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 114 hp and 148 hp states of tune, both front-wheel drive, joined later by a 201 hp 2.0-litre eTSI mild hybrid with 4MOTION all-wheel drive. Volkswagen names those versions 116, 150 and 204 after their output in PS, the metric unit, which is why the badge reads a little higher than the horsepower figure. Two 1.5-litre full hybrids with 134 hp and 168 hp, front-wheel drive only, add electric-only running at low speed. Both were announced with the car but had not reached UK price lists as of September 2026, so the UK launch range is mild-hybrid 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 114 hp Life mild hybrid and rises to £38,920 for the 148 hp R-Line, before the 4MOTION, full-hybrid 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 113 hp 1.0-litre three-cylinder and a 148 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. In the UK it runs from £30,530 on the road for the 1.0 TSI in Style trim to £34,170 for the 1.5 TSI R-Line. 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.
