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The all new beautifully styled Sharan has been unveiled at the Geneva motor show.

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New Sharan unveiled

The all new beautifully styled Sharan has been unveiled at the Geneva motor show. The new seven-seat MPV is a real contender for a challenging segment of the market. It features powerful but economical new petrol and diesel engines, a highly flexible seating system, twin sliding rear doors and BlueMotion Technology.

Engines

The New Sharan has a range of powerful but economical engines - two petrol and two diesel. The petrol engines include a bi-turbo 1.4-litre 150 PS TSI and a powerful 2.0-litre 200 PS TSI, which comes with the direct shift gearbox (DSG) as standard. The two diesel engines include a 2.0-litre 140 PS TDI and a 2.0-litre 170 PS TDI.

The 1.4 150PS TSI and the two diesel engines, which account for 90 per cent fo our sales, are also equipped with BlueMotion Technology. This includes:

  • Start/stop system
  • Energy recuperation
  • Hill hold
  • Low rolling resistance tyres

Seating concept

The twin rear sliding doors and new flexible seating concept make it easy to access both the middle and back row of seats.

The three seats in the middle row can be moved by up to 160 mm back and forth, and can also pivot forward by 20 degrees to allow easy access to the back row of seats, which are large enough to accommodate adults.

The seats can be folded completely flat to allow for bulky items to be easily transported.

Options

New Sharan is the most advanced people carrier Volkswagen has ever produced. It includes a number of advanced technology options, such as the adaptive chassis control (ACC) system and the next generation of park assist.

ACC features electronically controlled pneumatic dampers with three selectable stages - normal, comfort or sport.

Sharan is the first model in the range to get the next generation of park assist, which will help with parallel parking and parking in spaces that are at right angles to the traffic.

Prices and full specification will be announced nearer to the UK launch in August.