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The Volkswagen Fox is a subcompact car produced and designed by Volkswagen of Brazil and sold in Latin America from 2003 until 2021 Dead: The Cutest Hatch From South America, The Volkswagen Fox - José Rodríguez Jr., Jalopnik, 12 October 2021 and in Europe from 2005 until 2011, where it was sold as the city car offering. The Fox was produced as a 3-door and 5-door hatchback. There is also a mini SUV version called Fox Xtreme (previously CrossFox) and a mini MPV/station wagon model called Suran, SpaceFox, SportVan or Fox Plus depending on the market.
The Fox featured a longitudinal mounted 1.8L, 4-cylinder petrol engine, sharing components with the Volkswagen Golf — along with a 4-speed manual transmission for the standard 2-door and 4-door sedan and a 5-speed manual transmission for the "GL" sport model. — An automatic transmission was not offered, nor was power steering or anti-lock braking. The Fox had power assisted disk brakes in the front and drums in the rear.
According to the U.S. EPA, the 4-speed manual transmission averaged on the new combined driving cycle with the 5-speed manual transmission able to produce on the new driving cycle. Under the old test protocol, the Volkswagen Fox was able to produce with the 5-speed transmission and with the 4-speed transmission.
Early models (1987–1989) featured the Bosch CIS-E also known as KE-Jetronic electro mechanical fuel injection, using an oxygen sensor to assist in fuel management. Later models featured (1990–1993) Bosch Digifant electronic fuel injection. In Canada, the Fox from 1987 to 1989 was offered with the simpler Bosch CIS fuel injection (K-Jetronic) without an oxygen sensor for the engine fuel management system.
Due partly to booming sales of the Passat, Jetta, Golf and the price of the Fox compared to its competition, sales dwindled, particularly the facelifted (1990–1993) models. Volkswagen also priced the car very low, to compensate for the ever more expensive German-made cars, and Volkswagen of America lost money on every Fox sold in the early years. (1989). ((0910589009)), Ward's Communications, Inc. ((0910589009))
Originally, the Fox's squared off front end featured sealed beam halogen headlamps; after 1991 models received revised sheet metal with flush glass headlamps (MK2).
In Mexico, it was called the Lupo, due to the last name of then current President Vicente Fox. Volkswagen of Mexico dropped the Lupo after a short run of 2009 models, due to poor sales, and replaced it along with the aged Pointer and Derby by the VW Novo Gol. The SportVan was also quietly discontinued in Mexico in February 2010 due to poor sales, leaving only the CrossFox.
In October 2009, the new 2010 Volkswagen Fox was revealed in Brazil and later also in Argentina. The model was restyled again in 2014.
It has a drag coefficient of 0,32.
The Fox was sold with a long options list to reduce its tag price, therefore letting the European customer specify the Fox to their liking. It did come with standard twin airbags and anti-lock braking system for safety measures. Upon its debut, the Fox scored four stars in EuroNCAP's crash rating system.
In the European market, the Fox replaced the Volkswagen Lupo city car as the entry-level car in the lineup. Volkswagen stopped selling the Fox in Europe in 2011 and it was replaced by the Volkswagen Up until it was discontinued in 2023. Like the contemporary Polo, the Fox is based on Volkswagen's PQ24 platform.
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It is produced in Brazil and sold in markets; there were plans to export it to markets to compete in the adventure hatchbacks market (see Toyota Etios Cross and Dacia Sandero Stepway) and Hyundai HB20X.
This version contains mixed-use tires and a suspension raised slightly beyond a spare tire on the outside of the trunk.
Because of its 360 mm-extended tail, it has a larger boot and more rear leg room than the hatchback versions. Its main competitors are the Peugeot 206 SW and Fiat Palio Weekend.
The initial version has the same wheelbase of , a length of , a width of and a height of . It uses the 1.6-litre engine, with power output levels ranging between , depending on the fuel version (petrol or blend of ethanol and petrol).
In 2010 and 2015, it was facelifted, gaining slightly in overall size: in length, in width and in height. It was discontinued at the beginning of 2019.
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