The calendar pointed to September 2023 when Volkswagen went ahead at the unveiling of the third generation of the popular Tiguan. The highly successful model – with more than 7.6 million sales since its debut in 2007 – completely revamped, incorporating new technologynew design but also plug-in hybrid powertrains which allow a purely electric range of approx 100 km.
The new Tiguan, alongside the new design language which has incorporated, has increased in length by about three centimeters compared to the outgoing model, while the height, width and wheelbase remained practically the same. At the same time its capacity luggage compartment has increased by 37 lt in 652 lt (when loaded up to the height of the back of the rear seats).
The front part has dynamic appearancewith new, flat headlights LED IQ.LIGHT HD matrix and a horizontal strip behind a glass surface, which refers to ID.4, as well as the closed upper part of the mask. The design of the front section “highlights” the improvement of the drag coefficient from 0.33 to 0.28.
As for the powertrainsin Greece are available the eTSI mild hybrid versions with its gasoline engine 1.5 L which yields 130 or 150 PS, the diesel version with the two-liter TDI which yields 150 PS and plug-in hybrid systems (eHybrid) where we find the only four-wheel drive version of the series. All are combined with automatic 7-speed DSG dual-clutch gearbox.
The new equipment VW Tiguan is quite rich in all four versions available (Tiguan, Life More, R-Line) where, among other things, in the standard package we find 9 airbagsLED headlights, 17-inch Bari alloy wheelsroof rails in black, Driving Experience Controltraffic sign recognition, Digital Cockpit Pro 10 inch12.9-inch Infotainment System, reversing camera, Park Distance Control, etc.
The first VW Tiguan they are already in Greece and a little while ago the Car and Driver He made test drive on its mountain routes Arcadia. Stay tuned to caranddriver.gr to read our impressions of the new addition to the VW range.
Finally, the importing company presented the full price list and equipment versions for the Greek market:
PUBLICATIONSPRICESeTSI 1.5 130 PS DSG MH TIGUAN €34,300 eTSI 1.5 130 PS DSG MH LIFE €36,900 eTSI 1.5 150 PS DSG MH LIFE €37,900 2.0 TDI 150 PS DSG LIFE €42,900 eTSI 1.5 130 PS DSG MH MORE €37,300 eTSI 1.5 150 PS DSG MH MORE38,300 euros2.0 TDI 150 PS DSG MORE43,350 euros eTSI 1.5 150 PS DSG MH R-LINE42,500 euros1.5 eHybrid 204 PS DSG R-LINE51,100 euros2.0 TDI 193 PS 4MOTION R-LINE52,800 euro1.5 eHybrid 272 PS DSG R-LINE EUR53,900