Nine modifications of Tiguan are available for our market. - From the most modest front-wheel drive with a 125-strong engine and mechanics to a relatively powerful 220-strong with a full drive system 4Motion. . We chose the golden middle - 180 hp, four-wheel drive and DSG robot.
New generation of crossover, as we have already told earlier, watershed to the omnipresent MQB modular platform. Almost all models of the concern are built on it - from the national polo to the trade wind. Corporate with Tiguana and the design of the exterior, when developing which they used exclusively with a circulation and ruler. And Tiguan is only good - the car matured. But isn't it too long front skell? Measures confirmed our concerns - an angle of entry of only 19.5º. Little! However, if you intend to regularly move from the asphalt, you can order an optional offrooud package. He implies front bumper Other shapes - with such an angle of entry more. Road clearance was surprisingly modest: only 175 mm under the mandatory protection of the engine.
However, behind the wheel of Tiguana you will immediately forget about everything, including what has just come for. The salon is flawless from an ergonomic point of view. So I see how the designers thousands and thousands of times reshered the interior until the location of all elements has reached mathematically verified harmony. There is a persistent feeling that all this was created specifically for me. It was me that ergonomists tried to please. Will not be surprised if any driver of the Tiguana will be recognized. It is cozy and everything is intuitive. The case when the manual remains lying in a bluff box as unnecessary.
The feeling of an "old friend" strengthen familiar all thilixwage elements: a comfortable steering wheel, a display with drawn devices. Tiguan conquers exacerbate attention of his creators to the trifles and a long list of options: there you have three-zone climate control, and comfortable tables for the rear passengers, and a socket at 230 V. Yes, for all the pleasures you have to pay. But there will be no competitors in principle.
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Perfect car? Not really. For the force of Tiguana, some drawbacks are hidden. Assembly acceleration and sharp reactions to the driver's control actions are perceived as granted. And it stands at least to show weakness in something, as it does not just cut the eye, but literally blind.
It's not about harsh on trifles, characteristic of the German stamps, especially with Ughabs of medium and large caliber Tiguan copes confidently. But the nervousness in the behavior of the crossover on the longitudinal kolas and the sensitivity to the side wind was grieved. Perhaps on another car I would not pay attention to it. But the MQB platform is located in a completely different coordinate system. Volkswagen is perfectly on the arc, pleased and settings for the electric power steering.
A similar story and with noise insulation. Wheel Arches I. motor compartment perfectly protected. And on this background, a light breeze appearing in the frontal glass area after 100 km / h, perceived as a hurricane. By the way, Tiguan's good noise insulation is required by the requirements of Russian adaptation, because this is due to their doors received additional seals.
But to the engine's duet and there are no complaints box. "Washed" on a wide range of speed turnover of the moment provides even, but very confident overclocking. And the preselender DSG, some kind of sixth feeling predicting my desires, in time chooses the necessary transfer. Effective brakes With an informative drive, the car is not less confident. That's just a pedal is highly relative to the accelerator. But this is perhaps the only remark.
I almost forgot about the nameplate 4Motion. on fifth doors. The transmission of our Tiguana does not differ in principle from the scheme of full drive of direct competitors. The only nuance: for connecting the rear wheels is responsiblecoupling Haldex Fifth Generation. And this, as our experience shows, a trump inspection, because it is difficult to overlay. By the way, there is a new Tiguana and the ability to choose movement modes. In the off-road electronics allows significant slip of the wheels.
Indeed, on the risky primer Volkswagen feels very confident. The coupling operating with the preload provides an instantaneous connection of the rear wheels while the front did not have to get rid. Off-road potential is limited only by the capabilities. road tires And not the most outstanding geometric patency, which we have already urged. And Tiguana has modest suspension moves - diagonal hanging occurs earlier than I would like.
What about our corporate rollers, with which we imitate a slippery coating under one or more leading wheels? In this way, you can check the operation of the electronics, controlling the torque distribution. When the front wheels were trapped, Tiguan overcame the rollers playing, almost not allowing to scroll through the front wheels. And with the diagonal location of the rollers, he coped, but not immediately. In the autores of Volkswagen, the wheels "lost the clutch" for a long time, but he could not redistribute the torque for two other wheels. But it was worth moving into the "snow" mode, as Tiguan quickly jumped with diagonally placed platforms. But when only one remained on earth rear wheel, Kaluga Parketnik still surrendered. Nevertheless, on the background of classmates, the result is more than worthy. There is another plus: no matter how long the car is noted, there were no signs of overheating of the transmission.
