This bodes well for a T-Roc performance variant. Spy photographers have just uploaded a video of the little crossover testing on that crucible of automotive performance: The Nurburgring.
Based on the MQB platform and roughly the same size as a Golf (if a little smaller), the T-Roc helps VW fill out its SUV offerings with a fun, outdoorsy, and likely inexpensive crossover.
Since it shares s the Golf’s platform and has been pushed as a “fun” car since its earliest days as a concept, speculation about a performance version has been rampant.
First imagined as a T-Roc GTI, that idea was shot down by VW’s head of product development, Frank Welsch.
“Yes, of course, I could imagine more powerful engines and it has been prepared for the eventuality,” Welsch told Autoca r back in April. “I wouldn’t call it a GTI — an SUV isn’t a fitting car for that badge, perhaps — but I could imagine it as an R.”
With AWD on the way and the notable exception of either a dash or the word “line” following R, that comment has been the basis of some excitement.
Now, with a model on the Nurburgring, things look promising for a T-Roc that will at least be fun to drive. Admittedly, though, the lack of an engine note in the video above is less encouraging.
Based on the MQB platform and roughly the same size as a Golf (if a little smaller), the T-Roc helps VW fill out its SUV offerings with a fun, outdoorsy, and likely inexpensive crossover.
Since it shares s the Golf’s platform and has been pushed as a “fun” car since its earliest days as a concept, speculation about a performance version has been rampant.
First imagined as a T-Roc GTI, that idea was shot down by VW’s head of product development, Frank Welsch.
“Yes, of course, I could imagine more powerful engines and it has been prepared for the eventuality,” Welsch told Autoca r back in April. “I wouldn’t call it a GTI — an SUV isn’t a fitting car for that badge, perhaps — but I could imagine it as an R.”
With AWD on the way and the notable exception of either a dash or the word “line” following R, that comment has been the basis of some excitement.
Now, with a model on the Nurburgring, things look promising for a T-Roc that will at least be fun to drive. Admittedly, though, the lack of an engine note in the video above is less encouraging.