rise in Europe and the United States. VW brand head of development Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neusser concurred, dubbing the T-ROC a logical evolution of the Golf.
The three-door T-ROC seats four, comes with a removable tablet infotainment display, and is powered by a 2-liter diesel found in the Golf GTD, pushing 182 horses through all four wheels.
Auf Deutsch, wie sagt Man “Juke”?
“Tshook”, approximately. HTH!
Well, the Murano Cross Cabriolet has been on sale for three years. A Cross Cabriolet coming out of Volkswagen would probably bring in more sales.
One big issue for the common female in a few years: this, or the Renegade?
Oh sure, build some Tonka toy looking thing, but no mid-engine diesel sports car? We wanted the Bluemotion Winterkorn and we got bupkiss.
So we are going to see 2 or 3 more concepts versions of it, see them delay making a decision year after year, and then compact convertible SUV thingys are going to be all the rage and VW will release this…3+ years after all its competitors?
The return of the Isuzu Amigo. Of course, customers will want it.
Whether they’ll actually ‘buy’ it is something altogether different.
They’ve already built one. So all they need to do now is build 5 or 6 more.
+1
Considering that they’ll probably build this on top of the Golfs platform I’m not interested, they already have enough redundant Golf variants.
I think I’d rather have a Jetta.
How do they distinguish between actual customers and B&B fantasy brand managers?
The front end looks very good.
It would be nice if the Amarok had a front end styled on that.
A German Samurai.
With the ripping popularity of CUVs this vehicle would be, with its removable roof section, this decades equivalent of a 1982 Cutlass Supreme coupe with T-tops.
He says VW will build it IF people want it, Making it sound like this newfangled “crossover” concept is an iffy idea? And then he says it’ll have mass appeal to VW’s customer base? But he’s still unsure if the model will go into production? How is he in charge of a car company planning world domination?
Sounds interesting but the price point has to be right to be relevant. I wouldn’t be against it since it would be a prime candidate for the two-door coupe market that wants slightly more space to threaten people with a backseat they’ll hate and take home a piece of furniture from IKEA (but nothing bigger than an end table).
At the very least it looks interesting.
Price point? The Volkswagen brain trust knows nothing of price points. It’s German engineering from a premium manufacturer, so the customer must pay what is demanded.
It will be too high. And will sell as well as the C30, which is similar, and shorter.
Of course, he doesn’t mean American consumers. What we want … is invariably ignored.
To wit: Polo, Scirocco, A3 hatch, A1, etc…
They will make this for America, except FWD, 4-door only, 2.0T petrol engine and only automatic. Oh and T-tops are only available on black ones with manual windows.
Welcome, to the future Allroad Coupe.