Reviews of Volkswagen Tiguan in the West

• Source: Global Times
• [15:28 August 06 2010]
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Exterior

Edmunds.com

2010 Volkswagen Tiguan Vehicle Overview
The Tiguan's appeal starts with its exterior, which draws inspiration from both the bigger Touareg SUV and the compact Golf hatchback. Its curvaceous lines are subdued, but the Tiguan won't be confused for anything else.

VW,com

The welding technique that is used on the Tiguan. It's seamless and helps create a more rigid body. Which equals less flex. Which equals a safer ride with better handling. Plus. Plus. The available panoramic power-sliding sunroof lets in four times the sunlight of an average sunroof. Atmosphere squared.

Topspeed.com

2008 Volkswagen Tiguan
The radiator grille was further developed and its design was significantly reduced compared to before. The headlights are distinctive; they form an integral unit with the grille and bumper.

The engine hood is cut into the contour of the headlamps and lends a very concentrated look to the car's face. Shaped to be broad and powerful is the bumper beneath the headlamps, and on the sides the foglamps complete the image in their own frames.

The actual character of the front end, however, is generated by the interplay of all design characteristics. Tiguan exhibits a clarity of form and proportion that make the approx.4.43 meter long SUV stand out distinctively from the crowd in the big city jungle.

Viewed from the side, except for the small VW symbol in the wheel rims, there is no logo that "gives away" the Tiguan as a Volkswagen. And yet, there is no doubt that it can be made out as a Volkswagen at first glance.

Clarity and power form very unique wheel arches, a window line that rises from front to back, the door and fender surfaces designed with strong modulation, as well as new, unmistakable C pillars.

Each detail follows a logic of form and unifies the whole. Typical of Volkswagen is the design of the rear end. But here too it is both typical and yet entirely different. Typical, because the basic layout of the taillights follow the pattern of the Eos and the Passat Variant and are part of the powerful shoulder section.

It is different, because the overall design takes new paths, the steep tailgate extends far into the bumper and is part of a design and the classic, pure SUV elements are combined with contemporary, urban forms.

Carpricesecrets.com

2010 Volkswagen Tiguan Overview
Wearing a shrunken version of the Volkswagen SUV family countenance, the Tiguan looks both cute and capable. It rides on 16-inch alloy wheels wrapped in all-season tires, and 17- or 18-inch wheels are optional.

Theautochannel.com

2009 Volkswagen Tiguan Review
As we arrived a couple of examples of the Tiguan were on display in the courtyard of the headquarters resort, one in white and one a dark red. Tiguan is visually akin to the BMW X3, in my subjective view, particularly from the rear. The front is an unmistakable iteration of VW's fresh styling language which to me suggests a youngster with a goatee. Styling is clean, graceful, modern and attractive.