Pictures NEW 2020 Volkswagen VILORAN

[advantage20]

 

[advantage20]

 

[dalab]

nice Minivan

 

[Giannis]

European, US or Asian market?

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Handsome. From the Chinese characters, I'll venture it's for ASEAN markets.

Is it based on another carmaker's platform, a la Chrysler-based Routan, or is this an all-VW effort?

 

[Rolf]

I am not normally a MPV or van kind of person, but this one is quite good looking, definitely one of the prettiest people movers around.

 

[Centurion]

nice Minivan

Surprisingly it is. In Europe it's a shrinking market but it's great to see that the Chinese can buy a car with executive seating without paying through the nose for a GLS or X7.

 

[SCOTT27]

Surprisingly it is. In Europe it's a shrinking market but it's great to see that the Chinese can buy a car with executive seating without paying through the nose for a GLS or X7.

Indeed.

The Mercedes-Benz R-Klasse performed well in China right up to its demise. There are rumours that an EQ model concept using the same ideas as the R being prepared as a China-Only model.

 

[TheNewBATMAN]

Handsome. From the Chinese characters, I'll venture it's for ASEAN markets.

Note that China and ASEAN are completely different markets. China is LHD whereas ASEAN is RHD with the exception of the Philippines. Therefore China's domestic models cannot automatically be sold in ASEAN unless RHD versions of are made.

Hong Kong and Macau are also RHD, not LHD as in mainland China.

 

[beckervdo]

Handsome. From the Chinese characters, I'll venture it's for ASEAN markets.

Is it based on another carmaker's platform, a la Chrysler-based Routan, or is this an all-VW effort?

MQB Platform

 

[klier]

I am not normally a MPV or van kind of person, but this one is quite good looking, definitely one of the prettiest people movers around.

MPV/Van is a dead niche. Nobody (in Europe at least) wants one, and 999 out of 1000 would pick an SUV instead.

 

[Rolf]

MPV/Van is a dead niche. Nobody (in Europe at least) wants one, and 999 out of 1000 would pick an SUV instead.

They a 2000s niche and definitely died off now pretty much everywhere. SUVs are the now and future, people just can't get enough of them. Maybe the saloon or station wagon could be next on the dying breed to cars.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

They a 2000s niche and definitely died off now pretty much everywhere. SUVs are the now and future, people just can't get enough of them. Maybe the saloon or station wagon could be next on the dying breed to cars.

MPVs will have their renesance with the autonomous drive.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

They a 2000s niche and definitely died off now pretty much everywhere. SUVs are the now and future, people just can't get enough of them. Maybe the saloon or station wagon could be next on the dying breed to cars.

I wouldn't write-off saloons or estates per se. But I believe that the respective genre(s) will be redefined. Traditional 3-Box configurations will be replaced by more rakish slightly notchbacked/fastbacked 4 door (with and without liftbacks) automobiles while estates will gradually become far more similar to shooting brakes. Consumers placing emphasis on passenger accomodations/cargo space can always revert to SUVs' or derivative crossovers, the latter segment especially being positioned for future growth.

 

[phaeton]

The Business MPV market in China is big, and with the Viloran, Volkswagen finally have a Chinese manufactured entrant in this lucrative market.