T-Roc 2018 Volkswagen Release date on clear

The oddly-named high-riding hatch, based on a similar version of the stretchable MQB architecture as the new 2018 Polo hatch and Audi Q2, will slot into the Volkswagen range below the 250mm-longer Tiguan.
However, there’s a slight problem. Volkswagen’s local team have admitted there’s no guarantee it’ll show up before the end of 2018, though its product planning team is understood to be pushing its German HQ hard on the issue. This is a real problem, because it needs the car yesterday.
“At this stage we can’t give you an update on when it’s coming,” a senior Volkswagen Australia executive told us this week.

Reading between the lines, Volkswagen’s global management drastically underestimated the worldwide demand for the little crossover, to be built in Portugal alongside the Volkswagen Sharan and Seat Alhambra people-movers.
Countries all over the world – aside, in large part, for the US – are growing ever hungrier for small SUVs. In Australia this segment now has 9.5 per cent share of the overall market, and the Mazda CX-3, Nissan Qashqai, Mitsubishi ASX and Honda HR-V all average 1000 or more sales every month apiece.