VW T-Roc Coming To Europe And US To Challenge The Nissan Juke

[cawimmer430]

Looks better than the Juke at least...


VW T-Roc Coming To Europe And US To Challenge The Nissan Juke



Ever since it was officially presented in Geneva three years ago, the Volkswagen T-Roc Concept has served as a topic for many reports.

In keeping with the SUV boom, the German automotive giant will give customers what they want, and following the launch of the Tiguan Allspace and Atlas, the time has come for a smaller VW SUV.

Gunning for models like the Jeep Renegade and Nissan Juke, the Volkswagen T-Roc will hit the assembly lines with optional AWD in a few months time, according to AutoNews, arriving in the European market as early as this August.

The decision is official and the automaker's chiefs have also agreed to launch it on this side of the pond as well in 2019, following the company's 650 local retail partners verdict. "It was only yesterday that we decided on an additional SUV for 2019", said the VW brand chief Herbert Diess last week, who also confirmed that the small SUV will go on sale in both North and South America.

Diess' comment comes approximately one year after the former VW dealer chairman, Alan Brown, told the same publication that the T-Roc is extremely popular, and it would be a pity if it doesn't get the production volume that it deserves.

"Everybody loves T-Roc, everybody. The only concern is whether it's going to be priced outside of market, where it wouldn't do the volume that it deserves to do."

Details such as where Volkswagen will assemble the T-Roc are still undecided, but there are three possible scenarios - the Chattanooga plant, the Puebla facility in Mexico, or importing it from their European factory in Portugal.


Link: http://www.carscoops.com/2017/03/vw-t-roc-coming-to-europe-and-us-to.html

[ifcar]

The Juke and Renegade aren't two-doors -- guaranteed for a tiny niche regardless of the great potential.

[cawimmer430]

The Juke and Renegade aren't two-doors -- guaranteed for a tiny niche regardless of the great potential.

This is still a concept, so the production version may come with 2- and 4-doors. 

[93JC]

[cawimmer430]

$$$

[93JC]

They really think they're going to make any money selling some two-door "coupe utility" thing?

[veeman]

If they are able to sell it at the same price point as a Subaru Crosstrek, Nissan Juke, etc it'll sell well because it looks better than them (at least the pics above do).  Coupe only will definitely hurt sales but I still think it'll sell as long as they price it right.

[2o6]

VW likes making impractical concepts to show future design trends. This production car will have four doors.

[2o6]

IN FACT





Will be built in Spain, next to the VW Sharan minivan.

[2o6]

Also, VW says not til 2019.

[ifcar]

VW likes making impractical concepts to show future design trends. This production car will have four doors.

Sadly, the only design trend showcased in the production rendering you posted is "tall Polo."

[Raza]

[AutobahnSHO]

Sadly, the only design trend showcased in the production rendering you posted is "tall Polo."

Seems to be the standard.

tall Impreza
weirdly-styled tall Nissan thing
etc...

[2o6]

https://www.carnewschina.com/2017/04/11/volkswagen-t-roc-suv-to-be-made-in-china-from-2018/


lol. It looks handsome enough but it needs to be on sale right now.

[Payman]

Dammit this 4-door everything thing. I want a 2-door GTi version. 

[ifcar]

https://www.carnewschina.com/2017/04/11/volkswagen-t-roc-suv-to-be-made-in-china-from-2018/


lol. It looks handsome enough but it needs to be on sale right now.

Agreed.

[MX793]

The production car looks nothing like the concept.  The concept could have been made into a 4 door while still bearing some resemblance.

[Tave]

I agree, the concept looks very "productionable." Looks amazing too. And oh my is that a removable top?

The production car looks like a little turd. Do not want any part of that, no point over a Tiguan or Alltrack.

[ifcar]

I agree, the concept looks very "productionable." Looks amazing too. And oh my is that a removable top?

The production car looks like a little turd. Do not want any part of that, no point over a Tiguan or Alltrack.

Presumably a lower price and better fuel efficiency, just like the advantage of any manufacturer's smaller car over its larger one.

[Tave]

Presumably a lower price and better fuel efficiency, just like the advantage of any manufacturer's smaller car over its larger one.

Except they already switched it from the Up! platform to the MQB. It'll be the SWB Tiguan with fresh bodywork. Will probably sticker for ~22.5K. You can smell this thing coming from a mile away.

[2o6]

Except they already switched it from the Up! platform to the MQB. It'll be the SWB Tiguan with fresh bodywork. Will probably sticker for ~22.5K. You can smell this thing coming from a mile away.

MQB underpins B-E segments. It's modular. The Next Up! will probably be on the MQB chassis.



Also, the US Tiguan is longer, and has a 3rd row option.


Also, all of these stupid things retail for this price, sadly.

[2o6]

I'm into it.

[Raza]

Pretty good looking, actually.

[Xer0]

Also, VW says not til 2019.

Explains the Tiguan Limited being in production for a least a year or two.

[12,000 RPM]

SKODA! Looks like a Skoda. Not in a good way.



I feel like we are at an all time low for character in mainstream car design. The market is starving.

[Raza]

SKODA! Looks like a Skoda. Not in a good way.



I feel like we are at an all time low for character in mainstream car design. The market is starving.

That Skoda looks pretty good. 

If you clamor for character, you end up getting hideous.  Like the Nissan Puke or most everything Honda and Toyota make nowadays.  Car designers don't understand the difference between head turning because you want to look at it and head turning because you don't want to get vomit on your shoes.  It's all the same to them.

[12,000 RPM]

That Skoda and this TRoc look about 14 years old. But even that is unfair, because around that time VWAG was in a design stride with Audi (OG TT, B5 A4, C5 A6) and VW (all the MK4 cars, B5 Passat). They took a lot of risk on design and made it a priority... it paid off. They need to do that again. This is bad

[giant_mtb]

Yeah, this design looks super risky.

[2o6]

That Skoda and this TRoc look about 14 years old. But even that is unfair, because around that time VWAG was in a design stride with Audi (OG TT, B5 A4, C5 A6) and VW (all the MK4 cars, B5 Passat). They took a lot of risk on design and made it a priority... it paid off. They need to do that again. This is bad

You're nuts.

[giant_mtb]

You're nuts.

I think he's just nostalgic.