The second-generation Volkswagen T-Roc was presented in August 2025 and is built on the same MQB Evo platform as the Golf Mk8.5, growing to 4,373 mm long, 1,828 mm wide and 1,562 mm tall on a 2,631 mm wheelbase, around 12 cm longer than its predecessor. Volkswagen positions it as the first model line in its range built exclusively around hybrid powertrains rather than offering a non-hybrid entry engine.
The launch range opens with a 1.5-litre eTSI mild hybrid in 116 hp and 150 hp states of tune, both front-wheel drive, joined later by a 204 hp 2.0-litre eTSI mild hybrid with 4MOTION all-wheel drive. Alongside the mild hybrids, two 1.5-litre full-hybrid variants with 136 hp and 170 hp add electric-only running at low speed, front-wheel drive only. A T-Roc R performance version developed by Volkswagen R is due to follow the initial lineup.
Inside, the cabin carries over Volkswagen’s current digital cockpit layout with a configurable driver display and a central touchscreen, alongside the illuminated dashboard trim and physical shortcut buttons Volkswagen reintroduced after criticism of the previous generation’s touch-slider controls.
UK pricing opens at £31,620 for the 116 hp Life mild hybrid and rises to £38,920 for the 150 hp R-Line, before the 4MOTION and R versions are added to the range.
T-Roc Cabriolet
The Cabriolet did not follow the hatchback onto the new generation. It carries on as a drop-top version of the first-generation T-Roc, 4,268 mm long on a 2,590 mm wheelbase, and since the Beetle Cabriolet’s exit it is the only convertible Volkswagen sells. It is built exclusively at Osnabruck, a plant that specialises in soft tops and depends almost entirely on this one model to stay running.
Its range is two turbo-petrol engines, a 115 hp 1.0-litre three-cylinder and a 150 hp 1.5-litre four-cylinder, both front-wheel drive with a six-speed manual or a seven-speed DSG. There is no all-wheel drive and no diesel. The fabric roof folds in around nine seconds at up to 30 km/h.
Demand for compact convertibles has been falling for years, and Volkswagen has moved the end of production twice, from 2025 to summer 2027 and now to the end of 2027. Osnabruck has cut to a four-day week winding the model down, and no successor convertible has been announced.
