Volkswagen Cross UP on Geneva motorshow, Expected in India in 2015

A new trend is rising in the car market. At present three is a huge demand rising for Mini SUV s. But many off the car manufactures have no time to come up with a new mini SUV. So some of them make some tweaks to their existing hatchbacks for quick results. Volkswagen Cross Polo and Skoda Fabia Scout are worldwide examples for that.

Now Volkswagen will show off the cross over version of their cross hatch called Volkswagen UP. The Cross up concept was exposed at 2011 Frankfurt Motor show. Now the production model of the Cross up will be showcased at 2013 Geneva motor show. It would be on sale in US and Europe by June.

The Cross up is just the same Volkswagen up rugged with an off-roding kit. The cross up gets black cladding at the bottom as a symptom for its off roding capabilities. The cross up has more ground clearance and height as well to tackle rough surfaces. The roof rails helps the car to attain a SUV stance. The massive 16 inch alloy wheels mens that this car is an able off roder.

Any way will a hatchback with an off-roding kit be a complete Mini SUV? Does it get the SUV feel as in other SUV s?Will there be any buyers for these cars? These questions needs to be resolved.

Volkswagen Cross UP Seats

The Cross up however gets the same engine and the transmission set up from the UP hatchback. The 1.0 l petrol engine produces 74 Hp of power and the same 5 speed manual transmission. The suspension set up is the same without any tweaks. The interiors of the Cross up also hosts some few changes. The AC vents and meter console is chrome finished. The gear lever, steering wheel and handbrake lever is now leather wrapped. The seats and the dashboard gets either dark grey or red colors according to your choice.

The price of Cross UP is almost 14000 Euro which is about 10 lakh INR. But we don't need to worry about pricing as the UP cross over when locally assembled in India will be significantly cheaper than that.

There is a huge potential in Indian market for a cheap Mini SUV. So Volkswagen might launch the Cross Up as the cheapest mini SUV in the Indian market to attract customer. We can expect Coriss Up in 2014 in India with price around 5 to 6 lakhs.