Volkswagen Updates SUVW Tiguan; Gets New Features

Volkswagen Passenger Cars India has introduced an updated Tiguan for customers with new features. 

The flagship SUVW by Volkswagen is now available to customers with new and fresh dual-tone Storm Grey interiors, along with features like wireless mobile charging, and Park Assist (Level 1 ADAS system). The new Tiguan is also now RDE norms compliant. 

Volkswagen Tiguan now comes with a rear seat belt reminder, along with safety technologies and assistance systems such as six airbags, anti-lock braking system (ABS), ESC, anti-slip regulation (ASR), EDL, EDTC - Engine Drag Torque Control, hill start assist, hill descent control, active TPMS, 3 head-rests at rear, 3-point seat belts, ISOFIX x2 and driver alert systems. 

Speaking at the introduction of the enhanced Volkswagen Tiguan, Ashish Gupta, Brand Director of Volkswagen Passenger Cars India, said, “The Tiguan commands a strong and robust presence owing to its immaculate German-engineering, build quality, safety and fun-to-drive experience. We are certain the enhanced Tiguan will attract many more Indian customers to the Volkswagen family enabling them to experience & enjoy our flagship model.”

On the exteriors, Volkswagen Tiguan sports a muscular designed bumper with piano black finish inserts, along with a broad radiator grille that envelopes the Volkswagen logo right in the centre. Enhancing its appeal is the intelligent and adaptive IQ. Lights - LED matrix headlights.

Complementing this is the dark LED combination tail lamps at the rear, with the new light signatures that emanate sophistication. The tail-light cluster includes a switch function for the LEDs when braking, the “click-clack” effect. The conspicuous switching between the tail-lights and brake lights warns tailing traffic more effectively.

The comprehensive and feature-rich Tiguan will be offered in five exterior colour options – Nightshade Blue, Oryx White with Pearl effect, Deep Black, Dolphin Grey, and Reflex Silver.

In the interiors of the Tiguan, you will get panoramic sunroof, 25.40cm customisable digital cockpit and 20.32cm touchscreen infotainment system with gesture control. For the ease of customers, the advanced reverse camera gives four different views for convenient parking. Making storing luggage more convenient is the easy open & close boot feature with a space of 615 litres. 

Based on the MQB platform, the Tiguan is powered by TSI technology of Volkswagen. With a 2.0L TSI engine mated to a 7-speed DSG transmission with 4MOTION (all-wheel-drive) technology that produces a peak power output of 190PS (140 kW) ranging from 4200-6000 rpm and a peak torque of 320 Nm right from 1500 rpm and flat up to 4100 rpm. 

The Tiguan now offers a fuel efficiency of 13.54 km/l (ARAI certified), an improvement of 7 per cent.

The updated Tiguan will be available to customers across the Volkswagen India network of 157 sales and 124 service touchpoints across 115 cities in India at a price of Rs. 34.69 lakh (ex-showroom).