Volkswagen announced that its upcoming mid-size sedan will have its global premiere on 8th March for the Indian car market. There is much action that is happening in the mid-size sedan space with the Volkswagen offering, likely to be called Virtus, closely following on the heels of the Skoda Slavia that will also launched in March.
In the past several months it is spotted on test runs across the country. The Volkswagen sedan is based on the MQB A0 IN platform which also underpins the Taigun SUV that was launched in the previous year. After the launched the sedan will replace the Volkswagen Vento in the market. The new car is longer and possibly wider than the Vento which means it has a whole lot of cabin space on the inside. It has visual highlights like LED head lights, DRLs, chrome grille bar on the face.
Like Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and Honda City – along with Skoda Slavia the Volkswagen sedan could get the same engine options that are found inside the Taigun – a 1.5-litre four-cylinder TSI unit and a 1.0-litre TSI three-cylinder engine.
