Comments on: 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan 147TSI Review

By: spud

spud — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:54:44 +0000

I have recently bought a second hand 125 tiguan with auto box,leather,comfort pack and sat nav with rvc. Very impressed to date. Its quick enough, accelerates briskly and will get you past trucks easily. Fuel economys decent…8.6 on a run..will run equally well on 95 ron. Its a very stylish car and gets lots of admirers (wild cherry mettalic paint.Great to drive and have a bit of fun with. I did test drive honda crv, x-trail, outlander and subaru….tig better than them all. Quality car. Understand you can chip them for a reasonable $1500 and unleash extra power too !

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:18:26 +0000

You must keep in mind that a volkswagen will last a life time but only if you look after it and service it when required, alot of munters seem to think they are “unreliable” but often the case is they have no mechanical sympathy and wouldn’t know where to find a sump plug. I myself have a vw and its ticked well over 200,000 miles without to much trouble. it all comes down to a prefrence thing i guess. I would rather have a tiguan than an subaru but thats just me.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:55:54 +0000

buy a tiguan so fun offroad

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:53:19 +0000

most do have leather seats the sunroof comes in handyon warm days.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:51:38 +0000

is way better

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:51:01 +0000

the tiguan i way better

By: henryhoepker

henryhoepker — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:05:45 +0000

I totally agree with the comments of the others. The advertised consumption by vw is criminal. My consumption on the open road not exceeding 130km/hr is 11.5 l/100km
In town my consumption easily exceeds 13 l/100km

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:24:24 +0000

I have owned lots of cars, the latest one a Golf R32 DSG that I’ve had for nearly 3 years without any problems at all… unlike other cars I have had, namely an Alfa 147 Selespeed.

I have driven the Tiguan 147 (*shudder* that name!) and compared it to other “soft roaders” and it is a great car… only negatives seem to be boot space. It stacks up excellently against similar class cars like Freelander 2 and Q5. Sure, there are cheaper options, like the CRV I also drove, but this is a great middle of the road car with good value for money and great performance. I will likely be getting one for the wife. Yes, this is not a serious off-roader – but I will be happily driving it on the odd camping trip no worries and with 5 star NCAP and car like handling, I won’t be worried when the wife hits the busy city streets!

Agree with Shaun H – I would not pay for the sunroof extra… waste of money. Barely use the one in my current car. Tiguan only has a net to close out sun – perhaps you would need to tint very dark?? Probably fine for Europe, but not OZ.

FrugalOne – On that VW Lemon website… had a quick look, and the majority of issues are with older cars (looked at Golf). “I just got a new Golf… ” second hand, 6 years old etc. “Let the buyer beware”. Before you buy ANY second hand car, get it checked properly. Also, if you are going to be selling one of the most popular cars brands in the world, of course there will be some problems when humans are involved in design, engineering, production, servicing and yes, driving! To say that VW’s are now all unreliable is laughable!!

Case in point – Just check out these buyers of the last Wheels COTY – Honda Accord:
http://www.wheelsmag.com.au/wheels/site/articleIDs/95E4BCB0DB0AEBC5CA257544001C6397

Are all Honda’s unreliable now??

By: Sambucca

Sambucca — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:26:00 +0000

Thanks for the comment on sunroof.
Shaun and Adi.
Those are my main concerns.

By: Adi

Adi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:53:13 +0000

Hi I own a TDI Tiguan 2009 with a panoramic sunroof.Rattles on the left hand side in the tilted position.Rattle is worse with higher ambient temp.Dealer says nothing can be done.Surely VW have data base of similar issues should be easy to solve??
Adi