2009 Volkswagen Tiguan
December 10, 2008 by Alborz Fallah
Volkswagen Australia has completed the Tiguan range by launching two petrol variants to complement the existing Tiguan TDI which has been available since May.
The new range puts the Tiguan at a remarkably low starting price of just $33,990, making Volkswagen a serious contender in the Compact SUV segment in Australia.
To give you a brief overview, both the petrol and diesel variants come with either six-speed manual and automatic transmissions, plus standard equipment across the range includes VWs 4MOTION all-wheel-drive system.
Safety is taken care of by six airbags and Electronic Stabilisation Program (ESP) as standard, this results in a EuroNCAP five-star safety rating.
Other standard features include alloy wheels, roof rails, cruise control and multi-function steering wheel. Options range from Park Assist technology, an electrically operated panoramic glass sunroof and Volkswagen’s new RNS510 satellite navigation system with Rear View Camera (RVCPlus).
The new variants now mean three engine specifications are available, two petrol with TSI technology (125kW and 147kW) and one TDI (103kW).
Expect a review of the petrol Tiguan in the near future as CarAdvice currently has a 147kW Tiguan on road test, in the mean time make sure you read our reviews of the TDI:
- 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan First Steer
- 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan 103TDI Review
- 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan Automatic Review
- 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan TDI offroad review
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Saw one mext to a Golf, it looks like a Golf on stilts!
For mine, now just $37,500 a Mazda CX7 everytime
Cheers
F-0
PS C/A will be testing a CX7 very soon! :-)
For me, a Territory at current drive away price of $33,000 is the choice
The model seems beautiful and terrific…It really has the given features….
Nice post…
How is a Territory 2wd even remotely comparable to the Tiguan AWD ??
Good luck re-selling the Territory – a friend is trying to sell his 2yo AWD Turbo with 26000k for $35,000 and can’t even get a nibble.
Reckless1, tell him he’s dreaming….25k and I’ll take it off his hands :)
Get over it. Buy any medium to high end new car and u loose a motza in depreciation. Especially LARGE 4wd Reckless!
Driveaway price on the Territory at present is a bargain.
Want to minimize depreciation buy a new Lancer for 20990 driveaway.Use it for five years and still get 10k as a trade.
More u spend the more u loose on a new car.Simple.
Tiguan a lot more appealing than CRV and entrail(ugly box on wheels)hate the middle speedo too.LOL.
Better looking than ugly Forester.Isn’t the Forester interior el cheapo looking? Looks like generic Toyota interior shiny grey plastic.
This thing should outsell all the ugly soft roaders out there.
Hey Joe (hums a well known tune :) ) the problem is, if you buy one for $25k you’d still finish up with a Territory Turbo ……
He told me when he got it how wonderfully economical these things are, him being a total Ford tragic who didn’t believe real world information, and I laughed at him.
I don’t think it’s ever been completely filled with fuel since it was new, because he bleeds every time he has to put fuel into it.
But I concur – the Tiguan may not be perfect but it’s streets ahead of the CRV, Xtrail, and the other also-rans in this class.
umm..”realcars” the x-trail no longer has a speedo in the middle of the dash. The tiguan (tsi or tdi) really isn’t in the same class as a forester, cr-v or x-trail. With the Tiguan, once you add $750 for metallic paint, a few basic options and the extortionate VW dealer delivery you are looking at 40K – not to mention the 6 month wait. I’d take the so-called ugly forester any day.
Nah the Tiguan vile. Save your pennies for the Audi Q5, sooooo nice to look at & sit in.
It already looks dated-seems like a hurried job to get it into the market place.
VW are not really known for their SUVs unless you want to include the VW Kombi-talk about an eyesore on the road :)