I will not deny - I like the new Tiguan. But how much will the car cost, the question is still open. The company intends to form competitive prices, but the second generation machine will not be cheaper than the predecessor, which today costs from 1.2 million rubles. And it is unlikely that the new Tiguan will be cheaper than its main competitors: Mazda CX-5 and KIA Sportage. It was with them that we compared Volkswagen Tiguan. In the December issue of the journal "driving".
In 2017, two new items come to the Russian market concern Vag. - I survived the first shift generations Tiguan Title brand and absolutely new Skoda Kodiaq. Cars are built on the same MQB modular platform, which gives all the reasons to assume that they should be similar as twin brothers. Is it so? Let's try to figure out and compare the codiac and the new Tiguan in all respects.
Volkswagen Tiguan (new) and Skoda Codiac
Exterior and dimensions Skoda Kodiaq and Volkswagen Tiguan
It would seem that car competitors of one concern, built on one platform, should differ from each other except the brand logo. But in the case of Volkswagen Tiguan and Skoda Kodiak, this statement turns out to be completely incorrect. Cars although similar in their dimensions (except for length - it has 21 cm in Kodiaq), layout and used equipment, but have each character.
New Tiguan is the true brand of "folk" brand. It is restrained and calm, massive and brutalen. Rectangular grille, almost rectangular headlamps, straight body lines - solid classic. The codiac will like the fans of more modern and interesting, but at the same time not at all extreme design - a little less than straight lines and a little more dynamicity, and "Czech" looks where the fresh German fellow. Maybe it's about the age of chef-designers of brands? Josef Kabana is just 40, and Walter da Silva, who at the end of last year left the post of chief designer VW, at that time it was deep in 60. Yes, and Mikhael Mauer who changed it for 10 years older than Skoda's Slovak designer.
More options - 14 (10 in the metallic version) against 9 at Tiguan.
The height and width of the coding and Tiguan are almost identical to each other. "German" wins from his competitor on very an important parameter - Size road Suit. At all-wheel drive version 4motion it exceeds 200 mm! An outstanding indicator for the "PARTNER". Skoda has only 188 mm clearance.
But Kodiaq leaves his opponent far behind the size of the trunk. No matter how much Volkswagen did not try to push the Czech machines into the second plan in comparison with the analogues of the title mark, while Skoda is not inferior to anyone. The minimum volume of the trunk at the codiac is 105 liters more than that of Tiguan, and the maximum (with folded second-row seats) - and at all on 410! Of course, the 5-seater version of Czech.
2 crossover on one photo
Comparison of Skoda Kodiaq and Volkswagen Tiguan
Skoda Kodiaq dimensions
Dimensions Volkswagen Tiguan.
Interior Skoda Codiac and Volkswagen Tiguan
The richer and variable interior of Volkswagen, of course, provides for the crossover its title brand. Take at least finishing options - the codiac is only two with a classic set of colors - black, brown and beige. And buyers of Tiguan can choose from several options - here and fabric, leather, and suede (artificial). And there are more colors, including bright orange.
In both cars, various "smart solutions" are provided. Here you and the folding tables on the backs of the chairs, and different hooks-boxes, and dividing lattices, and the grids for the trunk ... Skoda, as usual, there are many branded "chips" like umbrellas in the doors or LED flashlight performing the role of the backlight of the trunk.
As for electronics and various comfort systems, then both crossovers have everything necessary - from climate control to interactive information and entertainment complexes of the App Connect and with the ability to connect smartphones. Moreover, many systems are already in the basic versions of the car - apparently, in Vag decided that you need to teach car enthusiasts from the purchase of "empty" machines.
But it should not think that Kodiaq or loses Tiguan in terms of internal equipment, or it turns out to be the same as its German competitor. In fact, "Cech" has one important advantage - an optional third row of seats. As if someone did not relate to him, but the fact remains a fact - for Russia, the 7-seater version of the Tiguan, at least at the moment, is not provided for, and this is a serious plus in favor of the codiac.
Comparison of Codiac Salons and Tiguan
Technical Equipment Skoda Kodiaq and Volkswagen Tiguan
Volkswagen Tiguan Motors Line Wider. Most of the power plants in the same car, but the "German" has a 2-liter petrol aggregate With a capacity of 220 "horses" and several diesel engines that are not installed on the Czech crossover: 2-liter power 115, 150 and 240 horse power. In Russia, the new Tiguan is sold with gasoline engines 1.4 TSI 125 and 150 horsepower and 2.0 TSI 180 and 220 horsepower, as well as with diesel 2.0 TDI with a capacity of 150 horsepower.
