VW and its partners have a slew of debuts for this
year’s Shanghai Auto Show. The ID Roomzz and SMV concepts are just two of them.
Two new SUV coupes will also be showcased at the event: the Teramont X
production model and the SUV Coupe Concept.
The latter may be labeled a concept but it’s
essentially the coupe version of the VW Tayron SUV launched by FAW Volkswagen
last year. It looks like a production vehicle and that’s not surprising given
that it should enter production later this year.
As with the Tayron, the coupe
version will use the MQB platform and the same 2.0-liter TSI turbocharged
gasoline engines. The study is 4,586 mm long, 1,860 mm wide, and 1,635 mm high, with a wheelbase of 2,731 mm. That makes it bigger than the standard Tiguan but smaller than the
Tiguan Allspace. Basically, this pre-production study previews VW’s smallest
SUV coupe for China as it will slot below the Teramont X.
That’s the name VW has chosen for the Teramont coupe
— or Atlas Coupe as it will be known in the United States. We’ve already seen
plenty of pictures of the Teramont X but these are the first official ones.
The sloping
roofline doesn’t look as dramatic as on the SUV Coupe Concept, making the
Teramont X look more like a conventional SUV than a so-called coupe SUV.
Compared to the regular Teramont upon which it is based, the Teramont X is slightly
shorter and lower. The SUV is 4.9 meters long, 1.99 meters wide and 1.72 meters high. The wheelbase remains the same though at
2.98 meters.
In China, the VW Teramont X will offer the 2.0-liter
TSI engine in two states of tune (186 PS and 220 PS), as well as
a 2.5-liter TSI VR6 engine that makes 299 PS and 499 Nm of
torque.
