Drivetime
Volkswagen’s new flagship, the Arteon, will be in showrooms next month and you can order it now priced from £34,305.
The Arteon offers sleek coupe styling and sits above the Passat in the VW range. It’s able to carry five people in considerable comfort with, according to VW, best-in-class legroom of 1,016 mm. Luggage space is 563 litres with the rear seats in place, rising to 1,557 litres of available carrying capacity when the rear seats are folded.
The Arteon range will initially feature three turbo charged direct injection engines: a 280bhp 2.0 TSI petrol and two 2.0 TDI diesel engines with outputs of 240bhp and 150bhp.
In due course, additional engines will complete the range including Volkswagen’s newly designed 150bhp 1.5 TSI Evo unit, featuring economyboosting cylinder deactivation technology, and a 190bhp 2.0 TSI).
All the transversely mounted four cylinder engines can be combined with an automated DSG dual clutch sevenspeed gearbox while the most potent units also feature Volkswagen 4MOTION all-wheel drive as standard.
As far as performance and economy goes the Arteon will sprint from 0-62mph in 5.4 seconds in 2.0 TSI 280bhp guise, while the 2.0 TDI 150bhp-equipped Arteon will offer 62.8 mpg in the EU’s official combined fuel economy measure.
The Arteon comes with a goodly amount of kit including the latest infotainment, connectivity.
It is offered in two trim levels, Elegance or the sporting R-Line, and among the many highlights are the latest Discover