 up you guys welcome back to another one if you went into the channel I am Gold Pony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the new 2021 Volkswagen Arteon courtesy of Hanover Volkswagen in Hanover PA for more information on their inventory please feel free to check out the link in the description box below and so wanted to hop in this one today because there are actually plenty of new changes for the 2021 model year this is a very good looking sedan as well also four-year 50,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty that's also above the average that's pretty cool too two years free maintenance that's also very nice because that means you don't have to pay for oil changes entire rotations things like that for the first two years of ownership and so in this video I will be going over everything about this one testing out acceleration braking ride quality sound system exhaust clip all that fun stuff so having said all that what do you guys say let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always let's start with pricing so as you can imagine there are a few different trim levels for the 2021 Arteon first one being the SE starting at $36,995 SEL R-Line for $41,595 and lastly the one we have today being the SEL Premium R-Line starting at $46,995 and so regardless of trim level that you go with the power plan on the Arteon will be the same powering this beast is a two-liter turbocharged inline four cylinder putting out 268 horsepower at 5,500 rpm 258 pound-feet of torque available at around 1900 rpm power center front wheels or all wheels through an eight-speed automatic with paddle shifters which you guys know we will be testing out it a little bit here zero to 60 time comes in at approximately 6.3 seconds with mpg numbers coming in at 20 in the city 31 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel and so but before we do that paddle shifter test or acceleration test it would have mentioned to you guys there are of course some drive modes for this one the drive mode button is labeled mode it is located directly behind the push button start so what those drive minutes will include is eco comfort normal sport and custom custom being the one you can of course tailor to your own liking but those drive minutes will adjust things like the shift points the throttle response the steering sensitivity and actually the suspension settings as well you don't always get that but the reason you get that with rt on is because you actually have adaptive damping suspension and so for example if you were to put in a sport driving mode you're going to stiffen those damper settings but if you were to put in a comfort mode that will relax those damper settings a little bit allowing for a smoother ride so to speak so having said all of that now what do you guys say let's go ahead and find a straight away and let's test out the paddle shifters here first to put it in full manual shift mode what i'm going to do is slide the shifter all the way to the back and to the right it actually tells you what gear you're in up on that digital gauge cluster which i'll show you guys in a little bit here too but having said that let's go ahead and find that straight away and let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us here all right guys here we go good good okay definitely very quick reacting paddle shifters without a doubt having said that wouldn't have minded if the paddle shifter is more the boring black plastic maybe some silver coated paddle shifters or even better aluminum at $50,000 i think it's definitely doable but nonetheless the paddle shifters are still ridiculously quick just like Audi i guess you could say so absolutely no issues there but now let's go ahead and find a straight away let's give back full control to the rt on you're just going to slide the shifter back to the left basically and still having a sport mode let's see how quickly this one can get us up to speed all right you guys in three two one let's kick it yeah buddy that'll work absolutely love that we did not slip whatsoever a lot of sedans will come with front wheel drive including the rt on actually so i love that it offers all-wheel drive like we have right there because when you put that kind of power to just the front wheels you're probably going to get some torque steer i can't tell you necessarily whether or not that's the case with the rt on because we got all-wheel drive today there was no slippage plenty of an acceleration from merging onto the highway or anything like that so really quite nice when it comes to the acceleration there but to go along with that as always braking is equally important so up front you will find 13.4 inch ventilated front discs in the back 12.2 inch ventilated rear discs as far as the 60 to zero stopping distance goes that comes in at 114 feet which is plenty respectable acidans will give you the 120s if not 130 so 114 feet is definitely quite nice as far as the braking feel goes it may be a little bit on the softer side but there's no issues there's no brake pedal delay or anything like that so it's plenty fine for me touching on suspension and handling up front you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back independent multi-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars and the very best part about it all is the adaptive damping suspension and so essentially what that is is it's going to monitor each shock absorber individually tightening up the suspension during heavy cornering but also reading the roads and perfections and then giving you a smoother ride soaking up those road imperfections by adjusting that there as well so really it gives you the best of both worlds so i love when vehicles put adaptive damping suspensions on their cars for that reason because it really does give you a much smoother ride than you otherwise would get if you did not have it so having said that when it comes to ride quality it is plenty fine in the rt on can feel maybe a little bit more of the road than some of its competitors but still because of that adaptive damping suspension it's still plenty fine so no issues there for me as far as steering feel goes it is a noticeable difference dependent upon which driving mode that you put it in so since i haven't in the sport driving mode right now it is a much heavier weighted steering feel and i like that i probably would leave it in that you know what i probably do is put it in the custom driving mode actually because then you can make it that heavy steering feel without the instant acceleration at all times because you don't always need that quite honestly so no issues with the steering as far as cabin noise goes other than my camera equipment a little bit there's no exterior wind noise really coming into the cabin whatsoever so that is on point as well and touching on visibility i can see decent out the back i will say those headrests in the second row kind of protrude into the visibility ever so slightly but not quite as good as some of the competitors but still you're not going to have any issues there so that is plenty fine and not to mention rain sensing windshield wipers also coming standard on the rt on for all trim levels so i