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CO2/tax
111-132g/km
£180
Running costs
46-47mpg (1.0 TSI 115)
£58 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
9.9 seconds/120mph
IN 2018, Volkswagen announced that by 2025 it expected SUVs to account for half of its global car sales, up from one in five when the prediction was made. That forecast coincided with the unveiling of the brand’s smallest SUV, the T-Cross.
Often seen as a jacked-up Polo, the T-Cross is actually 136mm longer, so it’s not surprising that this smallest of VW crossovers is significantly roomier and more versatile than the evergreen small hatch.
In typical VW fashion, the T-Cross is expensive to buy, and it sits in a segment that’s bursting with talent, some of which is available for significantly less money. So does this relatively small VW make sense, or should you be giving the T-Cross a swerve and shopping elsewhere?
History
THE VW T-Cross went on sale in the UK in March 2019, and
