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Written by channel4.com/4car
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Get ready for the Volkswagen compact SUV, to be unveiled later this year.
This Golf-based model, so far known as the Beduin or Marrakech has been
delayed, but it is finally on its way. In the meantime, Volkswagen is
previewing it in Geneva with the Concept A, which it describes as a
crossover between a sports car and a compact SUV.
Concept A is 144mm longer, 95mm wider and 66mm taller than the
mainstream Golf hatchback, with a wheelbase 24mm longer – so nearer the
size of the Jetta saloon and Eos coupe-cabriolet. Its raised suspension
makes its SUV intentions clear, but it’s still reasonably
sporty-looking with its sleek profile. The production version is
unlikely to have the ‘suicide’ clamshell doors, however, or the
pick-up-style rear tailgate – though the company says, somewhat
cryptically, ‘elements of the study will be clear when Volkswagen
reveals its forthcoming new compact SUV’.
This show prototype is fitted with the new 1.4-litre TSI petrol engine,
both turbocharged and supercharged, modified to run on clean-burning
natural gas. It also features the six-speed DSG transmission and
4Motion four-wheel drive.
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