2026 Volkswagen T-roc Hybrid Will Be The Last New Ice-only Vw, And Luckily It Looks Good

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Volkswagen is mounting its sights connected an all-electric future, but nan institution hasn't rather weaned itself wholly disconnected of soul combustion yet. Instead, it's giving america 1 past all-new all-ICE exemplary earlier nan soul combustion lights spell retired forever: The second-generation T-Roc, a Golf-based crossover pinch immoderate awesome looks. Volkswagen promises nan updated T-Roc will beryllium its past wholly caller conveyance to thrust connected an soul combustion platform, not 1 that is designed to besides accommodate EV powertrains, and it's bully to cognize nan internal-combustion world is going retired successful style.

More than 2 cardinal of the first-gen T-Roc person been sold since it was introduced successful 2017, but nan anterior model's proportions ever looked a small off. The precocious beltline looked overinflated, oddly bulky aliases bulbous for nan car's compact size. The caller car brings sharper edges, sleeker lines, and Volkswagen's modular ray bars to nan T-Roc, making for a acold prettier crossover than nan outgoing generation. As sendoffs for soul combustion go, Volkswagen could person done a full batch worse. 

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The T-Roc will motorboat pinch 2 different powertrain options, but Volkswagen has already laid retired a lineup of 7 different motor choices, each pinch hybrid power. The first 2 will beryllium 1.5-liter mild-hybrid setups, making 114 aliases 148 horsepower, disposable successful front-wheel thrust only. Those will beryllium joined later by 2 full-hybrid setups, besides front-wheel drive, and all-wheel-drive 2.0-liter models are besides connected nan database to beryllium added later. Volkswagen has besides said a performance-oriented R exemplary is successful nan works. 

Inside, nan T-Roc heralds nan slow return of buttons to nan Volkswagen lineup. The steering instrumentality has buttons and nan halfway console has a beingness measurement knob, some steps successful nan correct guidance from anterior VW cars. The T-Roc's ambiance controls still look to beryllium capacitive, sitting beneath nan 13-inch halfway display, but astatine slightest that's amended than putting them successful nan screen. I'll return physically chopped capacitive controls complete immoderate sub-menu immoderate day. 

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It's unfortunate that nan U.S. won't get nan T-Roc, because it's a bully measurement to ringing retired nan era of soul combustion — plus, it's prettier than a bully chunk of nan crossovers connected our roads today. A compact crossover pinch exclusively hybrid drivetrains would astir apt do reasonably good successful nan States, and I'd alternatively spot these parked connected nan thoroughfare past yet different Chevrolet Trailblazer. Volkswagen, tally nan numbers 1 much time, and conscionable double-check that you can't nonstop nan T-Roc here. Pretty please?

As for nan no-more-internal-combustion stuff, it doesn't mean location won't proceed to beryllium caller gas-powered Volkswagens for a while. The institution conscionable won't beryllium processing caller cars connected ICE platforms. Speaking to Autocar, CEO Thomas Schäfer said that nan remainder of Volkswagen's lineup has been precocious redesigned, pinch models that tin past and beryllium further refreshed and fixed better, much businesslike hybrid powertrains. "For now, [the T-Roc] is nan last wholly caller conveyance that we will put connected a caller level connected nan combustion side," Schäfer said to Autocar, "But pinch everything that's changing astir us, erstwhile you look astatine nan EU... Will location beryllium an extremity of combustion engines successful 2035, yes aliases no? And what are nan thresholds connected nan way? Customers will decide, and past if nan request is there, you will person to deliberation astir caller vehicles, but for now location is nary plan."