{"id":627444,"date":"2020-02-03T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/?post_type=issue_content&#038;p=627444"},"modified":"2020-02-05T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:13:22","slug":"golf-roots-paying-off","status":"publish","type":"issue_content","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/march-2020\/34\/golf-roots-paying-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen T-Roc R review: Golf roots paying off"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container user-content\">\n        <p>If you are a remotely regular reader of these pages, you\u2019ll know I\u2019m not a great admirer of so-called crossover SUVs. And turning a crossover SUV into a fast crossover SUV no more addresses its issues than electing a leader of the Labour Party who holds exactly the same views as the former leader of the Labour Party, but is a bit lighter on his or her feet.<\/p>\n<p>But I must report as I find, and I find that the hot VW crossover that rejoices in the title T-Roc R, is actually not merely very capable, it\u2019s actually quite likeable, too. It feels light and compact, its 296bhp, two-litre engine is not only powerful but sonorous also, its double-clutch gearbox is excellent and its handling a model of engaging propriety that every other maker of cars in this class would be well advised to study.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<aside class=\"c-paywall paywall content-section\" data-behaviour=\"paywall-rendered\">\n\t<header class=\"paywall__header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"paywall__icon\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"paywall__title sanomat\">Please subscribe to continue reading this article.<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">Already a subscriber?\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/login\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/march-2020\/34\/golf-roots-paying-off\/&#038;utm_source=website&#038;utm_medium=paywall+login+button&#038;utm_campaign=paywall_login_button\">Log in<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"content-section__inner-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"paywall__types\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"paywall-type\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"user-content proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>A subscription offers you:<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"circular-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Unrivalled coverage of the entire motor sport industry available in print and digital\r<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Fully searchable archives across over 200,000 pages\r<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Insight and analysis on race history since 1924<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-price button-price--offset\">\u00a35.00<span class=\"small\">Per month<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button button--subscribe\" href=\"\/shop\/subscriptions\/subscription-offers\/pywl23\/?utm_source=website&#038;utm_medium=paywall&#038;utm_campaign=promotion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/aside>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-block content-block content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container user-content\">\n        <p>Then again, how surprised should we really be? What you\u2019re actually looking at is a re-skinned and slightly elevated VW Golf R which is now, and has been for some considerable time, the best fast hatchback you can buy. But I still admire the team that turned it into the T-Roc R for keeping the weight gain to just 50kg.<\/p>\n<p>Less impressive is that many of the soft-touch materials that come in even a mid-range Golf have been replaced by hard, scratchy plastic. For a car costing nearly \u00a340,000, it\u2019s not good enough. But the rest is fine, just still not as good as the Golf R.<\/p>\n<p class=\"proxima\"><strong>Volkswagen T-Roc R<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Price<\/strong> \u00a338,450<br \/>\n<strong>Engine<\/strong> 2.0-litres, 4 cylinders<br \/>\n<strong>Power<\/strong> 296bhp at 5300rpm<br \/>\n<strong>Weight<\/strong> 1575kg<br \/>\n<strong>Power to weight<\/strong> 188bhp per tonne<br \/>\n<strong>Transmission<\/strong> seven-speed double clutch, four-wheel drive 0-60mph 4.8sec<br \/>\n<strong>Top speed<\/strong> 155mph<br \/>\n<strong>Economy<\/strong> 33.6mpg<br \/>\n<strong>CO\u2082<\/strong> 176g\/km<br \/>\n<strong>Verdict<\/strong> Quality aside, a driveable SUV<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":627432,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[167,188],"issue_decade":[],"issue_year":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/627444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issue_content"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627444"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/627444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628897,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/627444\/revisions\/628897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627444"},{"taxonomy":"issue_decade","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_decade?post=627444"},{"taxonomy":"issue_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_year?post=627444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}