The Sunday Guardian

Volkswagen finally launches the popular Tiguan in India

- SHAMS NAQVI

It’s raining SUVs in India. Albeit a little late Volkswagen has decided to join the party with the Tiguan. Yes they had the Touareg before but that was beyond the reach of most car buyers in India. The Tiguan comes to India with a very positive reputation and the German giant must be hoping that the success story continues here as well. Volkswagen has already officially launched the car at Rs. 27.98 lakh for the Comfortlin­e and Rs. 31.38 lakh for the Highline variant. In its ten years of existence globally the Tiguan has sold close to 3.5 million units and even though it has taken that much time to come to India, it has come at an opportune moment, when the time is ripe for SUVs. to control of the situations. Once you cross about 1500 rpm’s the Tiguan comes into its own performs well. The NVH levels are also very impressive and hardly any noise creeps into the cabin even at high speeds. Volkswagen is claiming a mileage of 17 kmpl on the SUV.

 ??  ?? The Tiguan is the first Volkswagen car in India to be based on the much talked about MQB platform from the brand.
The Tiguan is the first Volkswagen car in India to be based on the much talked about MQB platform from the brand.
 ??  ?? The buttons are laid out well and the seats are all very comfortabl­e.
The buttons are laid out well and the seats are all very comfortabl­e.

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