Speaking of Volkswagen Viltus, you may not know, but what about Volkswagen Polo? The Volkswagen Viltus is the sedan version of Polo, which is not sold in China, mainly for emerging markets such as the Indian market and the Brazilian market. Unlike Polo, Volkswagen Virtus uses a new powertrain, which offers two power combinations of 1.0T+6MT/6AT and 1.5T+7DSG, of which the maximum power of the 1.0T three-cylinder engine is 115 horsepower, the maximum power of the 1.5T four-cylinder engine is 150 horsepower, and the Polo adopts a powertrain of 1.5L+5MT/6AT, with a maximum power of 113 horsepower. Volkswagen's Virtus 1.0T engine has advantages over Polo's 1.5L four-cylinder engine. It is reported that the new car will be launched worldwide on March 8, 2022.
Like Polo, Volkswagen Virtus is also based on the MQB platform to build, now the MQB platform has achieved full coverage of all product sequences, small to Polo, large to Tuon, are based on the platform to build, Volkswagen in addition to The Touareg and Hui Ang is based on the Audi MLB platform to build, the rest of the models are almost inseparable from the MQB platform, which is a transverse front-drive platform, the front suspension is McPherson, the rear suspension is multi-link and torque beam, the engine and gearbox are horizontal, the main economic practicality. Slightly higher-positioned models will use multi-link rear suspension, slightly lower positioning models will use torsion beam type non-independent rear suspension, while Polo and Volkswagen Virtus rear suspension are both torque beams, which are entry-level models in the Volkswagen sedan sequence.
In terms of design, the body line of the Volkswagen Virtus is very smooth, but it is limited by the constraints of the smaller body size, which does not look stretched, but it is more sporty than the Volkswagen Santana. Its front face shape is not the same as Polo, the size of the middle net is not large, and it is connected to the headlight group, the lower grille and the air intakes on both sides are very large, and the entire front face design is still very "popular". The side design is not very full, and the sports rim and black exterior mirrors enhance the sporty nature of the side. The rear part of the car, the tail light shape is decent, not lost, and then down is a bilateral exhaust decoration of two out, but the shape is very perfunctory, carefully look at the two exhaust port decorations, the real exhaust pipe is hidden under the car.
In the interior part, the new car still adopts Volkswagen's classic T-shaped center console design, LCD dashboard, no! Large size central control screen, no! According to visual inspection, its central control screen size should not exceed 8 inches, and the function is lackluster, but it can improve the expandability of the function through mobile phone interconnection. It is very user-friendly that the center console of the new car is also equipped with a mobile phone bracket that comes with the original factory, eliminating the trouble of installing it in the later stage.
In terms of space, basically similar to volkswagen Polo, the rear space is not spacious, but its rear head space should not have the advantage of Polo, Polo uses a hatchback design, the roof line is more straight, and the roof line of the Volkswagen Virtus is pressed down from the C-pillar, which is bound to affect the rear head space.
In general, Volkswagen Virtus using 1.0T three-cylinder engine for emerging markets is still no problem, in the Chinese market, Volkswagen did not introduce three-cylinder engine plans, it would rather use the power output is not dominant 1.5L four-cylinder engine will not use three-cylinder engine, a large number of car companies with their own failure experience to Volkswagen sounded the alarm, that is, in any case, it is not easy to try three-cylinder engine, before there is Buick Yinglang, after Nissan X-Trail, sales are enough to prove that these models equipped with three-cylinder engines will not be recognized by consumers.