This is the new Volkswagen Tiguan, now the most popular VW in the world
The current ‘most successful’ VW model hits its third generation
Send out ravens! Ring the bells! For we must spread the good tidings far and wide! In news sure to hearten spirits across the land, a medium-sized SUV is now a German car company’s current best-selling model.
So, let us expel the Golf as the car you always thought was Peak Volkswagen, and instead welcome around the fire the new, third-generation Volkswagen Tiguan. Apparently, VW has shifted 7.5 million of the things since 2007, and the car “is currently the most successful VW model worldwide”.
So there’s a lot riding on this car, which is why Volkswagen tells us it now rides on the MQB evo platform said to “improve the Tiguan in practically every area”. Well, it’s better than making it worse in practically every area. Though we’ll come to the touchscreen shortly.
First up, engines. There’s a revised plug-in hybrid powertrain that gets a new 19.7kWh battery, able to sustain the Tiguan in all-electric mode for up to 62 miles (100km). That’s paired with a 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol to produce just over 200bhp or just under 270bhp. Combined, VW reckons the Tiguan eTSI is capable of a 621-mile range.
The current ‘most successful’ VW model hits its third generation
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