« Reply #11 on: 02 January 2018, 11:53 »
The T-Roc is Polo based is it not? Therefore the savings will have to come from somewhere as there's a lot more metal involved in its manufacture. Hence the interior has been hit by the accountants.
I'm also going to take a wild guess (I don't read motoring publications anymore so am way out of the loop) that the T-Roc is built somewhere with a lower labour cost and production costs than the halo VW models. The old Scirocco factory maybe? The T-Roc is pretty much the niche model that takes over from the out of fashion coupe and has stolen both its name and wheel arch gaps.
Doesn't the high driving position get negated if everyone drives one? I used to occasionally blast around in commercial vehicles in work and can definitely vouch for the high up position of a lorry but I was always glad to get back to the driving dynamics of a hot hatch afterwards.
It does seem a bit odd that on this forum, named after VW's iconic hot hatch, there's a lot of hankering after "comfy" SUV's.
I'll take a guess here and say the GTI moniker is mostly bought nowadays by those that like the heritage of the GTI badge rather than actually enjoy using the performance and the R's are bought by those that still have a bit of fire in their belly.
A shame really as the R isn't as much fun to drive as a GTI and yet GTI (and GTD) drivers would prefer to be sat on a large mattress on wheels.
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