Volkswagen T-Cross SUV 2020 in-depth review | carwow Reviews
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2019
- This is the new Volkswagen T-Cross! It’s a small SUV that's going head-to-head with the likes of the SEAT Arona and Renault Captur, but with looks and style that have borrowed heavily from the Polo, does the T-Cross have the upper edge over the competition? Join Mat for his latest in-depth review to find out!
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This car hasn't been out for too long and yet I'm seeing them everywhere. Great move VW. They're selling spectacularly well and I think it's one of the best designed small SUV's on the market right now
Although it has nothing to do with the price of the VW the lexus nx is a crossover and looks a million times better, but yet again its 3x times the price.
For real ? Peugeot 2008, Renault Captur, Seat Arona, Skoda Kamiq, Nissan Juke, Ford Puma look better than that low cost T Cross. I don't understand people who love Volkswagen for the design...
@@maxd7718 most cars you mentioned arent well built and they're full of plastic just like the VW...
I strongly disagree. The 2008 looks like a cockroach, it's the ugliest car I've ever seen. Juke has enormous visibility issues, and it's Nissan so it will fall apart. Puma looks cool, but it just feels like it's copyigg Hyundais Kona, and I would much rather go for Hyundai than Ford. I can't comment on seat or Skoda as I don't see those brands where I am from.
No it doesn’t
All these years of watching carwow and I'm still surprised some cars don't come with reverse sensors as standard
Get better at driving, never had one , never need one, and not a camera either for that matter
It's an incredibly smart looking car. Saw a few ones already. Well done.
That's orange interior and wheels just looks sooo tacky. What are they trying to be? Boy racer?
X Blocky i also don’t like this orange dash. And it cost a lot! More black with grey if you like ia the way to go. I also dont like at all that orange wheels that are also very very expensive.
The orange dash and wheels are actually optional and don’t came as standard on none of the cars
The dash reminds me of a DS3 racer
Looks cool to me
Cool.Nope. Poor man's Tiguan. Retiree's car he always promised himself.
Mat’s muscles are growing big with every review. Btw, excellent videos.
you guys should film the moment that you get in and out of the car from the outside. An important thing in my opinion to see. So you can exactly see how low you need to go to step in or out. (I am a lower back patient :P)
2020 car.. but no parking sensor as standard? Wow! Brilliant!!
CanYouSeeMeTM The 2020 Audi A6 doesn’t even have them as standard. :) VAG rules!
People who aren't able to park a small car like this shouldn't be allowed to drive anyway.
True innovation!
@@mulsanne1 Not!
@@joshbacon8241 dude I'm just joking :)
I love the way you review vehicles..straight to the point in a very funny way😂 😂 😂
Cool review Mat! Greeting from Croatia was cool to meet you at Frankfurt Motor Show 😀
“I need to take my meds”
😂😂😂
Ok
@@Mr.MinecraftPants the Beats Audi whilst better than the standard, it's still hot shit!
Listening to Matt, other than some plastics disappoint, there is really nothing bad to say about it. It may not be fast but it has enough for town and most journeys, carries a lot, has nice seats, a compliant tide, good visibility and whilst the Orange may not suit everybody, it has style and interest. It is a good car... a very good car for everyday family use and that is a rare things nowadays..most small cars are not really very nice at all. As Matt says...BUY it!!!😀😀
They have black color now and a black T Cross looks like a beast, very stylish looking suv
I like the blue, but why is this car so EXPENSIVE?!
Not a big fan of vw but I dig that seat design. Wish other manufacturers would dedicate more attention to the upholstery styling.
Finally something I can afford is being reviewd on carwow
Sorry I was going to hit a like
But I can even afford a Toyota Yaris
Your a fuckin guy who cannot handle spenting money
Yes, sometimes I get tired of that continuum of expensive german cars.
@@meryuk I guess the rich people also watch carwow. We can't ignore them and dreaming is always nice. Even if you haven't got the money and are intersted in cars you can just watch them for fun and see what you would like to buy IF you were lucky in the lottery or something.
@@Firemarioflower Of course. But, I guess I wouldn't buy them even then. Except maybe a porsche. I really don't like the german cars, I don't even fancy them. Not that it matters.
It looks amazing, I really hope to get one after finishing uni. The 2021 model rocks all the points on my checklist.
The rear small compartment is actually for rear AC vents which is an option in some countries
I was legit eating Frosted Flakes when he said the grrrreat!!!
Dash does not have to be soft. You almost never touch the upper part of the dash unless you are cleaning it.
Love the videos Mat!
Matt here serving us his hardwork on those benches 🤴🏻😜
dude, how many comercials have you guys actually packed in?
Just use ad blocker in your browser and you will not get any adds anymore :)
@@gordonnorris4202
Yes, what a great way to support a channel.
