Provide of the Volkswagen Tiguan has seen its share of interruptions, and CarExpert understands the German model is selecting to wind up gross sales forward of the arrival of a substitute.
Volkswagen has already confirmed it has paused orders for the all-wheel drive 132TSI, 147TDI and 162TSI, however CarExpert understands these are unlikely to be reopened.
With the debut of a new-generation five-seat Tiguan imminent – as seen in more and more revealing spy photographs, suggesting a reveal this 12 months – CarExpert due to this fact understands orders will doubtless stay paused till the brand new mannequin arrives.
Stronger provide of the longer Tiguan Allspace will assist Volkswagen tide consumers over till the five-seat mannequin comes.
Examples of the beforehand revealed Monochrome version have already been constructed, and front-wheel drive 110TSI and all-wheel drive R fashions will proceed coming throughout the 12 months. That’s regardless of a beforehand introduced maintain on R fashions.
Volkswagen has confirmed it’ll import a further 1000 Tiguan Rs this 12 months plus a number of hundred Grid Editions. These will arrive progressively throughout the 12 months.
Tiguan Allspace provide has remained uninterrupted over the previous a number of months. It’s on a barely completely different product lifecycle, and is sourced from Mexico as an alternative of Germany just like the shorter mannequin.
Volkswagen has additionally bolstered the longer crossover with a Monochrome version of its personal, plus the Journey which drops the third row of seating.
Prototypes of the following ‘common’ Tiguan have been shedding increasingly more camouflage, revealing a extra curvaceous profile.
It’s anticipated the brand new Tiguan will migrate to the newest MQB Evo platform just like the Golf 8 and Skoda Octavia – with petrol, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid choices.
An electrical counterpart will reportedly comply with in 2026, although it’s anticipated to make use of MEB Plus underpinnings.
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Tiguan Allspace Journey
The present-generation mannequin has been in manufacturing since 2016, with the standard automobile life-cycle lasting 7-8 years.
It was first revealed in September 2015, with the Allspace – the one physique fashion provided in North America – revealed in January 2017.
Due to this staggered rollout, the mid-life updates for the Tiguan and Tiguan Allspace got here at completely different instances – the previous was revealed in January 2021 and went on sale a number of months later, and the latter was revealed in December 2021 and went on sale in early 2022.