How good is the new Volkswagen Virtus? In-depth review | OVERDRIVE

The Volkswagen Virtus offers a whole new level of space, grace and pace. Especially with the GT variant that intends to become the benchmark affordable performance sedan for the masses. Strong performance, solid ride quality, and a good set of features for comfort and convenience headline this new Volkswagen sedan.
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Design
1:20 Rear seat comfort
2:18 Cabin
5:07 Engine, Gearbox & Performance
6:34 Fuel Efficiency
7:12 Weight
7:49 Ride & Handling
9:49 Brakes
10:22 Visibility
10:59 Features
11:43 Conclusion
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[@michaelshergill7459]

On the 1 litre engine virtus. If you look carefully its written 16inch only. 15 inch is provided in spare wheel. Please don’t give wrong information.

[@chetanmahajan9728]

At 5:43 he is driving @ 150 Kmph. :)

[@desidudev]

The GT version also needs to be launched in a version with the cosmetics of a non-GT.

[@jaisonsuares19]

I agree with you a 100%

[@mohankrishna3573]

Enjoyed the review. Looks promising

[@SuperAkashrana]

A well rounded package of looks, performance and features make this sedan so desirable. And I have no doubts that it will be the best in segment in terms of driver's delight. Another tempting proposition from VW

[@ishtiaqueahmed766]

But will it sell that's the question

[@AdventuresCafe]

I’m from northeast and we have just one dealership of VW that too it’s 400 kms away from my location, it’s sad that they don’t provide enough service centres and dealerships in our northeastern states, if we people here would like to buy any of their models than we have rethink about their after sales services. So here the enthusiasts people who would like to have one VW would rather buy other brands like Hyundai or Honda because of network service centre’s availability.

[@BJeyR]

Don't buy hundai, they are NCap 2/3 cars, Honda are better

[@manishpandey6287]

Awesome review

[@techbasics6142]

Does it have ventilator seats?

[@dannyfranklin2355]

Yes both 1.0 and 1.5 comes with Ventilated Seats

[@abhimanyumampuzha8738]

I have a stock vento 1.6 tdi. I've heard that it is pointless to push a diesel car to red line. So at what rpm should I shift each gear to achieve the fastest 0-100 timing in my car?

[@saquibsiddiqui9772]

Find the power band of your engine. Power band of a diesel is from the rpm of max torque to max hp the engine produces for best acceleration at full throttle. Suppose your car produces 200 Nm of torque at 2000 rpm and max hp at 4000 rpm then your car power band would be from 2000 to 4000 rpm. You should try to upshift at 4000 rpm each gear for max acceleration. Hope it helps

[@cannotthinkofoneatth]

kya yaar...making a huge issue about shared dash panels, Marutis have been selling virtually all of their line ups with the same engine for more than a decade...the 1.3 MJD.. having a part common to another at a similar price point is still okay!

[@gautamnevatia7659]

The beige door panels look out of place with the black interior. Vw did the same with the polo gt before going all black

[@aksrawat]

1.5 GT This is the sedan to go for👌👍❤️

[@gowthamkumar2392]

Which is better petrol amt or diesel amt

[@shivaanilkumar5803]

Go for CNG

[@rinosharon]

They would have given 17 inch alloys atleast in top trim

[@arjunraj5305]

COULD have

[@MrVI2800]

They will give after 1year for anniversary edition🤪

[@rishabhkapse576]

Really missing Diesel engine option I wanted to buy one.

[@nomoretechie]

When vw had best diesel engine they did not have an suv. came up with taigun now but there is no diesel engine. Imagine if virtus had a 1.5 ltr diesel engine hiw the world would be for vw.

[@VM-zp1cz]

Virtus Special edition with 1.5 Manual will release next year

[@ishkaranbrar313]

Are you sure? Confirmed?

[@VM-zp1cz]

@@ishkaranbrar313 I'm sure but it will take some time

[@badassopenpolling]

What about city average. ??

[@BJeyR]

Which city ? 7/8/9/10/11 depends on your city .... Bangalore lowest & Coimbatore highest in South, with chennai & Hyd in between

[@badassopenpolling]

@@BJeyR Okay. thanks

[@balajimohite2640]

👍👌

[@nazunafihnzthelistb]

Isn’t available diesel?!

[@raghavjaykar1785]

Is it rwd?

[@Appppy]

You know i disagree. The red accents inside the cabin actually make it look so good.

[@kunalchitnis20]

This is Virtus GT model which is a Sports one.......So engine noise has to be there to feel sporty....I mean what's the point of being a silent engine for a sporty model. You guys like the noise of Lamborghini or a Ferrari but not of a VW cars.....Try to accept these cars man...

[@BJeyR]

Buy other colors, those dont have Red coloring in dash, they are professional

[@eraofstupidity8606]

Just had a TD. The information system is horrible, no buttons and extremely confusing to use when driving the car. The speakers are average at best. The fog lamps are halogen instead of projectors. No 360 camera. And a mms has a better resolution than the reverse parking camera if this car. The drive in itself though is absolutely refreshing. It pulls hard and accelerates pretty fast. But for almost 23lakh Rupees on road , it is missing tons of features.

[@BLRAviation]

Exactly.. it misses on very basic features like adaptive guidelines in the park assist and doesn't even have insulation in the engine bay and rear door. And the overall interior quality is very plasticky. It just doesn't feel like a 23L car from inside

[@aviroopdas400]

How is this any better than Slavia?

