Volkswagen T-Roc R gets stock boost in Australia

Volkswagen Australia has secured more than 1800 additional T-Roc Rs from its Portugal factory to shorten wait times as supply chains start to rebound.

More than 1500 examples of the Volkswagen T-Roc R high performance small SUV and more than 300 of the lower-priced limited-run T-Roc R Grid Edition will land in Australia and “soon be ready for customers”.

“We can accept supply shortages of popular models or we can try to effect solutions,” Volkswagen’s passenger vehicles director, Michal Szaniecki said.

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“Ours is a primary R market, so, in addition to securing extra T-Roc R production, we’ll offer a unique to Australia T-Roc R Grid Edition.”

The spicier German-badged crossover SUV launched locally last year as the sibling to the Golf R hatchback, priced from $60,300 before on-road costs.

Meanwhile, the Grid Edition debuted in December 2022 with less standard equipment by dropping features, such as matrix LED headlights, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and Nappa leather seats, to make it the most affordable ‘R’ model at $54,300 before on-roads.

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All T-Roc R models are powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine making 221kW of power and 400Nm of torque sent to all four wheels via a seven-speed dual clutch transmission.

The stock boost comes as the local arm also negotiated an additional 1000 units of its Touareg flagship large SUV last year, while battling with industry-wide component shortages forcing some features to be removed.

The Volkswagen Golf small car is even on a sales hiatus currently due to a lack of a chip powering the reversing camera.