{"id":242951,"date":"2018-05-07T15:15:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=242951"},"modified":"2018-05-07T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:27:09","slug":"volkswagen-arteon-arrives-in-south-africa-official-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/242951\/volkswagen-arteon-arrives-in-south-africa-official-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen Arteon arrives in South Africa &#8211; official pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen has launched its new Arteon sedan in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle will be available in three models (the Elegance, the R-Line , and the R-Line 4MOTION), with pricing starting at R599,900.<\/p>\n<p>Its petrol engine boasts an impressive 206 kW (280 PS) with a fuel consumption of 9.2 l\/100 km on urban road and 6.2 l\/100 km in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, you can expect a 176 kW (240 PS) bi-turbo engine from the diesel variant, which promises consumption of 9.2 l\/100 km and 5.1 l\/100km in\u00a0non-urban environments.<\/p>\n<p>Features include adaptive cruise control (including predictive cruise control), advanced dynamic cornering light, emergency and side assist, ergoComfort seats and a multifunction steering wheel with active info display.<\/p>\n<p>It comes standard with a 3 year or 120,000km warranty, and a five-year or 90,000km maintenance plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(pricing includes VAT and emissions tax)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volkswagen Arteon 2.0 TDI 130kW Elegance DSG &#8211; R599,900<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen Arteon 2.0 TDI 130 kW R-Line DSG &#8211; R649,900<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen Arteon 2.0 TSI 206kW R-Line 4MOTION DSG &#8211; R699,900<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-242965 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-242961 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"952\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-3.jpg 952w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-3-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-3-768x391.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-242957 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-2.jpg 798w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-2-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-2-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-242963 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteon-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/242827\/south-africas-new-road-rules-spell-big-trouble-for-anyone-who-drives-for-a-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa\u2019s new road rules spell big trouble for anyone who drives for a living<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen has launched its new Arteon sedan in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":242955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,6636],"class_list":["post-242951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-volkswagen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242951"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242989,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242951\/revisions\/242989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}