As for the gearboxes, here Volkswagen did not greeding and provided the codiac the same gearbox as the car of the title brand: the 6-speed "mechanics" and DSG in two versions - 6- and "wet" 7-speed. And no matter how big the fears of Russian motorists in front of the Volkswagenovsky "robot", he works, according to experts, is quite good. Here, for example, as Mikhail Kononchuk, Mikhail Kononchuk, with Motor.Ru, who tested a new Tiguan in Berlin in May 2016:
"DSG as if replaced - it is no longer tupit in normal mode and does not twitch in sports! Especially smoothly and logically, the box works in combination with Diesel - there is no questions at all. Relations with a gasoline engine are slightly less cloudless, but against the background of what was before, it is idyll and pastoral. "
Comparison of engines and transmissions Skoda Kodiak and Volkswagen Tiguan
* In the Russian market are not presented.
Codiac and Tiguan on ice - who?
Challenges and fuel consumption Skoda Codiac and Volkswagen Tiguan
Availability more powerful engines in motor gamme Makes Tiguan leader in terms of high-speed qualities. The crossover with a 220-strong gasoline engine is able to accelerate up to 220 kilometers per hour, and with a 240-strong diesel engine - up to 228 kilometers per hour. At Kodiak Same maximum speed - 210 kilometers per hour.
On acceleration up to 100 kilometers per hour powerful versions New Tiguan for a second with a little faster than kodiaq.
As for fuel consumption, it is commensurate in cars.
Comparison of speakers and fuel consumption Skoda Kodiaq and Volkswagen Tiguan *
* Data for 5-seater versions.
Skoda Kodiaq and Volkswagen Tiguan prices
The new Tiguan with gasoline engines for January 2017 is in Russia from 1,459,000 to 2,139,000 rubles, with diesel - from 1,859,000 to 2,019,000 rubles (production in Kaluga). Skoda in the first year of sales set, offering its customers Czech build cars in premium combits Ambition. Plus and Style Plus and only with full drive and robotic gearbox DSG-7 with "wet clutches". The company has already announced that in 2018 the localized assembly of KodiaQ in Russia will be established and the line of engines and completeations is expanded. Accurately add MCPP and front-wheel drive. All this will reduce the base price of the Russian assembly cars in approximately 1,500,000 rubles in 2018.
VW Tiguan 2017 or Skoda Kodiaq? What I chose (video)
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Those who choose, buy a skoda codiac or Volkswagen Tiguan, you need to understand first when they want to buy a car. And the "German", and "Cech" can be bought now. The only difference is that the production of Tiguana in Kaluga started at the end of November 2016 and the model is initially localized, and Kodiaq in 2017 "goes" to our country from the factory in the Czech Republic, where they collect "bears" for all European countries, and first Sold in Russia in a more expensive Czech version with a limited line of good complete sets. Therefore, now the price of VW Tiguan looks more attractive, in 2018 prices are crowded. As for the characteristics of cars, they are quite comparable, except for the presence of more powerful motors at Volkswagen (2-liter TSI in 220 "horses" for Russia).
A man in the winter hat with a visor, seeing the car, hatched his thick mustes. He did not even immediately notice the green light signal, which was finally allowed to move the road. Without hiding curiosity, the pedestrian crossed the roadway, without reversing the view from the crossover. In the eyes of a man, on the view of which - about 50 years old, it was written "Want!". Belarusians love Volkswagen. Sincere love, which seems to be inherited. Belarus is one of five countries in the world where the word "Volkswagen" is driven in search engines more often than other names car brands. Such close attention to the German brand originates in the 1990s, when Volkswagen fell in love with our fathers for reliability, unpretentiousness and low cost. Real folk car! But now everything has changed. Hardly a mustache man who became interested in new "Tiguan" suspects that a roof with a panoramic view This car has something about as Golf II, the driver's seat has a bunch of electrically regulators with memory, and instead of the dashboard here - a huge display with a picture better than your telly at home. Onliner.by spent a day in a pair with a new crossover to find out how the Tiguan has changed much when changing generation.
