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Originally Posted by kach22i
Is this the same one from five years ago with a rear engine RWD concept, then revamped to be FWD and front engined?
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Yes - it'll hit the EU showrooms shortly.
The rear-engine / rear-drive layout was too expensive to produce.
And likely a bit alien for the current lowest-segment buyer, many of which have never driven a rear-drive car - or any car at all, as VW is actively targeting first-car buyers with the up!.
Repacking the engine in a front motor compartment apparently was an engineering feat on it's own.
There's extremely little space in the up!'s nose.