The Volkswagen Tera has been unveiled on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival as a budget-friendly crossover for the Brazilian and regional markets. It is too small for America, the place we wish one thing just like the Tiguan or greater. The Tera rides on the identical platform because the diminutive Polo and is positioned in Volkswagen’s lineup beneath the Nivus and T-Cross, making it the brand new entry-level mannequin within the model’s crossover lineup. Whereas it’s small and inexpensive, it borrows styling from its bigger siblings for a extra subtle look regardless of being anticipated to play within the $15,000 to $20,000 worth vary. The powertrain hasn’t been revealed, however it might be a shock if it is not the three-cylinder, 1.0-liter TSI turbocharged gasoline engine most notably featured in its shut cousin, the Skoda Kylaq.
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a mainstream automaker based by the German Labour Entrance in 1937 because the “folks’s automobile” firm. Well-known for the Volkswagen Beetle, Kind 2 Bus, and fashionable classics just like the Golf and Jetta, Volkswagen has emerged as one of many world’s largest automakers and a subsection of the bigger Volkswagen Group, which both immediately or not directly owns controlling stakes in Porsche, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Skoda, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Rimac, Seat, and extra.
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28 Might 1937
- Founder
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German Labour Entrance
- Headquarters
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Wolfsburg, Germany
- Owned By
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Volkswagen Group
- Present CEO
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Thomas Schaefer
Tera From The Exterior
The Tera was designed and developed in Brazil on the MQB A0 platform and is slated to be constructed domestically at Volkswagen’s Taubaté plant. So far as the outside design goes, we expect it is one among Volkswagen’s most fashionable shortly from the facet. It has chiseled, shapely appears, with a glossy blacked-out roofline and a few attention-grabbing wheels. In fact, it is extremely unlikely Volkswagen is displaying it in base configuration, so the wheels and trim are doubtless from the highest trim degree.
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Tera From The Inside
The within is typical Volkswagen honest, but in addition very like the inside of the Skoda Kylaq. We see a freestanding touchscreen, a 10-inch gauge show display, and leather-style coated seats with coloured stitching, which suggests it’s actually a better trim degree being proven. Wi-fi smartphone charging, ambient lighting, and an Superior Driver Help Programs (ADAS) suite can be found. We discover that the inside air controls are separate from the display, however there is a contact panel as a substitute of bodily buttons whereas the handbrake stays an old-school lever. The shifter exhibits it is an automated transmission, however decrease trims will doubtless be guide.
Tera Exterior The South American Market
In South America, the Tera will go up in opposition to automobiles that embrace the Fiat Pulse and Renault Kardian. There is a suspicion that Volkswagen could take the Tera to India later in addition to that is a market at the moment totally embracing sub-compact crossovers. Volkswagen has been gradual to decide to India within the phase the place Mahindra, Muruti Suzuki, and Tata rule the roost. Nonetheless, the Skoda Kylaq has been launched there, and Hyundai has made a mark there with the Venue, whereas Honda is quickly to hitch with WR-V. Toyota additionally has a sub-compact crossover within the type of the City Cruiser Taisor, nevertheless it’s a badge-engineered Maruti Suzuki Fronx.
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