In general, this car has long been sold in Europe - the official premiere of Tiguan II passed in the fall of 2015. But the model is not supplied to us from Germany, but from Kaluga - hence and delay. In addition, the first "Tiguan" after metamorphosis with the Russian ruble became very attractive at the price and was sold relatively well. There was even a question to leave the old generation on the conveyor and parallel to release a new one. However, then all have shifted, and today you can buy Tiguan from the Belarusian dealer only in the last "booth" - the first generation is completely sold out.
Prices new SUV. Various from 47 to 65 thousand rubles (24,700-34,150,50 dollars). This is if not counting additional options. By the way, the price list does not have a R-Line package (in the photo below), which is currently officially unavailable for the TC market. It would hardly have been in demand, but keep in mind that on all advertising booklets the car is exactly different from other "er-pack".
But without sports "skirts" and gigantic wheels, the new "Tiguan" looks solid. The predecessor, whose design was created at the time of the fifth "golf", survived several fundamental changes in the corporate style of the brand. Dorestayling Tiguan I with Rhodster-style optics Concept-R (2003!) Many criticized for excess "zalisacy" and even femininity. The plastic surgery of 2011 was slightly corrected the state of affairs, but still a brutal bearded man with a face of McGregor's convict looked ridiculous in Tiguan. The second generation of the crossover as if three years was sitting on anabolics. Tiguan I was called the "soldier Golf". Tiguan II can be called "Sovedly Passat".
Fully diode optics in front - the domain of the most expensive versions
Rear lights have a cool three-dimensional pattern. At night do not confuse any other model
Optional disks nizza "18. Design for an amateur
Over the logo hides radar of active cruise control
Mirrors fold after closing C / s. And they can automatically adapt to the driver (the memory is synchronized with armchairs)
A smooth horizontal "edge" passes through the entire body. It adds a solidity machine
C B8 NEW RELIATING NOT ONLY MQB trolley (it is also "golf") with cross-location of the engine, but also the overall style of exterior and interior. The head optics combined with the radiator grill, the abundance of horizontal lines, a solid and rapid silhouette of the body, the "rejected" salon with a bunch of options and a virtual dashboard - similarities with the "Passat" more than parallels with restyling Golf VII.
A test dealer issued a top version of Highline with a pair-troop additional options. Motor - 2-liter TSI 180 liters. from. (It happens at 220 l. p.), conjugate with a 7-speed "robot" DSG (this is a DQ500 box with "wet" clutches - the most trouble-free DSG). Among the "extra" - 18-inch discs, expensive leather chairs, a panoramic roof, invincible access to the salon and MN. Dr. It is worth the car that you see in the photo, 37 thousand dollars at the rate. As "odnushka" without repair.
In the salon - the kingdom of Dracula. Almost all finishing materials are black. The front armchairs chain holds saddles, and the driver is still equipped with electrically regulators, including customizable lumbar support. The front panel architecture is logical in Volkswagenovsky. Below - the climate control unit, access to which does not overlap the KP lever. The floor above is a top multimedia system with a 8-inch display. Drive your finger - prompt tips in the bottom menu. Beauty! Near the selector KP is a ride mode switching washer. Despite the fact that this is the top version, on the tunnel - three soulless plugs, hinting, which could be left at a dealer a couple of thousand "y. e. ". For surcharge, these places will take the control keys to the "auto parker". The useless thing in the universe.
The second row has become spacious (there is an increase in 77 mm base). In the center is a comfortable armrest. From the backs of the front armchairs you can "hang out" tables with retractable cup holders. Already in basic configuration For the rear passengers there is a separate climatic zone (and two in front). Rear sofa can be moved forward-back. Also changes the angle of inclination of the back, which allows you to increase the volume of the trunk.
The volume of the trunk is 615 liters (if the second row chairs are moving forward as far forward)
Folding the rear row, we get a volume of 1655 liters
In order to fold the sofa, you just need to pull the lever
The fifth door is equipped with an electric lifting angle limiter.
Pressing a pleasant key I'll buy a motor, and in the cabin comes to life the most noticeable option of the new Tiguan - Virtual dashboard. Photographer, do not rush to fasten, we will deal with this miracle! I did not have to get the instruction. First, I remember how to configure this 12.3-inch tablet, still with passat test B8. Secondly, Kaluga Tiguan has no half of those frills that they were on the "Passat", therefore the functional of the virtual "cockpit" is strongly limited. Wow effect causes only the navigation mode when the speedometer and tachometer decrease and travel around to the sides, yielding the map. Belarus roads in regular navigation maps are still "classified", therefore a little sense from this display. Is that in the "off-road" mode you can observe the angle of rotation of the front wheels.