absolutely love that as well essentially with that is is the windshield wipers are going to turn on automatically for you whenever the rt on detects any kind of mist or rainfall so it's just one last thing you got to worry about so that's pretty cool too but that about rounds up the performance segment of this review you guys let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this brand new 2021 volts wagon rt on all right so here she is you guys the new 2021 volts wagon rt on finished in onyx white pearl which by the way is an optional paint color for this one in case anybody was curious but let's go ahead and start up front on this one there's actually several minor revisions on the exterior for the 2021 rt on so let's go ahead and start up front to start with there is a new lower bumper design and grill by the way also a new led light bar stretching between the two headlights you guys kind of see that to the sides of the volts wagon emblem there the light bar actually is incorporated kind of into the grill and it matches up then with the led light bar found just below the headlights as well also you have that r design found in the upper portion of that front grill as well so that definitely looks good then taking a step back led headlights do come standard on this one of course they come with the automatic feature as well meaning when it starts to get dark at night those headlights will turn on automatically for you there led lights as i said and also like the low hood line in the front as well definitely gives it much more of an aggressive appearance overall a very nice looking front end to the rt on but now let's go ahead and make our way to the side of this one and so to start chrome windows surrounds do come standard also chrome accending on the side skirts down below you guys can see that as well our line badging can be found on that front fender if you go with one of the our line trim levels of course when it comes to their side mirrors they are a power adjustable body colored side mirrors for all trim levels they will also come heated with led integrated turd sonals as well also very nice and if you're going to go with the sel our line trim level and up you're also going to get a driver's side auto dimming mirror as well which is brilliant especially when you drive it at night and somebody's got their high beams on behind you so that's always good but then take a look down at the wheel setup it's actually going to differ pretty substantially amongst the trim levels se trim is going to give you 18 inch five spoke alloys sel 19 inch multi spoke alloys and the premium that we have today 20 inch multi spoke alloy wheels as i said quite a big difference between those trims but now let's go ahead and make our way to the back on this one it's open now since we are around back up top you will find a gloss black shark fin antenna just below that gloss black rear spoiler if you were to go with one of the our line trims that's how you're going to go ahead and get that led tail lights actually come standard across the board also the redesigned Volkswagen emblem which is yet another new slight change for the 2021 rtn wanted to mention that also new rtn badging just below that little bit different font i guess you could say that four-motion logo in the bottom quarter there that is going to be the four-motion all-wheel drive system so that is what that is also wanted to mention at this point since i forgot to previously there are three new colors one of them being the white color that we have today there is also king's red metallic and lapaz blue as well but now making our way to the very bottom of this one you do have dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips integrated into the rear bumper is a very high-end look and i love it but nonetheless i do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip all right so now since we are still around back one of the coolest parts about opening this rear hatch i guess you could say is there's a couple different ways i guess the more boring way i guess is there is a button on the key file that is one way there is also a button on the driver's side door as well but the coolest way is going to be the volts wagon logo itself it of course doesn't look like it's going to open the hatch but if you guys know volts wagons you know if you simply just press in on the top portion of that volts wagon logo their hatch is going to open up for you so that's pretty cool but nonetheless once opened up cargo capacity comes in and a very impressive 27.2 cubic feet that is a ton that is a ridiculous amount anyways there is also a 6040 split bumping that up to 56.2 cubic feet so that's even more that's also very good as well and there's actually a good bit going on back there there's some led cargo lighting i saw there's also grocery bag hooks you usually don't find those in sedans you find them in suvs but not sedans so that is pretty cool to find back there too just underneath of the cargo floor you actually do have a spare tire in case anybody was curious about whether you get that or the fixify you get the spare tire which i personally prefer also there's a little bit of storage in the back sides there as well but now let's go ahead and make our way up to the rear legroom where it comes in an impressive 40.2 inches so that is of course a good bit for reference i mean even six feet tall this is how much space i have back there three zone climate control when dimension does come standard for every single trim level meaning rear passengers can actually set their own temperature back there if they wanted to so that's pretty nice also there is a rear center armrest with cup holders that does come standard back there there's also heated rear seats if you want with the premium that we have today so i love seeing that meaning you get to spoil the rear passengers a little bit back there as well and again led lighting in the back seats as well so that's very nice also wanted to mention that there is a 12 volt power outlet and a phone charging port for those rear passengers then as well but now let's go ahead and make our way to the front seats v-tex leatherette seating with the s e nappa leather seating for the scl and premium trim so therefore that is of course what you guys are looking at right now power adjustable front seats with power lumbar for all trims across the board heated front seats for all trims as well and you will get ventilated front seats if you were to go with the premium trim that we do indeed have here today and actually to adjust those heated ventilated seats it's a nice digital kind of set up directly in front of the shifter so i absolutely love that as well so you always get the digital option so i'm definitely a fan and actually seating was plenty comfortable for me so absolutely no issues there but then take a look one of my favorite parts in the first thing i noticed when i have did this one the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping of course leather wrapped for all trim levels heated for the premium by the way that heated steering wheel button is located on the right hand side of the steering wheel itself but the 10 and 2 grips are bolstered very