@@baonguyenmt If people put an outrageous amount of ads in videos that's what they get IMO. I'm all for supporting channels, but I don't want to sit through ads every 5 minutes.
@@gordonnorris4202 i kind of have an ethical problem with adblock. I do not complain that there are ads or anything, i respect that, i was just surprised. Since these videos themselves are in fact ads for the Carwow service, i was surprised, that it is a meaningful business model to litter that with commercials as well.
@@baonguyenmt you support a channel by view count, not by youtube ads.
One major issue that everyone seems to miss including VW conveniently, is that the T cross only has 40 litre fuel tank capacity. That's a smaller tank than some smaller cars. Meaning filling up more often and less range of miles. It's a major flaw and vw doesn't even mention it on its brochure.
On a 3 cylinder petrol a 40 litre is more than enough. I've a 4 cylinder polo with about same tank capacity and it will do 700 KMS easy on a tank.
That “storage compartment” on the back of the center console is probably where rear air vents are supposed to go on higher optioned trims.
Mmm interesting you think it’s the best one. Does it offer any sort of off road systems like 4 wheel drive, or clever driving modes like other front wheel driving SUV’s to deal with snow etc?
Great video, thanks. That little cubby hole when you’re seated in the back isn’t for a mobile phone - that’s always superglued to an adolescent’s hand. 😆 No, it’s for the AirPods the case sits in there nicely and can be charged from the USB port just below. 👍 I’ve just bought a T-Cross in United trim in brilliant white with the DSG7 box. It looks fantastic and drives like a dream. Highly recommended!
So that empty space is where the rear air-con vents are placed in the India-spec T-cross (called the Taigun)
Sooo, u are using a picture of the old model of the 2008 instead of the actual one?
But they put the new gen Captur, nonsense
Carwow is a commercial channel for German cars
Standard vw bias. Newer updated 2008’s are miles better than this expensive crap.
@@jonm9501 do you own an 2008?
I own one and trust me quality-wise they are very very low!
Theodore Argiaditis I do own one yes, the quality on mine is excellent and that’s after I’ve owned a Leon, A3, Skoda Yeti amongst others. I can’t comment on your car, I’m sorry you aren’t happy with it like but my personal experience has been excellent.
Howdy, great review as always!😸😸
Nice review. Waiting your review on Skoda Scala and Skoda Kamiq.
My Grandparents love this car! Small SUVs are the perfect cars for old people and I think VW did a great job here
no...
nope 🤡
Easy for old people to get in and out of. Never thought of it before, but this totally makes sense.
That's useful to know. I'm looking for a car that my mother can easily get in and out of despite reduced mobility.
Coincidental Easter egg in this entire video, Mat wearing a POLO tee.
Nice review!
Carwow popup feels exciting ever time
Hey Matt you are working out 😜💪
Love your energy😂
Also the back seats can be slid backward and forward for extra space...little bit.
best video so far, funny, nice man
Urgh. Orange interior with brown seat trim. It’s like sitting in my nan’s front room.
Brown wheels too. 😂
Your nan has style!
Well at least I looks different and not like sitting in a black coal scuttle like everything else.🙂
IKR
Hideous colour scheme.
Mat's making interesting reviews for a normal VW vehicle
Love your videos❤❤
Bless they had to set up a double space for you to park in 😉
Please review a Vauxhall Astra GTC!
Take a small car...Jack it up little and the price tage reaches 20k.
Wow those car manufacturers really knows how to make money!!!
We don't have the T-ROC here in Brazil, so VW change the aproach on this SUV, using as base the VW Virtus (Polo sedan) with a wheelbase 8cm longer than the Polo. So the Brazilian version is longer than the European version with more space for the rear passengers. We also have a different version in the 1.0 TSI engine with 128hp using ethanol. The car does not use the DSG gear, but a common but excellent automatic gear from Aisin, a company of the Toyota group.
please, review for the Clubman JCW 2020!!!
What are the advantages of soft touch plastic vs hard plastic? I'm guessing the hard stuff is more durable and it's not as if you are banging your head against it all day long.
The advantage of soft touch is that everything feels nice rather than being all scratchy and horrible to touch.
Mat looks like Tom Holland in 20 years.
LMAO! I was going to say he looks like the current spiderman.
@@hl954 tom Holland is the current spider man
No better start of car review then Northerner's poetry.
I wish we could get the polo gti here in the states.
i really like the car and i think it looks awesome, except the wheels, but i dont understand why people are hating it.
Is it only me or does this look very much like the Jeep Renegade/Fiat Panda?
Yes.its only you
@@francisjoves2583 thank you for replying, I appreciate the time and labor you used to share your opinion with me.
