ROAD TEST
Tiguan aiming to be top of the heap
Volkswagen’s Tiguan has the potential to become the segment leader, writes Mark Smyth
We have followed the journey of the new Volkswagen Tiguan extensively this year around the world. We first drove the GTE Active plug-in hybrid concept back in February. Later that month we put the regular models through their paces in the snow and were seriously impressed. Then it came to SA in September and we said that we would be astonished if VW does not treble its sales figures for the second generation. The old Tiguan was good, but it was a little dumpy in the looks department and was compromised slightly on interior space. Not so with the new one. In R-Line specification particularly, it looks really good and it has to, because it has to out-fashion models such as the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Toyota Rav4 before you even start looking below the skin. It does that really well, so already it’s a winner when it comes to design. Space too is vastly improved thanks to it being substantially bigger and better packaged. Using the MQB platform which also underlines the Golf an...
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