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TEST LONG-TERM

VOLKSWAGEN T-ROC 2,0 TSI 140 KW 4MOTION R-LINE

04/06

Driver: Gareth Dean

GarethD_CARmag

6 236 km 7,87 L/100 km

You know you’re getting older when your priorities begin to shift to the safer, more practical things in life. Where my previous concerns about my long-term wheels often centred on how entertaining said car would be or its appeal to the fairer sex. Now middle-aged and increasingly anchored to motorways, I’m drawn to vehicles that eschew sportscar driving characteristics and can instead waft me effortlessly over long distances before decanting me fresh and unflustered at my destination. That’s why the inclusion of several active safety features under VW’s IQ Drive banner in

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