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Volkswagen T-Roc 2.0 TSI 4Motion 2018 review Dec 15th 2017, 12:01 Do 187bhp and 4Motion all-wheel drive make the current top-spec T-Roc exciting to drive? Volkswagen has ambitions of becoming one of the world's largest producers of SUVs, so it is trying to leave no stone unturned by developing a model to fill every category in the segment. We met the T-Roc 1.0 TSI that provides an answer to the more mainstream end of the class. Today, it's the significantly more potent T-Roc 2.0 TSI that gets our attention.This most powerful T-Roc falls into the small but increasingly significant hot crossovers sub-segment, where cooking variants of the Mini Countryman and Mercedes-Benz GLA live. As such, its firepower is provided by Volkswagen's ubiquitous turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine in 187bhp and 236lb ft form.Our test car mates the unit to a seven-speed dual-clutch DSG gearbox and drives all four wheels via 4Motion technology, giving this T-Roc the quickest off-the-line performance statistics of its brethren. The 0-62mph dash takes 7.2sec and its top speed is rated at 134mph – that's enough to beat the cheaper Countryman Cooper S All4 but falls short of the more directly comparable GLA 250 4Matic.Inside, our SE L-spec car - which is the top trim available until R-Line arrives in May 2018 – gets Volkswagen's Active Information Display technology (the company's take on Audi's Virtual Cockpit) in place of dials as standard, giving it an edge over rivals, as well as an 8.0in touchscreen on the centre console.

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