Volkswagen’s compact SUV T-Roc may arrive in India this year: Reports

The German automaker Volkswagen is all set to introduce compact SUV in the Indian market to compete with Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Tata Harrier and Hyundai Creta. As per a report by Carandbike, Volkswagen will launch compact SUV T-Roc in the Indian market and in petrol variant only.

The report also suggests that Volkswagen T-Roc will be imported in India and around 2500 units will be brought in the country without local homologation. After this, T-Roc is expected to cost high and may be available for sale at around Rs 15-20 lakh range.

As we said earlier, the company is looking to launch only the petrol variant in three engine options, 1-litre, 1.5-litre and 2-litre engine which will produce 113 Bhp-200 Nm, 148 Bhp-250 Nm and 187 Bhp-320 Nm respectively.

The 1-litre petrol engine will be mated with a 6 speed manual gearbox as standard, the 1.5 liter unit gets both 6 speed manual and 7 speed twin clutch automatic gearboxes and the 2 liter motor gets a 7 speed, twin clutch DSG automatic as standard.

Recently, The National Green Tribunal slapped a fine of Rs 500 crore on German auto major Volkswagen for damaging the environment through the use of “cheat device” in its diesel cars in India. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the carmaker to deposit the amount within two months.

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