{"id":408411,"date":"2020-06-17T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=408411"},"modified":"2020-06-17T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:55:27","slug":"volkswagen-adds-t-roc-to-its-suv-range-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/408411\/volkswagen-adds-t-roc-to-its-suv-range-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen adds T-Roc to its SUV range in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German carmaker Volkswagen has added a fifth model to its SUV range in South Africa, the T-Roc, joining the T-Cross, Tiguan, Tiguan Allspace and the Touareg.<\/p>\n<p>The SUV market is growing rapidly in South Africa and from 2015 to 2019, it increased by 44%. International experts estimate that the compact SUV segment worldwide will almost double in size over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is for this reason that Volkswagen South Africa is introducing another attractive model in the compact SUV space, less than 12 months since the launch of the T-Cross, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In the local market, the T-Roc will be available in the following derivatives: 1.4 TSI 110kW Design, 2.0 TSI 140kW 4MOTION DSG Design and the 2.0 TSI 140kW 4MOTION DSG R-Line.<\/p>\n<p>The T-Roc will reportedly cost around R500,00 for the entry edition, and R600,000 for the top of the range version, with prices set to be revealed in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exterior design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The T-Roc is the first Volkswagen SUV that will be available to order in two-tone paintwork with visually contrasting roof section. On the Design derivatives, customers have a choice of pure white, red and black on the roof and exterior mirror housings, the carmaker said.<\/p>\n<p>These roof and exterior mirror housings can be paired with various exterior colours, thus giving T-Roc customers 26 different colour options. The R-Line derivative will have 21 different colour options, VW said.<\/p>\n<p>The Design derivatives come standard with the 17-inch Mayfield alloy wheel and have two further options of an 18-inch Montego alloy wheel as well as an 18-inch Grange Hill alloy wheel. The R-Line derivative comes standard with the 19-inch Suzuka alloy wheel.<\/p>\n<p>The T-Roc is based on the modular transverse matrix (MQB) meaning that the T-Roc offers a Golf-like level of ride comfort; it is 80 millimetres longer than the T-Cross and 162 millimetres shorter than the Tiguan.<\/p>\n<p>When all five seats are occupied, luggage space is 445 litres. The backrests can also be folded down in a 60\/40 split, yielding luggage capacity of up to 1,290 litres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interior features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The interplay between the Active Info Display and the specific infotainment system creates a new, digital and interactive cockpit,&#8221; said VW.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the standard limestone grey dashboard colour, it has a further three interior colours to choose from, whilst on the R-Line derivative, the interior dashboard colour is Caribou Grey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital offering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The T-Roc will come standard with Composition Media radio and App-Connect. The Composition radio has an 8-inch colour touch screen with two USB ports easily located in the centre console of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Passive safety features include Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Park Distance Control, LED Headlights, Light and Vision Package, Blind Spot Monitor and Fatigue Detection.<\/p>\n<p>The I.Q Drive technologies included in the T-Roc are Park Assist, Emergency Assist, Front Assist, Traffic Jam Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Assist.<\/p>\n<p>Optional features on all derivatives includes; the panoramic sunroof, electronic trailer hitch, smoker&#8217;s package, Discover Pro navigation system with a 9.2-inch screen, the Beats sound system and the Park Package.<\/p>\n<p>Customers have a choice of the 1.4 TSI 8-speed Tiptronic engine with a power output of 110kW at 5,000 &#8211; 6,000rpm and torque of 250Nm.<\/p>\n<p>The entry-level engine reaches 0 &#8211; 100km\/h in 8.4 seconds, has a fuel consumption of 6.9l\/100km and a top speed of 205km, VW said.<\/p>\n<p>The 2.0 TSI engine with 7-speed DSG and 4MOTION is the second engine in the range and has a power output of 140kW and torque of 320Nm. It takes just 7.2 seconds to go from 0 &#8211; 100km, with the top speed being 216km.<\/p>\n<p>The fuel consumption on this engine is 8.3l\/100km, Volkswagen said.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408427\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc3-e1592404658541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc8-e1592404710191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408435\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc8-e1592404710191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408433\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc5-e1592404692236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408421\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc2-e1592404489738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"746\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408429\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/T-Roc4-e1592404675252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/404899\/the-10-cars-that-south-african-drivers-recommend-most\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 10 cars that South African drivers recommend most<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German carmaker Volkswagen has added a fifth model to its SUV range in South Africa, the T-Roc, joining the T-Cross, Tiguan, Tiguan Allspace and the Touareg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":408417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,6636],"class_list":["post-408411","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\/408411","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=408411"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408445,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408411\/revisions\/408445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}