Tiguan II noise insulation is not easy to improve compared to the old model, and has become five classes above. Neither the sounds from under the hood, nor the "song" of the wheeled arches do not. The engine, of course, is heard with active acceleration, but not so much to deliver discomfort. "Voice" of the motor, by the way, so-so. Passport acceleration to one hundred - 7.7 seconds. Even too fast for family Crossovers. The previous "Tiguan" with the same engine accelerated to 100 km / h for 2 seconds longer. That's what a "robot" means instead of a classical ACP! DSG impeccably changes the transfer, and if not to look at the tachometer, then the moment of changing the steps is immeasured.
Although Tiguan and position as a city crossover, all all-wheel drive versions of the model get "into the load" 4motion Active Control system, reminiscent of Terrain Response from Land Rover.. Even switches the same - the washer on the tunnel. The four-wheel drive is connected using the Haldex of the Fifth Generation Multidiscile Coupling, which is still faster than Newton meters along the axes.
At the disposal of the driver - four modes: "snow", "road", "off-road" and individual. You can still ring the settings of the chassis (clicking on the washer). Noticeable difference in 4Motion Active Control profiles. "Snow" mode is slightly dull gas, Offroad causes the "robot" longer to keep the transmission. All is configured individually. But the character of the suspension can be changed between "tough" and "very tough". Fans of a smooth impoverished ride new Tiguan. hardly like it. Even in the "comfortable" mode, fifth point you feel small butts of asphalt and other irregularities. And if you move the running in "Sport", you will notice even hitting a 10-penny coin. Despite the Kaluga residence, this is still European Volkswagen with the character configured to ride on autobahn.
Many Russian colleagues reported new "Tiguan" for excessive "artificiality" of the steering. This trend seems to be irreversible, and new cars are becoming more from a straight ligament "Driver - Front Axle." An electric motor that helps rotate the beam can be reconfigured (along with the chassis), and the steering wheel will become more elastic. You can even change the amount of its revolutions. In any case, driving the machine easily: to an effort on the steering wheel you get used to in 10 minutes and putting rolling at the speed of Tiguan in a protracted turn can be from the first time without any inflores and unnecessary televitations. There are no problems with the rapid passage of the snake or the detour of an unexpected obstacle. But there is also no emotions and the feeling that you yourself control the angle of rotation of the front wheels.
In general, Tiguan has become an adult, solid and a bit more expensive. This is the right urban crossover, stitched with electronics and more resembling the device on wheels. If you look into the list of equipment available for this machine, we will find a bunch of displays, assistants, assistants, radars, cameras ... Looks like all new cars will not show not on car dealerships, but at electronics exhibitions. But do you get much emotions from your smartphone? And the cars were once given the joy of driving. And this joy was not from a high-contrast picture on the tidy or a 3-zone climate, but from the sensation of the car. But Volkswagen does exactly what customers want, "produces modern high-tech models, which can be much more than those who knew the first space ships.
Together with the change of generation "Tiguan" changed the target buyer. Already 30 Belarusians left pre-orders for the car. According to representatives of dealers, these are middle-aged men. Although before Tiguan bought either women or older men. In Volkswagen, the crossover is controlled by a brutal 35-year-old man with a disheveled beard and in the Kedakh Converse. Funny hipster. Looks like this image and indicates a typical buyer of new items. The main thing is that this hipster is postponed by thousands of $ 30. The basic version ($ 24.7 thousand) although equipped under the urban, but it does not have the most serious 1.4 TSI, "mechanics" and front-wheel drive. There is an even excellent diesel version - 2.0 TDI (150 l. P.). By the way, it is with such a motor of Belarusians most often ordered a new "Tiguan".
The importer hopes to take C Tiguan leading place in the segment (competitors - Toyota Rav4, Nissan X-Trail, Mazda CX-5, Ford Kuga.). We wish good luck. Although this year in the class SUV is planned serious "moving": not so long ago I arrived in Minsk new Ford. Kuga, soon debuts the second generation of the popular Mazda CX-5 PARKEnit, the Skoda dealer has already released a place for Kodiaq in the showroom. And the second generation of Audi Q5 will arrive, with which the top tiguan prices will clearly intersect. In general, in the segment of crossovers in 2017 will be hot!
In Russia appeared Volkswagen Tiguan. second generation. IN dealer centers The influx of those who want to take a new Tiguan on the test drive and on their own experience to understand than good novelty and the second generation differs from the first. We managed to ride on New Tiguan for several days and try the car in urban and field conditions.
