Volkswagen Fox

Volkswagen Fox

Volkswagen Fox (2003-2009)
Manufacturer	Volkswagen
Also called	Volkswagen Lupo (2005-2009; Mexico)
Production	2003—present
Assembly	São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo (European version) São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil (Latin America) General Pacheco, Buenos Aires (Suran/SpaceFox/SportVan/Fox Plus)
Predecessor	Latin America: None Europe: Volkswagen Lupo
Successor	Volkswagen Up! (TBA)
Class	Latin America: Subcompact car Europe: City car
Body style	3-door hatchback 5-door hatchback
Layout	FF layout
Platform	Volkswagen PQ24 platform
Engine	1.2 L petrol, 55 hp I3 1.4 L petrol, 75 hp I4 1.4 L TDI, 70 hp I4 1.6 L petrol, 98 hp I4 1.0 L Total Flex, 73 hp I4 1.6 L Total Flex, 103 hp I4
Transmission	5-speed manual
Wheelbase	2465 mm (97 in)
Length	2005-08: 3805 mm (149.8 in) 2009-present: 3,823 mm (150.5 in)
Width	1640 mm (64.5 in)
Height	1545 mm (60.8 in)

The Volkswagen Fox is a city car produced and designed by Volkswagen do Brasil and sold in Latin America since 2004 and Europe since 2005. Currently the Fox is produced as a three-door and five-door hatchback. There is also a mini SUV version called CrossFox, and a mini MPV/station wagon model called Suran, SpaceFox, SportVan or Fox Plus depending on the market.
In South America, it fits between its two supermini brothers, the low cost Gol and the Polo. In Mexico it was called the Lupo, due to the last name of then-current President Vicente Fox. VW 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 has also been quietly discontinued starting February 2010 in Mexico due to poor sales leaving only the CrossFox.
In the European market, the Fox replaced the Lupo city car as the entry-level car in the lineup and at a far cheaper price.
Like the contemporary Polo, the Fox is based on Volkswagen's PQ24 platform.
Volkswagen acquired the rights to the "Fox" name in 1969 by purchasing NSU. The original NSU Fox was a motor-bike first seen in 1949,^[1] and Volkswagen had subsequently used the "Fox" name in some markets for special edition Volkswagen Polos. The Audi 80 produced in the 1970s also used the name Fox on vehicles sold in Australia and the USA.
In November 2009 the new Fox 2010 was revealed in Brazil and later also in Argentina.