It appears that Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) has quietly updated pricing for the facelifted Arteon this month. Unfortunately, it’s an upwards revision for the five-door coupé – and a significant one.
The sole 2.0 TSI 4Motion R-Line is, in fact, over RM9,000 more expensive than when it was launched last year, pushing the price to RM258,019 on-the-road without insurance. This figure, as you’d expect, includes the full sales and service tax (SST) exemption for CKD locally-assembled vehicles until June 30, as well as a five-year, unlimited-mileage warranty and a three-year/45,000 km free service package.
All this extra money doesn’t buy you any extra equipment, nor any more power from the EA888 2.0 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The latter continues to push out 280 PS from 5,100 to 6,500 rpm and 350 Nm of torque between 1,700 and 5,600 rpm. As before, power is sent to all four wheels via a seven-speed DSG wet dual-clutch transmission, enabling the Arteon to get from zero to 100 km/h in 5.6 seconds.
The standard kit list also remains the same and includes the R-Line bodykit, full-LED head- and taillights (the latter with sequential indicators), 19-inch Montevideo two-tone alloy wheels, keyless entry, push-button start and power-adjustable front seats with driver’s side memory. The latter are upholstered in Nappa leather with a carbon fibre pattern.
Also fitted triple-zone auto climate control, auto lights and wipers, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, a 9.2-inch Discover Pro infotainment touchscreen with gesture control, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, a 12-speaker, 700-watt Harman Kardon sound system, Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC) adaptive dampers, a 360-degree camera and a hands-free powered tailgate.
On the safety front, the Arteon continues to lack basic features like autonomous emergency braking, let alone semi-autonomous driving functions like adaptive cruise control or lane centring assist. It does, however, have blind spot monitoring and lane keeping assist, along with the usual seven airbags and stability control.
To recap, the facelifted Arteon gains a revised front grille with an integrated light bar linking the headlights, reshaped air intakes and new inverted-L-shaped taillight graphics. Inside, there are new air vents and a silver strip that runs around the front half of the cabin.
There are also new touch-sensitive switches for the climate controls (which, along with the new VW badges, have since made their way to the closely-related Passat) and the redesigned steering wheel, as well as an expanded 30-colour palette for the ambient lighting system. The ErgoComfort seats, meanwhile, feature a more aggressive design with integrated headrests and an embroidered R logo.
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Tough gamble for VCPM. Haven’t seen any of these CKD Arteons otr yet. Only spotted like 1 or 2 pre-facelift CBU units since launch. Meanwhile the rival models that the Arteon is competing with are seen otr everywhere.
Stinger is definitely not everywhere, so which one did you mean?
I agree. People were cross-shopping this against the 3-series and Volvo XC40 (just look at the respective Facebook groups), so this price hike simply means more and more people will instead go with the BMW and Volvo instead.
Rival model example? One of it is Audit A5 Sportback, can you see it everywhere? Do not tell me you mean the C class and 3 series or even 2 series!
Sure sell like hot cake….haha
The RM12k price hike is ridiculous. For the price hike, you could include AEB and adaptive cruise control but sadly this car will continue to sit on showroom collecting more dust.
More people would love to drive this.
Yes, I would like to drive it too but not buy it.
False!
Might as well price hike rm50k… nobody will buy anywhere…
You sure about that? There are many people are buying Arteon
People pick this arteon over camli or ekod???
Are you sure? Don’t see it anywhere
What you do mean by many? Your own imagination? How many time do see this car on the road? Or should I ask which area. May be my area no one want to buy but at your area, everyone is buying it.
Might as well buy myvi la since everyone buys.
The front looks very good but the back, I mean for this price you pay you get a very simple, common design for back. The back is not impressive at all.
Rear looks good with angry tailights.
A safe VW design, I guess
But people would love to see this
With so little changes for rm12k. Continue to keep in your warehouse. So far, have not seen any on the road.
Hardly see any on road
for the price would rather get a 330e and have 10k left over never though buying a bmw rather then a volkswagen can save you money lol
Totally overpriced.
I would go for Merc or BMW rather than a VW for that price. The VW brand is a notch lower than Merc and BMW.
come on… i know ur name benz.. dun so much look for batch..hahaha
come on VW.. no AEB? No adaptive cruise control? and charging us 260k.. Reallyyyy?
remember dude it’s german quality not japanese or chinese cars. if u like german cars than u need to spend more to get better quality but if u want a cars that’s cheap but low quality u can take the japanese or chinese cars or maybe korean cars. remember german cars have it’s market
the car is made in malaysia. not germany.
Discount 20k also nobody buy, might as well up 12k now and 2 months later try discount 32k to lure some buyers Keke. Busted!
good luck.
Just had a short test drove with this car. For that price, it still offers more than Merc or BM or Volovo can offer.