Volkswagen is near revealing a second-generation T-Roc, with the newest prototype to be spied sporting barely any camouflage gear.
The present T-Roc is a compact crossover carefully associated to the Golf hatchback. It made its debut in 2017 and has since spawned a high-performance T-Roc R variant and open-top T-Roc Cabriolet. The latter is not anticipated to get a repeat with the brand new era, nevertheless.
The brand new T-Roc ought to debut later this yr. Contemplating VW dominated out promoting the present T-Roc within the U.S., it is seemingly the brand new era will even skip this market. As an alternative, the automaker presents the larger Taos as its entry-level crossover right here.
The brand new T-Roc seems to be like it should comply with an evolutionary design path. There are new particulars, although, similar to a clamshell hood and a bigger decrease consumption with a brand new mesh sample. It is arduous to evaluate however there additionally seems to be much less physique sculpting on the flanks of the car. A remaining key change is the much less steeply raked rear windshield, leading to extra of a fastback design.
2025 Volkswagen T-Roc spy photographs – Photograph by way of Baldauf
The car rides on the newest model of Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform, which the automaker makes use of for quantity manufacturers. Within the U.S., the platform is discovered within the Golf GTI and Golf R, in addition to the associated Audi A3 vary. It should additionally underpin a redesigned Tiguan due within the U.S. later this yr.
Entrance-wheel drive might be customary, however all-wheel drive might be out there. It is doable solely electrified powertrains might be provided this time round.
The present T-Roc is an in depth relative of the Audi Q2 crossover. Do not search for a redesigned Q2, although. Former Audi chief Markus Duesmann in a 2022 interview indicated that the Q2 and the smaller A1 hatchback might be phased out after their respective present generations.
Followers of electrical mobility can look ahead to an electrical T-Roc. It’s being developed alongside an electrical next-generation Golf hatchback, with the 2 EVs destined to be constructed at VW’s essential plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, beginning late this decade. VW in February confirmed the 2 automobiles might be based mostly on VW Group’s next-generation SSP EV platform, which goals to standardize issues like software program and battery cell design throughout many of the automaker’s manufacturers.
