When you get as thirsty as me, you end up pounding wholesome quantities of water all through the day. And if you happen to spend a great chunk of that day driving, you have to pack alongside each ounce of liquid refreshment with you — I’ve but to assessment a automotive with a faucet in it. My resolution, the 32-ounce Nalgene water bottle. However no matter your model of bottle, a lot of these larger ones ( you, Yeti) will exceed the diameter of any specific automotive’s cupholders.
So what in regards to the 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan? Does it have the bottle storage capability to account for our nigh-unquenchable thirst?
As at all times, we’ll begin with the obvious and handy spot in your beverage: the entrance cupholders.
We just like the positioning. They’re positioned again towards the middle console storage bin, inside simple attain, and the place a tall bottle will not block entry to the controls on the middle stack. However they appear somewhat wimpy, do not they?
Certainly, the entrance cupholders are too small for a full-size Nalgene. However it’s too early to despair. Different Volkswagens have been enough in our go-to backup storage spot, the door pockets. Let’s test.
Volkswagen comes by means of once more with good, massive spots within the doorways which are large enough for simple Nalgene ingress and egress with out the bottle falling over or rattling round. It is also a straightforward attain — nearly nearly as good because the entrance cupholders.
Let’s not overlook in regards to the social gathering individuals within the again. They’re thirsty firm, too, and are going to wish the identical beverage lodging as the oldsters up entrance.
Like many automobiles, the Tiguan has a middle armrest that folds down from the seatback, and is residence to a pair of cupholders.
And like many automobiles, these cupholders mirror the rinkydinkness of no matter’s up entrance. No luck for the Nalgene right here. Perhaps the rear doorways will do.
Fortunately, the rear door pockets, although smaller general than the fronts, are equally good for holding a Nalgene. That is not at all times the case, so it is a reduction.
When you’re the kind of one who prefers your footage to maneuver and speak, you’ll be able to try the 2023 Tiguan’s cupholders within the video beneath.