Not at all, looks like a mix of a Polo and a Tiguan
Fiat panda is at least functional
From which angle?
Have bought mine end of january.Done over 3000 miles and absolutely love that wee car.Had previously a Golf and cant complaint at all.It is not a fast car(despite the Active version i got😎😁) but put smile on your face and it is still VW.Drivers car.Plus my small family adore it too☺️
P.S dont use the horn as it does sound like mk2polo from 80s😂wth they were thinking of🧐??
At the end when he says BUY IT you can see on his face he is not convinced
Mat is the best car reviewer ever. And excellent sense of humour!
Love this guy’s humor, review is informative AND entertaining.
I like it, i think it will be alright as a first car. Also cheap to insure (group 8)
Should I buy one with 95hp 5 speed or the 115hp automatic gearbox had a test drive in both but still can't make mind up they are the only ones available at the moment.
2:54 was that car in neutral because there was no one inside?? :-D
You should start making reviews on used cars
The SkeletonKing what does that even mean?
True
Then how would they promote and sell new cars ? Which is the purpose of these reviews
could you please review one of new jeep models like new cherokee or compass or renegade? it would be awesome, thanks.
When is the 1.5 tsi coming to the UK?
I’ve just bought an old Volvo V70R and I absolutely love it, I’ve no idea why I’m here
6:06 With the highest trim of the Volkswagen T-Cross, the backseat AC would be there.
Delion Broderick Yeah I’m surprised he didn’t figure that out. It was obvious to me. It’s just a plastic piece they can stick there to save money on the lower spec cars that don’t have rear vents there.
Matt changing his shirts between All Saints and Ralph Lauren. Fashionable guy!
And his shorts
Don’t see at all what’s annoying about the volume buttons on one side of the steering wheel and change tracks on the other, I have this on my polo and am just completely used it/didn’t know it was unconventional 😂
German theory on cars. Yes makes the polo bigger but let's make it cheaper in side
Geez CUVs just keep coming offering less and less. So much profit for these automakers. Just get a Polo/Golf and save. Polo/Golf is faster, more efficient, more attractive, less money, less orange, better dynamics, ect.
Blake Swan less orange 😂😂😂😂
To be fair. Energetic orange is a great color on the polo. I'm not loving it on the Tcross though. Might have something to do with those orange wheels 😂
Non-petrol heads keep buying into this nonsense so car makers just continue pumping them out
I'd rather bike without a chain than drive a polo
these small SUVs are perfect for people with disabilities or those who are expecting to start a family soon as the increased height and smaller size makes it much easier to park in congested areas or in smaller driveways the increased ride height (as someone with some troublesome mobility issues) is a definite requirement for many people as its easier to get in and out of and personally I have seen many people think small SUVs are much better at stopping the neds from breaking into cars for any valuables inside as many of them won't be able to see into the car clearly
I think the hole on the central armrest it's because the Brazilian version of the t-cross an polo have rear air vents coming out of the central console
That space in the rear.. above the usb ports .. that, actually, looks like the space for rear ac vents.. which they dropped.. or will give in the future
I find it somewhat weird that this car is apparently referred to as a small car. 🤔
8:25 - Surely there must be a reason as to why no T-Cross - even the R-Line range topper - is available with leather seats, even as an option, other than to "appease the vegans"?
And also, why isn't the 150PS 1.5 TSI Evo offered on UK-spec T-Crosses like it is on the SEAT Arona?
In VW land, leather seats are very expensive, I'm talking £2000 so nobody ever gets them. I'm a VW salesman and I've never seen even a T-Roc ordered with leather seats, which you can get. They're just too expensive relative to the cost of the car
Low powered engines and limited spec makes this seem much more like a Skoda than a VW product!
@@ottermanuk It's oddly specced but not badly. It's the only car in class that has blind spot detection and auto emergency braking as standard, also from the SE has adaptive cruise control. Interesting that it doesn't have parking Sensors as standard, though neither does the Polo.
I dont know man, the 1.5 Evo would be really good, and also the 1.6 115 diesel, not this 1.6 95hp which is reaaly underpowered.
@@EasyPCUK Which other options on VWs do people never go for? On any model?
This guy likes his SUV's.il recommend this channel to my mother.
The T-Cross is nice but having sat in one I would say there is too much of a blind spot when reversing. The fact there is no reversing camera on the lower and mid spec models means it's a big miss for me.
How much they pay you mat? Every vw group car is perfect? Only if you like visiting garage
Tetan Toss I’ve been with vw all my life and never visited a garage
8:25 now Thomas is your new enemy
Autogefuehl :)
Will vw eventually bring the t cross out with the 150ps tsi evo engine in it.got this engine in my golf and very happy with it very good on the fuel.
