There’s an all-new Volkswagen Tiguan coming to the U.S. subsequent 12 months, a three-row crossover that is fractionally bigger than the three-row presently on sale right here. In an effort to maintain the crossover in consumers’ minds whereas ready for the native reboot, VW’s ready a Tiguan Wolfsburg Version that goes on sale later this 12 months. There are two lures right here, the primary being that consumers who need the present Tiguan are operating out of time to make it occur, the second that the Wolfsburg Version provides particular options to the Tiguan SE it is based mostly on however prices lower than a typical Tiguan SE.
Outdoors, the Wolfsburg comes with black trim across the greenhouse, silver mirror caps, chrome accents on the decrease door and within the bumpers, and “Bumperdillo” protecting strip under the tailgate on the rear bumper that protects the bumper towards harm from objects being loaded into the cargo space. Two-tone badging in black and silver joins illuminated door sills come from the SE R-Line trim above, and the CUV sits on a set of machine-finished 18-inch wheels. Inside, Titan Black leatherette will get lashed up with Snap Orange distinction stitching, a callback to the Habanero Orange exterior shade that made a spicy splash on the second-gen Tiguan, and lit up with 30-color ambient lighting, additionally from the SE R-Line.
Nothing adjustments underneath the hood, each Tiguan powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter making 184 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of torque. The Wolfsburg Version could be specced in one in every of 4 colours, both Atlantic Blue Metallic, Deep Black Pearl, Platinum Gray Metallic, or Pure White. The Kings Pink and Pyrite Silver Metallic colours accessible on the usual SE cannot be ordered on this case.
The automaker does not have photographs of the restricted version but, so the Tiguan above is an everyday SE R-Line. Wolfsburg Version pricing begins at $30,995 for the front-driver plus a $1,425 vacation spot, totaling $32,420 — which is $585 lower than a inventory Tiguan SE and does not rely the $129 choice value for the Bumperdillo. Add $1,500 for 4Motion all-wheel drive.
As for the subsequent Tiguan for the U.S., we’re anticipating a model of the Volkswagen Tayron previously offered solely in China; some markets will get the mannequin branded because the Tayron to switch what’s offered elsewhere because the Tiguan Allspace. The U.S. mannequin is predicted to carry barely completely different design particulars, however in response to info outed by the Chinese language authorities paperwork, the brand new Tayron is 0.3 inch longer than our present Tiguan, 0.8 inch wider, and 0.3 inch decrease, on the identical wheelbase.