BUYER’SGUIDE: Volkswagen T-Cross
CO2 /tax
112-115g/km
£165
Running costs
43-47mpg (1.0 TSI 115)
£68 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
10.2 seconds/120mph
WHEN Volkswagen tested the waters in 2003 with the launch of its first SUV, the Touareg, the German manufacturer soon found that it had a hit on its hands.
The problem was that while a lot of people rather fancied a VW SUV of their own, the Touareg was a big and expensive car, so its size and cost meant that it was out of reach for many. It didn’t take long for Volkswagen to offer a solution, though, in the form of the original Tiguan of 2008.
When that model also proved a hit, the firm continued with its quest to offer ever-smaller crossovers, first with the T-Roc in 2017, then with the T-Cross in 2019. Roughly the same size as a Polo, this high-riding supermini relative is just the thing for style-conscious buyers on a more modest budget.
