The new Volkswagen Tiguan will be sold next spring, but we have been able to prove in the snow before anybody else. We like their behavior, but more comfort and practical solutions.

What makes it so successful in Volkswagen Tiguan? Sure you’re thinking of easy access a high driving position and good performance for everyday use. You’re not far wrong. What is clear is that the design It is discarded from the list.

Thus, the New Volkswagen Tiguan 2016 could be even more successful if many fans SUV would not have qualified their appearance from formal, conservative. And what about the new? Now it based on the fold line and the edge updated already introduced the Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Passat, but leading to a robust front. No market researcher would dare to qualify this ‘look’ promising.

The second generation of Volkswagen Tiguan offers more versatility

There is something else that breaks with the expectations in this second generation Tiguan that will help you become a bestseller: once again, developers have increased practicality and have recovered lost. Thus, the support of the rear seating row it can be swiveled by remote control. In addition, the trunk of Volkswagen Tiguan It has a double bottom quite reasonable. The rear seat has a distance of 16 or 18 centimeters, backrest angle, as in the previous version, is adjustable. He trunk It has now 520 liters capacity, 1655 liters if completely abates the rear seats.

These would be the main arguments that would attract new customers. But who has already driven a Volkswagen Tiguan, you will feel at home again. The distribution of controls remains the same, although there have been some redesign on the instrument panel, fortunately. The main functions have also been preserved. ¿Manageability? I got.

Vokswagen Tiguan 2016, with much comfort

What makes Volkswagen Tiguan 2016 Special in-class connectivity is not possible to integrate smartphones and tablets, the inductive load device or online services, since other manufacturers and offer. No, the remarkable thing is its unique commitment to usability and the comfort. his three-zone automatic climate control, comfortable seating, the acceptable consumption, good sound insulation, ease of use and making the space combine Volkswagen Tiguan a companion of not inconsiderable trip. Thanks to a longer wheelbase, rear passengers enjoy a seat knee room three centimeters higher. Obviously, this means an increase in the size of the car. Nevertheless, He has lost over 50 kg with respect to its predecessor.

We insist: the Volkswagen Tiguan 2016 makes your life easier. You can automatically include opening and closing the trunk with a flick of the foot. O folding passenger seat for transporting elongated loads. The loading mouth of the trunk is quite low. It really has little to do with real idea of ​​a SUV, but it is a very sophisticated car. And the change was necessary in this segment can be seen: the SUV They must approach the practicality of MPVs and comfort cars with bodywork family and be more light to achieve lower fuel consumption.

Volkswagen Tiguan 2016: good traction and support

Few people look at the Volkswgen Tiguan 2016 car progresses well in difficult terrain, apart perhaps farmers in mountainous areas. However, Volkswagen explicitly states that version Tiguan with 4MOTION is eleven millimeters higher that version front-wheel drive, It provides a front ‘Offroad’ and attack angle It is 25.6 degrees instead of 18.3 of front-wheel drive. But for the future purchaser of this SUV it will be more interesting than the version with four-wheel drive has a towing capacity of up to 2,500 kg, with an extra cost of 340 euros. However, what really it improved 4×4 version is his grippability in slippery surfaces, with a considerable increase in safety. And for this reason Volkswagen emphasizes this: a button on the central console drives the active control 4-Motion and modifies the operation of the coupling array.

He Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 TDI 4Motion dispose of four driving modes: Onroad, Offroad, Offroad Snow and Individual. In the first test, in northern Swedish Lapland with Tiguan with studless winter tires, the car achieves a very good traction on snow and ice. Above all, the Snow mode significantly improves stability on flat roads.

Like its predecessor, the new Volkswagen Tiguan 4Motion functions as a front-wheel drive in which, when needed and necessary, sends torque to the rear axle. Some sensors They are responsible for deciding how much help is needed at all times and transmit the order to the oil pump, which sends pressure to the disk pack and this increases the traction on the rear wheels. So much so, that the SUV you can drive on ice with ESP turned off without any problems.

A 2.0 TDI Diesel, very suitable for VW Tiguan

For release in late April in Germany (in May in Spain), the Volkswagen Tiguan 2016 It will be offered in two variants: one with 2.0 TSI petrol engine 180 hp and which have led us: Two-liter TDI and 150 CV. The latter is shown as a pleasant companion on slippery roads, deploys its torque evenly and dispenses optional DSG and superbly harmonises the progress of the car.

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