[@SIVAKUMAR-qb5sr]

As a fan of you and a regular viewer of his videos, may take liberties to criticise? I was seeing the uneven gaps between the red strip and the dashboard on a 1.5 Virtus, on another review in KZbin. While one can see the same in the video, the same is not considered important, by the reviewers in general, sitting in the car! Is a review only about Cornering and Ride?.. Who is really bothered about the Aluminium strip on the pedal we put our foot on? Ridiculous! You never say how ac works in a car whose top end model costs more than 2 million rupees! This is a hot country and the performance of ac is really important for the comfort expected from expensive cars like these.

[@nohalalexander7855]

Dude you are speaking for only from enthusiast perspective. I recommend 1.0.

[@adityagupta101]

Appears to be a reskinned octavia

[@MrAmansyed]

They should make an estate version of this and offer 1.5 engine option on all variants.

[@cartik4296]

Lol

[@omk5724]

Only 1.5 litre makes sense in such a long car, 1 litre will be a big joke to ride on this car or in slavia or kushaq or taigun

[@sati614]

If Audi A3 and Q2 can make sense with same 1.0 TSI. I think it will make sense in all the cars you mentioned . Not to forget 1.5 is a gem but 1.0 can’t be understated

[@anishskaria]

Not really. 1 ltr TSI is unlike any other 1 ltr engine, it’s tuned for performance and has been tested with multiple cars already. Don’t go by the number, test drive and experience for yourself.

[@MrAmansyed]

Man it’s VW. They are good at what they do. This engine will outperform many Japanese cars with twice the engine size.

[@MeltingTheta]

Please don't call the front wheel drive, raised up hatchbacks as SUVs. They're all blown up hatchbacks.

[@pranjal70]

Specs reading and slugging around isn’t called a review. Poorly done. Only Rohit Paradkar should do these reviews

[@roshitranjan5739]

Significantly overdrive has lost its charm and has no separation factor from the rest, and this coming from a long lasting follower tells how disappointed it's subscribers must be.

[@deepu281085]

mujhe nahi paata VW nw kya kiya hai...jab app 1 ltr test drive karte ho aur uske bad 1.5 gt test drive karte ho 1.5 ka feel nahi atta slow lagta hai....on paper 1.5 0-100 fast hai but bo bolte hai na pappy nahi hai........polo gt 1.2 jayda fast lagti hai..

[@bhavinbhatia9391]

Quite boring review ! Off late overdrive videos have become monotonous. Quite average ! We expect more from OD

[@avaliacarros7739]

He spoke, spoke, spoke, and spoke a little more per almost 14 minutes and did not inform the capacity of the trunk or boot, something that is essential in a sedan car. Fail.

[@srcob]

Not even he mentioned the ground clearance of the car which is the highlight of this car.

[@avaliacarros7739]

@@srcob Well remembered

[@srcob]

@@avaliacarros7739 I always loved Sedan cars but poor ground clearance is the main hindrance to opt sedans but 179 mm its pretty good one....and for me this is the key highlight of VW group.

[@avaliacarros7739]

@@srcob Volkswagen has made very good cars, including here in Brazil. The problem is that they have become expensive and increasingly expensive cars. Remembering that the translation of the name VOLKSWAGEN is VOLKS = people and Wagen = car, that is, people's car. Must be "Dubai" people's car! ha ha ha

[@DavidSenna57]

Interior quality and back seat is embarassing 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@vikramsing26]

I bought the Vw Virtus on 23rd july 2022, completed 1700 kms till 2nd august and reported a problem to service centre when i went in for swagat check up that the car is pulling to the left. They tried to solve the problem by exchanging front tyres, got back the car, problem was not solved, reported it back on 6th august. They confessed that the car is new and they don’t have any data for wheel alignment. I was called back on 11th august, i dropped my car and back to back 3 wheel alignments were done with trials, problem was not solved i tried showing the car 3rd party wheel alignment centres and they did not have the data for the car too, until now i had completed 3400 kms, now i had a indistrial vist to ahmedabad, mumbai, pune for which i travelled 2400 kms in my car and i face severe left shoulder pain in my trip for those 10 days, now i dropped my car again and 2 wheel alignments have been done again but the problem has not been solved as i went for the trial, service centre has opened up the disk of the car( which is a technical term of vw service centre to solve the issue via company ) service centre has acknowledged the issue now, but none of have the solution for this. Now as a part of doubt i went and took a test drive of both manual and automatic 1.0 demo cars and both of them were pulling to the left, which was shocking. As a part of doubt now i went to check skoda slavia and noticed that the car has same problem, till now i drove 4 cars and reported the same problem. See i have experience of around 2 lakh kms of driving in last 10 years in which i have driven 80kms on my VW Polo, so i have not faced an issue like this before. One suggestion came in as the road bankings are made on the left side so the car pulls on the left side but them someone suggest to drive the car wrong side on the same road and if car is pulling towards the divider, opposite to the banking, then the issue is serious, i did it. This is a serious issue and i have a tremendous shoulder pain. Writing this to big car channel, so that Vw should recognise this issue. Thank you🙏🏼

[@thurules]

is the issue resolved? 1.5 or 1.0? automatic or manual?

[@vikramsing26]

@@thurules no not yet, problem is vw’s demo car pull to the left too. So i don’t think if this issue can be resolved anymore, its 1.0 manual.