Awesome review
Did someone forget to cover the rims in the painting booth
One moment to thank VW for giving us manual transmission 👌🏽👏🏾👏🏾
They are doing it because it's cheap, the dsg is prolly the better option in this car. This is no GTI it's a wimpy 1L 3 cylinder. I had a Golf with this engine and it would constantly stall,then got a 1.6 diesel which was much more usable, though still slow.
@@paulzapodeanu9407 well yes that's true. However from the lousy engine and other bits at least for someone like me I can comfort myself with changing gears in a $25000 2020 car.
Shimeih Honestly most, if not all of these small SUVs can still be had with manual transmissions in Europe. In America there’s not even any manual options anymore. The Mazda CX-5 was the last one to offer it in the US.
@@97I30Tsame as here in china though. Somehow Chinese love manuals
gotta love how mat isn’t all whiny over the hard plastics in the cabin when in other cars, he complains so much
Mat watson please get the VW T-roc R in some races 🙂🙏🏾 ive just had one & would like to see how it performs against other SUV'S as i dont have an airfield to try it out myself 😉😅😂👍🏾
& totally agree about the volume controls lol
The Škoda Kamiq has better quality and more equipment... and subjectively speaking a much more interesting interior design. This one's pointless.
Compared to a Mazda this interior looks incredibly cheap!
I don't think so cause in most reviews people love it, and I know most of you hate VW but does that really matter.....hmmmmm No really
But rear seats are much better
@@kingisback1995 Haters keep hating, VW keeps selling, so they can suck it 😁 because they will still see plenty of VWs on the road.
What do you guys advice me to buy, mercedes cla 180 with a business pack / panoramic roof and wide cockpit. VW Tcross with alot of options, Audi a3 sportback 150HP with business pack sport. Mercedes a class hatchback with business pack and amg line pack. VW t-roc with business pack, BMW x1 / x2 with a business pack. It'll be a car from work so I can surpass a certain budget
Nice tri color upholstery. Wonder in the striped detail is painted on or molded. Nice car.
Ew those rims
Darius Andrey it’s nice with the energetic orange
Besides that. 16 inch wheels are too small for this car. i'd get at least 17 inch ones.
CyAn aren’t you judgemental
@@cheekypepsi8772 It's bland
without the VW quality upgrades, just get an arona, as it's better spec'd for the price, and has better engine options.
Or just get a polo, doubt you'll ever take it offroad anyway
I agree that the Seat is a better choice
@@procerus3654 while you're at it just get an Ibiza as well VW needs to sort their crap out with all the brands and models.
@@ashliehiggins they are the same thing anyway. Id opt for škoda rapid then, same thing same platform but in a sedan bodystyle
First ever review on Carwow I simply cannot watch !
12:19 Me everytime I try to drive out from parallel parking.
What’s everyone’s issue with this car? Seems like great value, and I think the interior design is pretty cool, also, I usually think VWs are pretty ugly (namely the golf and polo), but their jacked up vehicles look great.
BTW you lost me after the rugged offroad looks with FWD only
Hi. Test drove a T-Cross. Was average quality. One thing that annoyed was the vibration felt in the steering wheel on take off, from the engine. I did not want to feel that for the next 5 years. Drove the Skoda Kamiq next. Yes, same running gear, but no vibration. Also better quality. Would have loved a nice 2L engine.
I am wondering how Touareg Convertible would look ,after reading about t-roc convertible.
Nobody cares, but hey Mat.. this car makes you younger 😀
I’d rather be older and have a proper car
so many adverts in a relatively short video
Desperate times methinks
Please do a review of a polo r line 2019
Mat, do you think this is better than the polo (not taking price into it)
why would anyone spec those colour rims
There is a T-roc and a T-cross
Imagine a Volkswagen T-up:)
how's that different? =B (it is a real question tho)
KAAN YT 2003 lol
Volkswagen up suv
We have one - purchased over the SEAT, Audi stable mates and Opel Crossland mainly for looks and its very quiet drive - the el-cheapo plastics were a concern, but 2 months into ownership, it really is a fantastic car - done town, country and long motorway trips, all no issue. The seats are great and the fun factor really is there, you can hussle this car along - would say ours is way better performance wise due to the DSG box over manual tested here, ours is way faster than expected (115 hp version). The penny pinching on grab handle deletion and no rear arm rest bug me more than the cheap dash plastic as I never touch it ! I think it should have and probably will have a GTi version as it is much, much more competent on the twists than it has any right to be and a 4x4 R would have me talking to Mr. Bank for some extra dosh to get one :)
PS - the orange interior one is as horrid in the flesh as it looks in this test !! - ours is boring grey (yes we do loose it in car parks ha ha )
Jhakas car, and I ❤ u sir because your explanation is informative