At the Tokyo Motor Show last year Volkswagen surprised us all with the revealing of its cool Cross Coupé concept car. Smaller than the Tiguan, it seemed to preview a new rival for the highly popular Range Rover Evoque, along with a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain to enable four-wheel drive.
VW will display the Cross Coupé in Geneva this week again, though with a few changes bringing it a little closer to reality. The new paint colour is about the only visual update, but underneath is a new plug-in diesel hybrid powertrain.
The combination of a TDI diesel engine (of unknown capacity at this stage) plus two electric motors results in an astounding 157mpg (1.8 litres/100km) combined economy claim. Emissions of CO2 are quoted as 46g/km.
Despite all that, the Cross Coupé has a top speed of 220km/h thanks to a maximum power output of 306hp. The only other detail we've been give is the concept's not insubstantial mass, which is 1,858kg.
We expect to see a production version before the end of 2012.