VW Tiguan -

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A new personality that requires a new attitude.

The cosmetic touch-ups are only on the front and are not drastic, yet the Tiguan now has another look, more assertive, more dynamic, thanks to which there is really a before and an after.

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Dematerialize

The bulk of the novelties, it is in fact in the interior that we find them.

At first glance, it is not obvious, since the environment remains something typically VW.

It is when you start to look for one or the other function that everything is revealed.

Change the air conditioning temperature, modify the digital instrument panel display, or even open the roof.

Here… but where are the "old fashioned" buttons?

They are no longer there, since VW has almost everything "dematerialized", replacing the classic buttons by areas with tactile surfaces.

VW Tiguan - DR

On this subject, opinions differ.

There are those who are greatly irritated by this.

We will say that it does indeed take time to adapt, but that VW has nevertheless done things well, because most of the controls still have a dedicated area, when other manufacturers centralize things too much via the screen. of the multimedia system.

With a little practice, then, this system does not lose anything in terms of ergonomics, and this pleasantly modernizes the atmosphere on board.

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Old acquaintances

It is perhaps not to go too far in the upheaval of old habits that VW has decided not to touch the mechanical catalog.

Clearly, the Tiguan is still offered with TSI gasoline engines 130 to 150 hp, with TDI 150 and 200 hp, and there is also a plug-in hybrid version of 245 hp.

No change therefore, but an addition, since for the first time, the Tiguan is entitled to an ultra sporty "R" version, of which the 2.0 TSI announces ... 320 hp, like the Golf of the same name!

It will move.

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It was not this version but a simple 150hp petrol Tiguan that we tested, nicely dressed in a sporty R-Line finish.

On the road either, no change, we find the VW compact SUV as we had discovered it a few years ago: comfortable, neutral in its behavior and perhaps a little more reassuring than before, in favor some new driving aids.

This is called the change in continuity.

The updated VW Tiguan starts at € 34,210.

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