HD Matrix headlights are set to feature on the next Tiguan.
While local line-up and specifications aren’t confirmed yet, four drivetrain types will be available.
A new platform and more tech – including drivetrains – are the headline reveals from Volkswagen for the next-gen Tiguan ahead of its global reveal within the next few months.
The 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan will ride on the brand’s new ‘MQB evo’ platform, an aptly named evolution of the platform that has underpinned most Volkswagen products for some time, and will as such comes with a host of new features over its predecessor.
Globally, Tiguan is Volkswagen’s best-selling model, and while it’s had its lunch cut by smaller models like the T-Cross and T-Roc recently, Volkswagen hopes more electrification and better tech will bring Tiguan back to the top.
While local line-up and specifications aren’t confirmed yet, four drivetrain types will be available globally for the next Tiguan: a turbo-diesel TDI, turbo petrol engine as TSI, a mild-hybrid petrol eTSI, and plug-in hybrid models called eHybrid. The latter, though not previously available in Australia, has a longer driving range than before, at 100km.
What is known is that when the Tiguan arrives here in late 2024, it’ll benefit from a host of interior upgrades, including a new multimedia system operated through a 15-inch touchscreen, and a new rotary control with its own small screen where the gear shift was.
Now, the Tiguan’s DSG will be controlled via a steering column stalk like the brand’s ID electric cars. HD Matrix headlights are also set to feature on the next Tiguan, having been also developed for the Touareg.
Other changes confirmed includes its boot luggage space, increasing by 33 litres, to 648 litres, thanks to its slightly longer body, while ‘ergoActive’ front seats will be optionally available to provide ‘four-way lumbar support’ and a 10-chamber massage function.
Further to the information revealed by Volkswagen regarding the third-gen Tiguan, UK publication Autocar has reported the larger Tiguan Allspace as we know it will be replaced by the previously China-only VW Tayron.
Karlheinz Hell, head of ‘Series Group Compact’ or the brand’s mid-to-full size passenger cars, told the outlet it plans on making the Tayron a global product.
HD Matrix headlights are set to feature on the next Tiguan.
While local line-up and specifications aren’t confirmed yet, four drivetrain types will be available.
“We will extend our existing SUV line-up on a global basis with the second-generation Tayron, which is already under development and will go on sale by the middle of the decade,” he said.
“The increase in dimensions for the next Tiguan will also be reflected on the next Tayron. We want to keep a similar differentiation in size between the two.”
It’s unclear if the Tayron will wear that name in Australia, or if VW’s local arm will opt to call it the Tiguan Allspace.
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