My problem with car reviews is that too many of them only focus on lap times, or performance figures, or other metrics that look good on paper and make for an exciting video.interesting, and may end up being the first reason you buy a car. But, in my experience, once you drop that cash, your priorities can change. After all, that 0-100km/h sprint time is probably going to be far less important for your daily driver if it’s attached to the world’s most uncomfortable vehicle.
This thoughtfulness also extends to the rear, where there’s a dedicated compartment under the boot to store your tonneau cover when not in use. Even one of the boot lights can be pulled out of its socket to double as a flashlight in case of an emergency. The head unit in particular, was sharp and bright, with a smooth refresh rate. Even on bright sunny days, I had no issues with seeing what was on screen so that’s definitely a mark in the Tiguan’s favour. That said, navigating it by swiping around was a little finicky. It often struggled with determining if I was swiping across the panel or trying to tap on one of the icons so I often resorted to using the touch buttons along the side of the display for navigation instead.
In the digital cluster, that display is coated with a matte layer to help reduce glare. It’s effective, but it also makes the elements on screen far less sharp than the main infotainment unit. The reason why this is called the Tiguan Allspace is that it’s supposed to give you all the space–whether that’s cargo space or passengers. This means you can configure the Tiguan in a bunch of different ways. As a typical 5-seater, VW claims you can get about 700 litres of boot space. But if you need more, you can fold everything down to get 1,775 litres instead.
Being a 2010 Myvi owner, I’ve never experienced such luxurious automation in a daily driver, and I have to say, I could absolutely get used to it. One interesting thing I noticed was how there seemed to be two separate inputs for locking and unlocking the car. To unlock, it’s simple, just grab the handle. But if you want to lock it again, you need to make sure your hand isn’t around the handle when you touch the sensor at the end of it.
I will note, however, that the DSG starts to misbehave a little bit when you’re creeping through traffic or in really slow-moving scenarios. If you’re crawling between 0 to like 10km/h the gearbox will jitter and feel very uncomfortable sending power to all four wheels. It’s a pretty common characteristic that I’ve noticed even back in the day when driving my sister’s VW Polo, so I’m kinda surprised they haven’t found a fix for this just yet.
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