PALMA, MALLORCA (Ekstra Bladet): The digital arrow between the instruments will change from pointing straight ahead to turn in the opposite direction. The word ‘Offroad’ lights up like a soft shoulder to it, which should prove to be a great composition of red and yellow warning lights. And so follows an insistent sound from the parkeringssensorerne, which are becoming more and more intense.
We have just turned of the main road and onto a small dirt road north of Palma. Here are the holes, and tall grass between the køresporene, which makes it convenient to have good ground clearance and visibility from the driver’s seat. Both parts have the new Volkswagen T-Cross, but as the warning lamps indicates feel the car all the time, other than at home outside the asphalt road.
the Volkswagen T-Cross is the vehicle manufacturer bidding on a small car that offers some of the same qualities as a big jeep. It places itself under the VW T-Roc and can be said to be a højbenet alternative to a Polo – just 5.5 inches longer and 12 inches higher.
the Car must compete with competent rivals like the Renault Captur and the Seat of Arona, get a starting price of 200,000 crowns, and hit the Danish roads for april.
Grass, olive branches and the soil in the little way is so far, however, the only, the small car has hit. VW T-Cross is available only with front-wheel drive and despite its appearance is not to be confused with an off-road SUV.
the Question is asked by Nicolai on Extra the Magazine’s Facebook page, and just the trunk is one of the car’s trump card. The rear seat can be adjusted up to 14 centimeters forward or back in the cabin, which provides a cargo area of between 385 and 455 litres.
VW T-Cross can thus beating both the VW Golf and the larger VW T-Roc at the bagagerumsplads. The two models have space for, respectively, 380 and 445 litres in the rear.
if you require additional space, the cargo area expands to 1281 liters by turning the rear seats down. And you can carry skis, wood molding from Silvan or a large flyttelæs, yes so too can the passenger seat be put down.
We return to the main road, where the car in a higher degree, can unfold. Testbilen is equipped with a small diesel engine of 95 horsepower and a manual transmission, which is a both energetic and uncomplicated package. Dieselmotorens high torque to give a feeling of profits, and for general driving is the T-Cross a comfortable acquaintance.
the Car is quiet on both the main and the highway, you have a good overview from the driver’s seat and access to adaptive cruise control and vejbaneassistent from the lowest equipment level.
It is clear that the T-Cross is geared for relaxed behaviour – fastest benzinvariant using the 10.2 seconds to reach from 0 to 100 km/h. – but VW still offers to install the skiftepaler behind the wheel on the variants with automatic DSG-gear. It may seem outside the number, but makes the car a tad more entertaining when the road winds.
in Addition to the diesel engine of 95 hp will VW T-Cross will be available with petrol engines respectively, 95 and 115 hp, and Denmark expects Volkswagen to sell the most copies of the smallest benzinvariant.
I did not test drive, but the message from the other automotive journalists is that it delivers just fine with the effort. It is available only with manual transmission, and will have DSG-gear, you must select either diesel or upgrade to 115 hp.
Choose middle equipment level, the larger engine and the DSG-gear, must pay 55.000 dollars to the starting price.
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Panels of various colors can bring the cabin a little spræl. The digital instruments are optional. Photo credit: VW
On Facebook will Jacob know how VW T-Cross looks inside.
From the driver’s seat you are greeted by a multifunktionsrat, which, together with håndbremsegrebet is læderbeklædt from the middle equipment level. There are armrests in the middle and the pillows on the part of the door where you would usually put his arm. But also offers the cabin on the tedious amounts of grey and hard plastic.
the Dashboard can, however, are ornamented with panels in different pangfarver and patterns, which helps to give the cabin a little spræl. Among the standard equipment is a infotainmentskærm on the eight inch, which is rich in touchfølsomme buttons and lift the overall impression in the cabin.
It can even work with a digital instrumenthus, which is blistered, but it costs 9000 dollars.
In the back seat sitting, according to Volkswagen 10 centimeters higher than in the VW Polo. You let the rear stand in its rear position, there is ample leg room for that one in good conscience can invite high teenage children or aging parents.
We are running into in the coastal town of Can Picafort, which is possibly a held destinations in the summer season, but which today seems abandoned and regnvejrsmørk. However, it is not the threatening rain, which causes us to roll the windows up, but rather the car’s engine. It is weighed down by an unsightly diesellyd, which will become especially prominent between hotelfacaderne.
VW T-Cross is 4.1 meters long, fairly square and with the short overhang over the tires. It is to make it easy to maneuver, turn, and, not least, park on the small streets of Can Picafort.
Like many other modern cars is the T-Cross equipped with a wide C-pillar, which takes some of the view obliquely to the rear. There is, however, aided by a blindvinkelassistent, which is standard on all models.
Danish prices are not yet published on the diesel testbil. The price of a petrol-engined T-Cross with the 95 hp begins at 199.989 crowns.
VW T-Cross is the fashionable alternative to the VW Polo, which offers great overview, great flexibility in the cabin and high comfort – when that brand keeps itself within the asphalt. The car is especially at home in the city, where the shape and size makes the car easy to maneuver around.
Extra Leaf was invited to the Mallorca of Volkswagen Denmark.
Space, flexibility, comfort level
the Plastic in the cabin, no possibility of 4×4