So, some notes and impressions of the new Volkswagen Tiguan 2017..
A little story and about design.
First generation Volkswagen. Tiguan was launched in production in November 2007, and in the summer of 2011, a restyling model was produced. Tiguan is produced at the factories in Wolfsburg Germany and Kaluga Russia.
The world premiere of the updated version of Bestseller Volkswagen Tiguan took place in Frankfurt in the fall of 2016. For russian market New Tiguan is made from November 21, 2016 at the Volkswagen Group Rus plant in Kaluga.
In 2016, the new Volkswagen Tiguan received the German Design Award award for the best car design. Over external appearance Successfully worked a team of designers under the leadership of Claus Bishoff. The design center Volkswagen Claus has been managed since 2006.
Compared to the predecessor, the new Tiguan became visually longer, significantly wider and slightly lower. Routed rounded shapes, they came to replace clear lines along the top of the front doors. It is these design elements that lengthen the body. This line also separates the upper part of the body with the glazing of the doors from the lower, giving ease and dynamism.
The second generation Volkswagen Tiguan looks modern. In stock - "Sunny Procheries" headlights.
Additional decorative ribs also appeared on the hood, now there are four of the hood and the entire front of the car a large "seriousness".
One of the main elements of the design of any car is definitely headlights. Modern LED headlighted optics leave only a sense of admiration, both from the design side and from the equipment.
Rear also appeared a new design line, emphasizing the increased width of the car. New LED lights in the form of the letter " F.» it is quite remembered and should be well recognized in the stream.
The new Tiguan is noticeably above and square.
In general, I agree that the new Tiguan premium was not in vain.
The new MQB platform and enhanced dimensions.
Volkswagen Tiguan is assembled on a modular platform MQB concern VAG.
For reference, this platform has been demonstrated in 2012. It was based on Audi A3, VW Golf, Skoda Octavia. and etc. Now there is also a near relative of Tiguana - Skoda Kodiaq.
Give the geometric dimensions of Tiguana on the MQB platform and the change in comparison with the predecessor:
Trunk.increased by 145 liters and became more convenient.
The trunk increased by 145 liters. and is 615 liters (when loading to rear seats). The main increase occurred at the expense of side niches - there were very comfortable niches on the Bokes of the trunk, where the 5l bottle with a liquid for the washer or other items, which now do not "fly" on the luggage compartment, appear.
I note that the little trunk was one of the main flaws of Tiguana in comparison with competitors. Currently, among classmates, only Kodiaq has a larger trunk.
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It is also important to note that the placement of the tool storage has changed in the trunk - so in the old Tiguan set of tools was in the side niche luggage compartment And the process of cleaner on his place after use required a lot of time and big nervous efforts. Now the tools are in the polyurethane foam insert under the lid of the luggage compartment.
The rear door of the luggage compartment of the new Tiguana rises significantly higher than in the previous model, and there is no longer danger to knock on her head. Optionally, an "without hand" lid control system is also proposed - the sensor is built into the bottom, which fixes the movement with the foot under the trunk and the luggage compartment door rises.
LCD instrument panel with different information display options
Dashboard - liquid crystal. It displays all information about the state of the car and the driver assistance systems. Information blocks are configured by the driver's wish.
Available information blocks: off-road, ecology, consumption, speed and transmission. For example, in off-road mode, an angle of rotation of the front wheels is shown. Very convenient feature. Even an experienced driver does not always understand, in what position wheels are located.
On the dashboard screen, there is a "Body Roll level" level, but I have shown the horizontal all the time, despite the descents and lifts to the slides. Perhaps I did not find how it turns on, or it is just a design element (butafory) and a similar device would be very by the way. Even for the crossover, an understanding of the maximum allowable roll thing is useful.
The slope of the instrument panel has a negative angle (the upper part closer to the driver) and it gives very unusual sensations. It is clear that this is done to eliminate the illumination of the LCD devices. But while you will not get used to it, it strains it a bit.
There are many small elements on the dashboard, and in some modes there are many moving elements, again, with inappropriate, it seems, Pisteno.
I would like to have several options for dashboard types - classic, modern, sports, etc. In some cars it is implemented. And with the LCD panel, it is not at all difficult, but allows you to satisfy the needs of different customers. I know many people for whom the appearance of the dashboard was decisive with the final choice of a car. As they say, "the eyes of the soul mirror" and the car has a dashboard, a place through which the driver looks inside his pet.
