Hot hatch fun in a practical SUV at a sharp price (Volkswagen T-Roc R 2024 Review)

Want small-SUV practicality jam-packed with genuine hot-hatch fun factor? That’s exactly what Volkswagen is pitching with the 2024 T-Roc R.

Priced at $65,990 driveaway, the T-Roc R shoe horns the iconic Golf R’s 221kW and 400Nm turbocharged EA888 engine and all-paw traction into Volkswagen’s utilitarian if somewhat last-generation SUV package so buyers can have cake and eat it too.

Does the T-Roc R make for a Goldilox amalgamation? Or is it less than the sum of its two appealing parts?

Chasing Cars founder Tom Baker spends four months in the feistiest little family hauler reasonable money can buy to shake out his personal five hits and five misses of the T-Roc R package, and to see whether it nails both aims of fun factor and family fitness.


Time codes:
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Hits and misses
1:22 - Performance
1:58 - Fully loaded
2:11 - Compact size
2:57 - Thirst
4:01 - Practicality
4:26 - Boot space
5:16 - Interior
6:17 - Tech
7:04 - Dark side
8:11 - Materials
8:37 - Row two
9:03 - Powertrain
9:38 - Outputs
10:19 - Braking
10:55 - Handling
12:05 - Haldex AWD
13:28 - Road noise
14:02 - Verdict


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