Volkswagen T-Cross 2024: the moving market

Launched in mid-2019, the Volkswagen T-Cross then focused more on its functionality, such as its sliding rear seat, than its presentation and finish: no foam plastic in the passenger compartment for example, and the design that is. sure agreement but not the original truth. For 2024 and the traditional mid-life modification, Volkswagen has therefore made a big effort on the interior of the T-Cross with the dashboard and door panels now in foam plastic, more pleasing to the eye and to the touch. The multimedia screen is large, the meter switches to a digital display and the mandatory safety equipment is on the basic list. Added to this is the design of the front and rear surfaces which are now adorned with a wide strip of lights connecting two rows of LED lights.

Still based on the MQB-A0 platform that is used for Polo, but also for direct competitors Skoda Kamiq recently modified and Seat Arona, T-Cross logically leaves diesel but has no right to mix, at all, because of this already the old one. common ground. So we get, in the range access, 3-cyl hero. 1.0 petrol in 95 hp, still in 128 g – a slightly higher value compared to the competition. The fault lies in the five-speed manual gearbox, necessary to maintain cruising speed on the road, but which increases consumption and therefore CO2. During our tests on a smooth mixed route but excluding city driving, we recorded 6.3 l/100 km. Allow one liter more on city and highway circuits.

Except for the new 4-cyl. 1.5 TSI of 150 hp and DSG7 gearbox in 132 g and from 33,900 euros including tax, few changes on the mechanical side. So Volkswagen didn’t play the export price card. For our test model in range access, the price starts at 25,790 euros including tax, rather competitive compared to the city SUVs of national competitors. For daily use by professionals who will do the highway a little more, the TSI 1.0 version is also available in a 115 hp gearbox with DSG7 in 132 g, from 28,660 euros including tax.