Pensive windshield washer
Turning on the windshield washer, occurs with a delay of about 1-2 seconds. It seems to me that this is an explicit engineering flaw, which moved from the old Tiguana and clearly needs to be solved. I do not understand why it is impossible to put an additional valve and do not wait 1.5 seconds of precious time for emergency cleaning of the windshield, while the motor will create the required pressure. There are no this problem on most cars. But the speed of cleaning windshield significantly affects safety.
Rear view camera on our roads.
Unfortunately, the Russian conditions are not taken into account. German engineers, apparently, did not have to ride our roads in winter and spring. They can't know that instead of cleaning snow, he falls asleep with reagents, whatever he melted and merged through the sewer.
Dirt on our roads is something terrible, especially early in spring. True, the last two years in St. Petersburg, the situation with dirt on the roads began to change for the better, especially in the center. But Kad, ZSD and regional roads still "launder" huge money - first producing dirt on the roads, and then laundering it.
It is good that there are parking sensors and they work, despite our dirt, clearly and accurately.
The rear view mirrors changed the form, repeating the style of the body design, and at first glance are not enough, but when driving did not feel discomfort - everything is clearly visible. Unlike the previous model, mirrors do not accumulate dirt due to the aerodynamic turbulence of mud streams. It was pleasantly pleased.
Heated front windshield
In the test car, the option "Heated front windshield" was installed. For all the utility of this option, especially in our snow-rain conditions, I want to note that the mesh of the thin coating of "heating" is visible. This is especially unpleasant in the evening when the headlights of the oncoming cars refracted on this grid and creates glare.
Lack of available navigation.
I do not understand the marketers offering on sale in St. Petersburg and Moscow in 2017 by cars for almost 2 million RUB. without navigation. And the point is not that I do not know the city, but the question of traffic jams in our cities are sharp enough and it is very effective solving the use of navigation with traffic jams.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to put an additional "device" on windshield, pull wires, etc.
In additional options there is a navigation system in the Navigation package and costs 119 500 rubles. In this package there is still "Parking Autopilot", "Circular Review System", "Voice Management", etc. I, for example, without these functions, quite survived, but for navigation to pay down 120 tr. Somehow not humane.
Salon and place for rear passengers.
Places for second-row passengers are a lot. Looking at the distance to the driver's seat, I even thought that the front seat was shifted forward. But no, it is configured to my height 189 cm, and the places behind it enough to completely pull the legs.
Spacious and comfortable salon
The "Start / Start" button "moved" from under the steering wheel to the lower part of the center console, next to the gearshift lever. Quite comfortable place. Obvious care from the usual stereotypes in favor of practicality.
Bardech under the seat of the driver sliding. A very convenient place of storage of various things for the driver is always at hand and does not interfere. I personally always uncomfortably climb into the standard glove box in the passenger seat area.
No electric drive even in top equipment (only as additional option)
The knee does not rest in the central console, ergonomically and convenient.
Often it becomes a problem for people with high growth, the fact that the right leg rests on the central console is especially unpleasant in long-distance travel - the foot is just getting tired. In the new tipuan of this trouble - there is a convenient and free driver.
How does new tiguan go
On the new platform, it was possible to remove the effect of vertical acceleration from behind and small shake on the irregularities of inherent short-passable cars. It is well controlled, quickly responds to each driver action. Rides cheerfully and tear.
The brakes turned out very sensitive - the early start of braking and a small move of the brake pedal. This is the consequences of the installed DSG gearbox. When you click on the brake, a command for mechatronics is transmitted - "Circle Coupling" and, if the driver does not completely pressed on the brake, there is a slip and rapid adhesion. Apparently, to exclude it, engineers and made such a small stroke of the brake pedal. But you quickly get used to it, and it does not deliver any inconvenience.
Patency on off-road.
Honestly, planning the test, I did not expect to go on bad roads. For me, Tiguan is a vigorous frisky city car with the ability to cope with undersally snow and country roads.
Looking for a shooting area, I moved from the highway to the lake and decided to shoot there. Began to travel reverse On a steep slide with drowning snow without any thoughts to rise high. So there is, after a small lifting the wheels began to slip. I stopped and thinking: "But there is a roadless mode!". Included it and decided to try to rise further. And the machine crawled! It was heard by the sound of working differential blocking systems and the distribution of the spinning torque. Easy drove to the very top of the slide. And I decided: "Do not you try yet?"
