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Volkswagen CrossBlue confirmed for 2016 launch

Seven-seat SUV to be launched in two years' time; new car will be based on flexible MQB platform and likely to launch at Detroit next year

Darren Moss
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2 mins read
13 January 2014

A production version of the Volkswagen CrossBlue concept has been confirmed, and will enter the US market in 2016.

The new SUV, which won't retain its CrossBlue name for production, will likely be introduced at the Detroit motor show next year. The seven-seat SUV will become the largest vehicle to sit on VW's MQB platform, a feat made possible thanks to the car's transversally mounted engines. While a range of power options are likely, sources suggest the production version will use a 187bhp 2.0-litre, four-cylinder diesel engine, possibly featuring hybrid drive.

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fadyady 14 January 2014

It is destiny

It is large. It has a daft name. It is bound to do well in China and probably America too. Moreover Brazil, India and Russia. There may be buyers in the Middle East too if VW can make big enough engines and bling this troll a bit.
289 13 January 2014

Tiguan replacement? really!

I understood the CrossBlue to be a 5 metre long SUV according to your report in September last year, nearly 200mm longer than Touareg and with 7 seats !
How can this be a Tiguan replacement?
bomb 14 January 2014

289 wrote: How can this be a

289 wrote:

How can this be a Tiguan replacement?

I don't think this exact car will replace the Tiguan, as you say it's too big. The Tiguan will be based on what is underneath and will probably have similar styling.

289 14 January 2014

@ bomb

...I think you are right Bomb. Just on size alone it cant be a replacement for the Tiguan...it is considerably bigger than the Touareg and could be a replacement for that as it has never had 7 seats limiting its appeal to 'school run mums'...or indeed a separate model above the Touareg.
I think it was the unfortunate wording of the article by Darren Moss suggested this vehicle was the basis for the Tiguan replacement when it is the MQB platform which forms the basis...which as we know can be stretched to accommodate all manner of models.
I think the really unusual thing about the BlueCross is that no other large SUV uses a transverse engine...this must release considerably more internal space for the given length and could be a first.
Flatus senex 13 January 2014

Yuk!

Those who are tempted to buy this apparition ought to take pity on those who look upon it and desist!