• All engines will be cheap to run
• Cabriolet is more expensive than standard T-Roc
• All-petrol lineup with no frugal diesel or hybrid

The T-Roc Cabriolet’s engine lineup is a pair of efficient petrols which both promise impressive fuel economy.

The most efficient is also the least powerful – it’s a 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol that returns a claimed 45.1mpg, with CO2 emissions of 142g/km.

The same engine in the standard T-Roc SUV returns 47.8mpg and 134g/km, so there’s not too large an economy penalty to be made for choosing the Cabriolet.

If you want more power, the 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol returns 42.8mpg and 150g/km, while this engine’s also available with an automatic gearbox that pushes consumption to 41.9mpg and 153g/km of CO2.

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During our time with the 1.5-litre manual we found 40mpg to be easy to achievable – especially as this isn’t a car that encourages you to press on. We’d probably opt for this engine as the need to push the 1.0-litre harder in order to keep up with traffic would likely harm economy.

Residual values look set to be strong – Volkswagen’s brand image in the UK is stellar, and the T-Roc Cabriolet will likely be more desirable if resale time comes when the weather is fine.

Reliability

• Roof mechanism well proven on past VW convertibles
• Recalls for base T-Roc shouldn’t affect Cabriolet
• Standard three-year warranty

Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet reliability shouldn’t prove too concerning. The folding roof is similar to that used on previous Golf and Beetle convertibles, and has a simple mechanism that should be fairly resistant to failure.

Other mechanicals are well proven across the rest of the T-Roc range – and indeed the Volkswagen, Skoda and SEAT ranges in general.

The base T-Roc has been recalled four times, but this was before the T-Roc Cabriolet was introduced and as a result these issues shouldn’t affect these models.