It was pleasantly surprised by the passability and car control. Crawling is very confident, well and clearly operate systems for descent. I drove a large distance on the LAM in the footsteps of the ATVs. It remained very pleased with the behavior of the new Tiguana. At the same time, a short base and large angles of sills allow for serious off-road obstacles, including to turn around on a very narrow road with snow dumps on the sides.
New LED headlights.
Already on the previous version of Tiguan in configuration with xenon headlights, the light was very worthy. Clear bright, adaptive. When the car is rotated, the light beam turns towards the turn (additional option in the "Lighting" package).
The new Tiguan headlight has become LED. I consider the head lighting one of the most important means of ensuring the comfort and safety of the car. In the new Tiguana, the light turned out to be otned. Photos are visible high degree of illumination in dark time day.
Also, the headlights have an adaptive function, turning the beam toward the turn. This one has lateral lighting, when turning at low speed in the headlights turns on additional source Lights lighting space. In the "off-road" mode, this light is turned on immediately into two sides and it turns out good lighting both roads in front and spaces for maneuver on the sides.
And these headlights "technologically" are beautiful. And are an important element of the design of the "face" of the car.
In the new Tiguan, the hood lid rises on shock absorbers and do not need to substitute the "crutch". It is much more convenient and this is a car class indicator.
The new Tiguan, who, from the conveyor of the Kaluga Plant Volkswagen, the first-generation frequency fleet, has already managed to visit our hero and. But on the "fitting" instead of a machine with a gasoline turbo engine 2.0 TSI (180 hp.) We took Tiguan with Turbodiesel 2.0 TDI (150 hp): This version is estimated at least 1 million 859 thousand rubles and sold only with "Robot »DSG and full drive. And our crossover with a "off-road" bumper, electric driven door, navigator, adaptive LED headlights and the control assistant of blind zones are noticeably more expensive: 2 million 305 thousand rubles.
Parking in a naked machinethe yard is torment: Parktronic is torn in a meter from the obstacle. And what is the prick from the Circular Review cameras? I trusted the lateral mirrors on the old manner and almost drove into the corner of the house: when moving with a reverse move, they distort the real picture.
On such a car, it is driving on perfect roads, then enter the spacious garage - and throw another look to admire these clearly drawn lines. Both outside, and inside it consists of not lastic corners and crystal strucks. Actually, in this I see the main difference from the predecessor - compact, convenient, but not with such a verified appearance.
And in managing the novice is just as accurate. However, why does the display displays so much information? When at the refueling, to mark mileage in the logbook, I needed the data of the odometer, I spent on his search for almost half an hour! Called as much as three colleagues - and only meticulous Sergey Zamensky helped to get to the famous number. I did not have enough perseverance to mating an iPhone, nor to build a route by navigator.
I liked the landing of the driver and passengers, good and tables in the second row. And the only thing that I truly lacks in this diverse interior is warm, but it has nothing to do with the impeccable work of climate control.
All reporters, roughly speaking, are divided into two types: there are those who have long armed with a voice recorder and tablet, but there is a handful of stubborn, continuing to note notebooks. Among the latter, in turn, two types can also be distinguished: those who can put letters in a row, and those who ... in short, in front of me on the table of a stack of written notebooks, and none of them do not have a page that I He himself could read the first time.
But there is a lifehak - notepad into the cage. The grid seems to be imperceptible, but sets the order, remedies the thought, disciplines the hand and makes life a little easier. What is me for? Yes, just Tiguan causes a very similar effect.
It seems to exist in the background - you go and do not notice. The boring sort of crossover without an outstanding charisma, but in fact Tiguan sets the most grid - the coordinate system - and structures consciousness.
He is a faceless, but only in order not to corulte his eyes. It is deprived of a bright character - but it is capable of cutting into the owner and enter the special emotional resonance with him.
Frosty in the morning his cold appearance, business interior, the exact steering wheel and the dense suspension adjust me to the working way. In the evening, a not surpassed diesel engine, an inert accelerator and a multistage "robot" lower and "turns" of my own nervous system, and, no matter how hurried, the arrow of the speedometer in some incomprehensible way attracts to the mark 80. It turns out both faster, and calmer.
Tiguan is a fantasy concentration camp, but in a completely fantastic manner, it combines the reference ergonomics, the cabin space, a practical trunk, exciting handling, fearless suspension and generous comfort. In the Tiguan coordinate system, all these qualities are ordered, decomposed in their cells and do not conflict with each other. The car matrix is \u200b\u200bnot architecturally, but in essence.
