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Taking the new Volkswagen T-Cross on the final approval drive

"This type of camouflage is a first in the history of approval test drives at Volkswagen. So far, prototypes have been disguised in a black and white pattern, so no one could make out details of new vehicles. In the industry, this is known as a covered drive. The T-Cross will be different. The small SUV is aimed at young customers and getting them excited about the brand – a goal that becomes evident even now, during the testing phase. “Black Uni”, “Energetic Orange” and “Makena Turquoise” are the names of the paint colors used for this car. The resulting camouflage turns the covered drive into a colored drive. Outside of Munich, the T-Cross demonstrates its ability to conquer any road, when it reveals itself to a small group of people for the first time. Through gravel pits and the foothills of the Alps, along gravel roads and across fields toward Lake Starnberg. The T-Cross lets off steam, and that’s exactly what the smallest member of Volkswagen’s SUV family is for: small and big adventures in the cities and their outskirts. The T-Cross wants to be cool and practical. Its motto: “I am more.” Using this claim, it will celebrate its world premiere this fall. It won’t cost more than other vehicles in its class, but it will offer more. The T-Cross is digital and networked. Numerous assistance systems make it one of the safest cars in its class. In Europe, the T-Cross will become the fifth SUV of the Volkswagen brand, next to the T-Roc, the Tiguan, the Tiguan Allspace and the Touareg. It will also be sold in China and South America. “There is a clear genetic thread that connects all SUVs of the Volkswagen brand,” says chief designer Klaus Bischoff. “The T-Cross has a little bit of Touareg genetics in it, as can be seen in the front and the construction itself. Not too much. Just enough to recognize the Volkswagen DNA. And that’s very important. "