Atlas和途观并非是大众仅有的新款跨界车。去年夏季发布，目前在欧洲销售的紧凑型跨界车T-Roc采用了时速的粗犷风格以及同级车目前流行的对比色车顶涂装。大众还计划继续扩大T-Roc车型阵容，计划推出敞篷版本。而从最近拍到的谍照看，还将有高性能版本，最近谍照记者拍到的或许是T-RocGTI或者是T-RocR版本。从照片上并不能透露太多信息，该车所有车身外观都与入门级的T-Roc一样，唯一明显变化是车头没有雾灯。在雾灯位置是空空的格栅。真正泄露其身份的细节是排气尾管。这辆原型车采用了一边一个设置的双排气尾管，而在其他T-Roc车型上并未发现这样的设置。这意味着该车搭载了不同的引擎。另外，该车很可能采用了全轮驱动。现在的问题是，该车动力系统是什么？既然T-Roc采用的是MQB平台，就会有很多选择。2.0升四缸引擎适合T-Roc，其顶级款车型搭载一台190马力2.0升涡轮引擎。这意味着，该车很可能搭载取自高尔夫GTI和高尔夫R的动力更强引擎，预计功率在220到292马力之间，甚至可能搭载欧版高尔夫R的306马力引擎。这辆小型跨界车搭载这样的高功率引擎，性能表现将非常优异。

 

Possible VW T-Roc GTI or T-Roc R spied

The Atlas and Tiguan aren't the only new Volkswagen crossovers. Introduced last summer and on sale now in Europe, the subcompact VW T-Roc features funky, chunky styling (at least as far as VWs are concerned) along with the segment's popular contrasting roof color options. VW has also made it apparent that it plans to expand the line with a convertible, and based on these spy shots, it may add a performance model. Perhaps a VW T-Roc GTI, or a T-Roc R.

 

There isn't much on this prototype to give that away, though. All of the body work is virtually identical to a basic T-Roc. The only obvious difference is a lack of fog lights up front. Instead, those fog light spots are just empty grilles. The telltale details are the exhaust tips. This prototype has dual exhaust outlets with twin tips on each side. These aren't found on any other T-Roc and hint that this has something more under the hood. And if the badging on the back is telling the truth, it has all-wheel drive, too.

 

Now the question is, what's powering this T-Roc? Since the T-Roc is built on the MQB platform, there are many choices. We know that a 2.0-liter four-cylinder will fit in the T-Roc, since the top-spec model gets a 190-horsepower turbo 2.0-liter. As such, that means that the higher output engines from the Golf GTI and Golf R would hypothetically fit. So we could see this having between 220 and 292 horsepower, depending on VW's preference. Possibly even 306 horsepower like in the European Golf R. Any number in that range would make for an impressively powerful tiny crossover.