Volkswagen presents its next crossover. Small, neat and technically up to date. The VW Taigo is a mixture of Polo, T-Cross and maybe somehow a Golf. It drives as good as it looks and, due to its class, does not need electrification.
At Volkswagen, it’s slow to see through. The number of crossovers is almost unmanageable. Most of them start with a T in their name and have noteworthy features in common around the day-bright LED eyes, especially on their faces. The Taigo will join the Volkswagen T-Cross, Taigun, Taos, T-Roc, Tiguan, Tiguan Allspace and Touareg with immediate effect. A new name – not a new concept and still the VW Taigo will find its fans. Certainly. It offers all too familiar in a slightly modified dress, because the Taigo differs from its brothers like the T-Cross in particular in its sloping roofline and greater overall length. Not a real coupé, but a crossover with that certain visual something and that should please some customers. Until now it was only available in South America under the name Nivius.
Compared to the normal VW T-Cross, the Taigo is significantly more stretched at 4.26 meters, which is just as good for the proportions as it is for the handling. Otherwise, the larger coupé brother, of course on the now massively rolled out transverse modular system of the group, offers all-too-well-known technology. The customer can choose between the one-liter turbo with 95/110 hp or the more powerful 1.5-liter variant. No question about it, for most customers the middle version with 81 kW / 110 PS should do it, which is only optionally equipped with the good seven-stage dual clutch transmission. The larger four-cylinder with 110 kW / 150 PS is equipped with the automatic gear change support and is a real good-mood-maker when driving. From standstill it goes to 100 km / h in 8.3 seconds and only at 212 km / h is the end of fun. Especially from a standing start or a turning maneuver, the maximum torque of 250 Nm is always noticeably tugging on the front axle. An all-wheel drive version would be technically possible; However, with reference to buyer behavior in this entry-level category, this is left out. Unfortunately. The standard consumption: 6.1 liters of super.
The VW Taigo is an absolutely sporty car, because the 150 PS have no trouble jumping around with the 1.3 tonne curb weight in an atmospheric way, as the driver wishes. The precise dual-clutch transmission, the direct and smooth steering and the well-balanced chassis, which despite the winter wheels, provide sufficient feelings of comfort, help here. You can do without such extras like electronically adjustable dampers; the various driving programs only change parameters such as the accelerator pedal characteristic or gear selection. However, nobody would miss the elimination of the driving modes in everyday life anyway. The space and ease of use are more important. As with the other models, the cockpit is animated and the touchscreen in the middle of the dashboard brings a lot of order into the cockpit. The fact that the climate control can be controlled in a separate control panel below gives just as good marks as the steering wheel without the annoying touch surfaces. With Taigo you can still press and scroll – thanks! However, the fact that all sorts of hard plastic has been built into the interior tarnishes the overall picture, as does the lack of an electric tailgate. This is not customary in this league, but with it you would have a real distinguishing feature that the customers would have benefited from. But even here you can see his South American genes.
The VW Taigo with a cost price of 19,350 euros is anything but a cheap model in our part of the world. Especially because the sensible Style equipment variant with sports seats, LED headlights, 17-inch aluminum wheels and fog lights only starts at 26,675 euros. And the top engine of the VW Taigo 1.5 TSI starts well and not fully equipped even at 30,410 euros. It is not just here that you have long since arrived in the golf league. The new Volkswagen SUV from the Spanish plant in Pamplona is poaching, especially in the compact class with the flagship of the Golf, due to its modern design and the good space it offers; and not only in 28 EU countries, but also in South Africa and Turkey.
Source From: Stern
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