thickly and i absolutely love it i like the new volts wagon logo in the middle i like that it's a flat bottom i like the little r insignia at the very bottom as well and overall what i like the best is the 10 and 2 grips they're definitely on the thicker side you don't always get that's i personally am a big fan for that reason but now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key you do have your volts wagon logo on the one side and when you flip it around lock unlock the button to pop the rear hatch and the times two button is going to be your remote start and that's pretty cool of course as well by the way that comes with the scl and premium not the sc in case anybody was curious but you do get a push button start for all trim levels all i'm going to do is simply put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the shifter there it's a bit then once started up another very cool feature about the rt on you do get a full digital gauge cluster for every single trim level and so i absolutely love that volts wagon digital cockpit is what they call it so it will adjust colors dependent upon the drive mode that you put it in i found that pretty cool and it's more than just two colors so i thought that was pretty cool also of course you can adjust what is displayed up there by using the steering wheel mounted controls on the right side of the steering wheel giving you things like trip a trip b how many miles do you have left until you hit empty you can check out the outside temperature speed limit of any given road i found that pretty cool as well there's your navigation information audio settings bluetooth information some of the car's statistics i guess you could say and the list goes on really so quite a bit you could check out up there but then making our way to overall interior quality we'll get a Titan black headliner for the scl and premium trim so we'll say it is a pretty soft headliner and i do like it so not too shabby there also overhead sunglass holder does come standard across the board as well auto dimming rear view mirror all trims get that as well three zone climate control all trims get that stainless steel pedal caps all trims get that as well so volts wagon really hooks you up with a good bit of standard interior features i guess you could say so that's pretty cool if you were to go with the scl trim level or premium you do get multicolor ambient lighting which i absolutely love wireless phone charger as well for either of those trims you actually also get a fairly large sunroof i'm not sure if i would call it panoramic because it doesn't go into the rear seats but it is a fairly large sunroof for the premium trim level only just behind the shifter you do have an electric mechanical parking brake there is your dual cup holders there is a 12 volt power outlet behind that shifter as well there is two phone charging ports within the center armrest then too overall the interior quality isn't bad it's probably not what i would consider $50,000 worth but it's certainly not bad so i do like the stitch leather found on the doors that's pretty cool also the carbon fiber ish looking silver trim found just above the infotainment screen it also continues on to the doors there as well but i would say it's not bad but it's not quite as good as some of the other competition that i've seen and we'll say that but now let's go ahead and check out the tech display this is done pretty well eight inch color touch screen display does come standard for every single trim level bluetooth audio streaming also standard android auto apple carplay meaning if you have a smartphone simply hook it up to the rt on you get free navigation up there as well as pretty cool factory navigation system though does come standard my personal opinion is not as good as the google maps used in android auto but it is going to be there for you weather information you can display up there as well fuel prices and of course your radio information and so sound systems there will be two of them so if you go with the s e or s e l you get eight speakers if you go with the premium you get a 12 speaker harming kardon sound system with 700 watts so that of course is the one we have today so let's go ahead and turn on the radio see we got playing and let's test out the clarity this one definitely very nice the clarity i think is what impressed me the most with that harming kardon sound system it was crystal clear felt like it was coming in all directions base was definitely nice as well but definitely a very good sound system for the rt on without a doubt but last thing i want to mention to you guys on that tech display is when you do put this one in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board and if you were to go with the premium trim level you will in addition to that get a bird's eye view camera as well which is pretty cool but nonetheless that is going to lead us into safety and so first thing i want to mention this one is an iihs top safety pick which pretty much says it all right there front side side current airbags also come standard in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors and tethers to children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system is all pretty boring at this point but also standard for all trim levels you will get a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert forward collision warning with autonomous emergency braking pedestrian monitoring as well and if you were to go with the sel or premium trims you get in addition to that adaptive cruise control speed limit recognition automatic high beams lane keep assist and front and rear parking sensors then as well and so overall when it comes to my final thoughts of this one this is an extremely good-looking sedan i am sitting here at a local park and somebody actually just walked right up to me with their dog and they said this was one of the best-looking cars they've ever seen and they were wondering where they could go about looking at it and so i told them of course hand over a volt swagger and hand over a pa and i'm pretty sure their dog was ironed up too but nonetheless iihs top safety pick also a very good plus on this one digital gauge cluster is freaking good as well multi-color ambient lighting is great two years free maintenance of course also a big perk on the room for improvement i would say two main things really stick out for me one is it is a bit pricier than the competition so if you're a volt swagger fan though i can completely understand this pick it is a really good vehicle and you do get an amazing all-wheel drive system with a decent amount of power fast paddle shifters but it is still a bit pricier and there are less expensive options that basically give you what this car is giving you also the interior quality could be a bit better considering the price point of the rt on has now overall that's what i got let me know what you guys think of the rt on in the comment section below that is about it for this one you guys feel free to follow me on tech talk at the bottom of the screen there if you like be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and i will 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