Volkswagen T-Cross Compact SUV Teased, India-Bound?

Volkswagen fans! We’re sure you’re kicked about the group’s plan of resurrecting themselves in India. If you’re puzzled as to what we’re talking about, you can check out our story on the VW Group’s India 2.0 plan. For now, there’s a little more for you to be excited about. And that is the T-Cross SUV. What debuted at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show as the T-Cross Breeze concept is now Volkswagen’s smallest SUV.

How small, you ask? Just 4107mm. Yep, the overall length is just 54mm more than the sixth-generation Polo. In Volkswagen’s range, it sits below the T-Roc (that’s roughly the size of a Hyundai Creta). The manufacturer released a rear view sketch of the small SUV and a video that shows a few more angles of the yet to be unveiled T-Cross. Check out the video:

As you might’ve noticed, the T-Cross is promising to be a handsome, boxy small SUV. The typically SUV design traits, including a high-set nose, flared wheel arches, jacked up round clearance and roof rails can be spotted. And the design is typically Volkswagen as well. That means you get a sharp shoulder line that joins the headlamps to the taillamps. Speaking of which, the sketch gives away what we think is the coolest design element on the T-Cross: connected taillamps! Yum. The front hasn’t strayed too far off from the concept it’s based on. The squared-off fog lamps and the wedge-shaped headlamps flowing into the large grille have been carried over almost as is.

Like all new-age Volkswagen vehicles, the T-Cross is based on the MQB platform. The manufacturer clearly states that the T-Cross is “always front-driven”, which means it is based on the A0 subset of the MQB platform (yep, the same one that’s being localised in India). Reason being, the A0 is the only variant of the MQB that isn’t four-wheel drive ready, and meant for small hatchbacks and sedans such as the Polo and the Virtus (next-gen Vento).

We’ve got some more juicy tidbits about the car, like the fact that the rear bench can be adjusted, either for knee room or more luggage space. VW also says the T-Cross will be among the safest in its class, and will be offered with Front Assist” (ambient traffic monitoring system) and “Lane Assist” (lane departure warning system) tech as standard.

The T-Cross is meant for Europe, China and South America only, for now. But, there’s no denying the small SUV fits like a glove in VW India’s plans. The SUV market is booming, and if there’s a segment a manufacturer has GOT to be in, it’s this one. Fingers crossed!