Low-speed ride on optional 17-inch wheels is nicely compliant, with small bumps absorbed without too much fuss around town. Larger road imperfections do make their presence felt within the cabin at speed, suggesting some fine tuning of the spring and damping is likely to be carried out before the T-Cross is signed off for production later this year, but in overall terms its comfort is commendable. As with the latest Polo, the new Volkswagen can be optioned with ACC (adaptive chassis control) allowing the driver to choose between four different driving models: eco, norm, sport and individual.
With much of its front end covered in plastic foil to disguise some of the finer elements of the new T-Cross’s exterior styling, the Volkswagen engineers on hand have pointed out that the 1.6 TDI we’re in is an early hand built example – one of over 100 such mules used by Volkswagen in a durability test program underway for over 18 months – and thus not exactly representative of the upcoming production version, which will initially be produced alongside the seventh-generation Polo at a factory in Pamploma, Spain but is also set to join a growing number of Volkswagen’s models produced by FAW (First Automobile Works) in Changchun, China. To understand the T-Cross, it’s important to know that, at 4107mm in length, 1750mm in width and 1558mm in height, it is a considerable 383mm shorter, 90mm narrower and 92mm lower than the Tiguan. It also rides on a wheelbase that, at 2563mm, is some 9mm longer than that of the Polo, with which it shares much of its mechanical package.
Although the prototype we drove retained the standard instruments, buyers will be able to option the price leading Volkswagen SUV with a digital instrument display in combination with an 8.0 inch touch-screen display for the infotainment functions.
Volkswagen is renowned for the conservative approach it takes to entering new market segments – its usual excuse being that it likes to take its time to fully understand new customers and their purchasing decisions before committing to the expensive undertaking of conceiving, developing, testing and producing a brand new model.
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