Test Drive Volkswagen Tiguan since 2011 Crossover

By Kaluga time

The first folkwagen-tyaguans of the Russian assembly left the gate of the plant near Kaluga in August. With a car in the Russian outback, Sergey Klobkov talked. Photo: Alexander Kulnev.

While the machines offer in Sport & Style and Track & Field. Externally, the second is distinguished by an angle of entry increased to 28 degrees, it has changed the front bumper. All tyaguans are equipped with gasoline motors with a capacity of 150 and 170 hp, the volume, respectively, 1.4 and 2.0 liters and six-speed gearboxes. Automatic with a more powerful engine. Basic prices 904 000 and 1,053,550 rubles.
Later, cars with Diesel 2.0 TDI will appear. There will be a Trend & Fun version with front-wheel drive and 1.4 TSI engine.
At the surroundings of Kaluga, we traveled on a juicy blue Tiguan in the configuration of the Sport & Style with a 150-strong motor and a manual box. The route suggested visiting the landscaped festival of the Archors2008 and the finish in the park. Forest land.
Electric drive seats and steering-adjustable steering planes without delay allowed us to take a convenient position. The instruments and buttons in their places, two-zone climate control quickly brought the temperature to a given one. Rear seats are moving by 160 mm, increasing the volume of the trunk or space for passengers. The slope of their backs can be changed in the range of 23 degrees, approaching or removing from the tables on the front backs. The volume of the trunk is 470 liters, and if folded the rear seats more than one and a half cubic meters!
Decent asphalt ended, and Tiguan was in his native element. Bored him on the smooth highway. Now it is necessary to dodge the holes and Koldybin, raising dust or crushed stone behind the feed. And the driver has a good mood: on the handle there is no return on the irregularities of the settlers.
Cancelled steering with an electric powerful. Small gloomy, periodically arising between expensive and front wheels, remain their personal matter. The stern of the Tiguana from road adversity protects the suspension of the All-wheel drive trade in millions of kilometers. The crossover was installed shock absorbers with an increased volume of oil and more powerful support racks.
On the road with a normal coating, where the wheels of both axes rotate without slipping, Tiguan pulls 90% of the moment transmitted to the front axle, and 10% on the back. It is worth the front to start turning at least 10 degrees more rear (for example, on a slippery climb), the electromechanical multi-disc combustion of the Haldex-IV of the last generation with a very high response rate enters. Depending on the circumstances, the redistribution of the moment between the axes may vary mirror.
On Tiguan for the first time for cars of this class, an automatic parking system was used. The driver only clicks on the gas pedals, brakes or clutch, and the car, relying on the sensor readings, rotates the steering wheel. This exercise was done on the parking lot of the park, where the automation allowed to concentrate on the smell of kebab.
It seems that Tiguan is not a sideways quite correspond to not only Moscow, Kaluga, but also other Russian time zones. Well, more extensive, serious tests will spend in the near future. _x0008_
Volkswagen Tiguan.
The car debuted in 2007. In Russia, the cars of the Kaluga assembly appeared at the end of summer.
Engines: gasoline 1.4 l (150 hp); 2 l (170 hp).
Transmission: All-wheel drive mechanical and automatic (only for version 170 hp) Six-speed.
Options: Sport & Style and Track & Field
Price of basic complete sets: 904 000 and 1,053,550 rubles.
+ Spacious salon and trunk, solid trim.
- mediocre visibility, high price.
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Sergey Klochekov
 
 

 
 

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"