The 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan midsize SUV was unveiled, ahead of the first arrivals in Australian showrooms scheduled for late 2024 or early 2025.
The new Tiguan will be sold solely as a five-seater, and the role of the seven-seater Tiguan Allspace will be filled through the second-generation Chinese Tayron, which is expected to arrive worldwide in 2025 with a different guise. Tiguan.
Arrivals to Australia are expected to begin in late 2024 or early 2025, pending potential delays, with an all-petrol engine, Volkswagen said.
The five-seater Tiguan has been redesigned and redesigned as part of a program to keep it in production with gasoline and diesel engines for the next decade, when the Tiguan is expected to be paired with the ID. 4 and the go. electrical.
In addition to adopting Volkswagen’s newest passenger car basics, the new styling also features a revised diversity of gasoline, diesel, and gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid drivetrains; only normal petrol will arrive in Australia.
Details of the Australian style range are yet to be confirmed, but are expected to do so in the 150kW and 195kW 2. 0-litre turbo petrol engines, given the popularity of the 162TSI and R styles in the existing range.
A basic 1. 5-litre 110 kW turbo petrol engine is also available as a more economical option.
According to Volkswagen, a new Tiguan R is in the works. It is planned to use the latest edition of VW’s 2. 0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine from the previous model, with an output of 235 kW and Nm.
Development of the new Tiguan has largely been carried out in combination with the newer Passat and the eighth-generation Golf, which it boasts for much of its generation, adding a reworked infotainment formula with downloadable “over-the-air” software. Updates.
The design of the new Tiguan mirrors that of Volkswagen’s new models by being less angular than its predecessor, with fuller shapes on the surface.
The new front trim features a simplified grille panel, slimmer matrix LED headlights, and a full-width light bar. Further down, a steeper front bumper with additional horizontal cooling ducts and vertical air curtains at the corners.
The unique aspect line of the existing Tiguan’s frame is replaced through two characteristic lines above the wheel arches, which space wheels with a diameter of between 17 and 20 inches.
A full-width taillight bar extends to the rear of the vehicle, with LED technology.
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With a length of 4,539 mm, a height of 1,639 mm (without roof rails) and a width of 1,842 mm, the new Tiguan is 30 mm longer, four mm taller and has the same width as its predecessor. Its wheelbase also remains the same. Same as before, at 2680 mm.
As previously reported, the seven-seat, long-wheelbase Tiguan Allspace will be discontinued after just one generation of styling.
It will be replaced in 2025 by the second-generation Tayron, a uniquely styled seven-seater SUV designed for the Chinese market in its first generation, but which will now go on sale globally as part of Volkswagen’s efforts to offer wider diversity. of SUVs.
Inside, it will be similar to the new Tiguan, but it will be larger on the outside and is planned to incorporate a unique frame capable of accommodating a third row of seats.
Volkswagen has yet to reveal whether the Tiguan X, an SUV-style coupe-style sold exclusively in China, will be replaced.
Inside, the new Tiguan has a new cabin with a sleeker appearance, softer fabrics and more than its predecessor.
The new tool panel houses redesigned controls, illuminated trim and new-look air vents, and supports a 10. 25-inch virtual tool cluster along with 12. 9- or 15-inch standalone infotainment touchscreens (up from the current 8. 0 or 9. 2 inches).
The Tiguan adopts the touch-sensitive sliders below the infotainment display, which come with the newest Golf; but, like the new Passat (not sold in Australia), they’re now lit up.
The infotainment formula also runs updated software that helps maintain shortcuts to the weather controls on the back of the screen, regardless of which menu the screen is in, unlike the existing Golf.
And in a move that’s already starting to be noticed on other VW models in Australia, the steering wheel forgoes the old Tiguan’s sensitive touch controls for easier-to-use physical buttons and switches.
The centerpiece of the new center console is a rotary knob that’s used for driving modes, as well as audio volume and what Volkswagen calls “Atmospheres”: pre-programmed settings for ambient lighting and other functions, which add playlists from Spotify and Apple. Music.
The names of those modes include Lounge, Energetic, Joy, Minimal, and Me.
While all new international Tiguan models are popular with an automatic transmission (as opposed to the manual transmission installed in the past on base models in Europe), the gear selector carries over to a joystick mounted on a guide column.
Volkswagen claims headroom is 8mm higher at the front and 10mm at the rear. The boot area of the non-plug-in hybrid models is also increased by 37 litres, up to a nominal volume of 652 litres in the rear canopy.
The options come with a new head-up display that projects information onto the windshield from the old Tiguan’s plastic panel.
Standard in Europe is a 1. 5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine making either 96 kW or 110 kW (the latter being the most likely candidate for base models in Australia) that is sent to the front wheels.
This engine uses a variable geometry turbocharger, a high-compression “Miller cycle” combustion procedure, and the latest edition of Volkswagen’s cylinder deactivation system. In Europe, it is assisted through a 48-volt hybrid system.
A revised 2. 0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with 150 kW or 195 kW maximum will likely be fitted to most models in Australia, shipped on all 4 wheels.
This is a significant improvement over the 162 kW/350 Nm Tiguan 162TSI R-Line in Australia. Volkswagen has indicated that it is expected to stick to a new Tiguan R at a later date.
In Europe, a 2. 0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine is still available, with an output of 110 kW in front-wheel drive or 142 kW in all-wheel drive. It’s highly likely that any of those diesel engines will make it to Australia.
The petrol and electric transmission used in the Tiguan plug-in hybrid models, which are planned for Australia, has been thoroughly reworked.
It now has a 1. 5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine, replacing an older 1. 4-litre engine, with a stronger electric motor and a larger 19. 7kWh battery (up from the current 10. 6kWh).
Both plug-in hybrid models have front-wheel drive and extend by 150 kW and 200 kW, while the 19. 7 kWh battery supports AC charging up to 11 kW and DC charging up to 50 kW, as well as more than 100 km of electric range.
All traditional Tiguan models with a petrol and diesel engine feature a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission as equipment, while plug-in hybrids run a six-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
The 4Motion all-wheel-drive formula has been redesigned with a new centrifugal pendulum that aims to vibrate and bring greater refinement.
In Europe, the maximum towing capacity of models supplied with the new all-wheel drive formula is estimated at 2,300 kg, compared to 2,500 kg for the existing 162TSI in Australia.
Volkswagen has also redesigned the Tiguan’s MacPherson front suspension and four-link rear suspension with new surprise shocks and revised anti-roll bars. In combination with the adjustments to the rear axle, it is intended to offer more accurate and solid handling.
Standard models get a non-adjustable single-valve suspension, while higher-end models get a two-valve adaptive suspension with another 15 settings.
This is a revised Dynamic Chassis Control Pro (DCC Pro) system, which controls the locations of the electronic differential locks, and is controlled through a new Vehicle Dynamics Manager software system.
The new Volkswagen Tiguan is expected to hit Australian showrooms in late 2024 or early 2025.
Since its appearance in 2007, the Tiguan has consistently been the best-selling Volkswagen style in the world. About 7. 5 million have been produced so far, 1. 2 million in the last two years alone, according to Volkswagen.
This short story was originally published on September 19, 2023 at 7:00 p. m.
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