Curvier bodywork provides VW’s hottest automobile a fuller, extra luxurious look
by Chris Chilton
January 5, 2023 at 09:02
by Chris Chilton
Volkswagen up to date its giant-selling Tiguan for the 2022 mannequin 12 months, however for 2024 the compact SUV is in line for a extra critical makeover.
Whereas the final refresh was merely a facelift, this 12 months VW will unveil an all-new third technology iteration of the the high-rise household automobile that first appeared in 2007 and is now the model’s most profitable automobile.
These footage present that Tiguan III will ditch the present automobile’s angular bodywork and outstanding horizontal traces for a softer, curvier look. The entrance and rear fenders are flared, making the SUV seem larger and extra luxurious, and never not like its Touareg massive brother. And we are able to wager that the tape measure may also show that the impression of additional dimension isn’t an optical phantasm.
The wheelbase of the usual five-seat Tiguan will develop barely over the present automobile’s 105.6-in (2,681 mm) to liberate slightly additional inside house. However that most likely gained’t be sufficient to fulfill space-hungry U.S. consumers whose base Tiguan immediately is the longer wheelbase (109.9-in / 2,791 mm) model, offered because the Tiguan Allspace in different markets, and obtainable with a 3rd row of seats. Except VW performs a packaging miracle or actually stretches out the bottom automobile, one other two-tier lineup appears doubtless.
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What we are able to say with certainty is that the entrance grille and rear bumper gained’t look something like these footage would have you ever imagine. This prototype options some intelligent tape disguise to imitate the grille and bumper design of the present Tiguan, however we all know for a proven fact that the true grille can be a lot narrower, giving the face an identical look to the Golf Mk8, and the decrease bumper will function extra painted surfaces.
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The inside may also lastly meet up with different VW automobiles and have a pill touchscreen and separate digital instrument cluster, although the freestanding pill can be larger and squarer than the one at the moment fitted to the ID.4, and ID.Buzz. You’ll nonetheless want to pick out an ID mannequin if you would like electrical energy, nevertheless. The Tiguan will follow its acquainted mixture of gasoline, diesel, and hybrid engines, and there ought to nonetheless be a selection of front- and all-wheel drive transmissions.
