Presented to American consumers at the last Chicago Auto Show in February, it is increasingly certain that the Volkswagen Arteon, the flagship of the German brand, will have another derivation: a van or a kind of shooting brake. Hypothesis that had already been accepted, as early as 2017, by Elmar-Marius Licharz, the person in charge of the Arteon product at Volkswagen.
Elmar-Marius Licharz, product director for the Arteon range, speaking to Auto ExpressI would like to be able to make Arteon a shooting brake — in fact, it is a plan that has been developed, but which is not yet finalized
According to recent information, this intention may have already received the green light from Volkswagen's top managers.
Arteon shooting brake with six cylinders?
As for engines, rumors refer to the possibility that the Arteon shooting brake could become the first model, based on the MQB platform, in Europe, receiving a six cylinder . So far, only the big SUV Atlas, also derived from the MQB, offers an engine of this type — more precisely, a 3.6 liter 280 hp V6.Elmar-Marius Licharz, product director for the Arteon range, speaking to Auto ExpressIf we build a six-cylinder engine — and we are discussing that hypothesis for Arteon, having even already tested that hypothesis in a prototype — it will be an engine that can be used in this model as well as in the Atlas
Release without scheduled date
However, there also doesn't seem to be any date for the presentation of this new bodywork. So, at least for now, Arteon will continue to be proposed, on both sides of the Atlantic only and only in the saloon version.
