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The vehicle is stated as having all wheel drive (AWD) with optional front wheel drive. The website, however, states the following for the S model: Front wheel drive, manual gear box ...and for the other three models: Front wheel drive, automatic gear box AQ450-6F. Am I missing something? Or was AWD previously offered on the Tiguan, but is no longer? Savonnn (talk) 22:32, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
This page should not be here under the Bedouin name as Volkswagen has not officially christened this name or Marrekesh.VWphaetonfan
Perhaps change this to Concept A page
Ok I'm new here & a VW fanatic I thought Bedouin was the German spelling but you have proof that it is Beduin.
It is also generally called Marrekesh to. anyway I added Concept A seen it's nearer to the production version. VWphaetonfan
I disagree, Beduin/Tiguan is same vehicle why do we merge threads why not delete this one thereby saving space.--VWphaetonfan 09:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I have moved the talk page from Volkswagen Beduin over here as part of the merge. Arkyan • (talk) 16:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
There is no evidence of a speed of 220 kph, and even the ChinaAutoWeb page states that this value is based on "unconfirmed reports" and "has beed challenged by many". Unless somebody comes up with a reliable souce I'd remove this sentence... 194.114.62.72 (talk) 15:41, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
I wanted to discuss User:Andra Febrian's recent edit changing the platform to "PL/PQ48". I believe this is inaccurate, but didn't want to revert since it's properly sourced.
I don't believe PL/PQ48 is a platform at all, but is simply speculation/uncertainty about what would ultimately be the MLB and MQB platforms. Both the cited references pre-date the Tiguan's official release, whereas another reference following the official release reports PQ46. The confusion seems to be around the Tiguan sharing a platform with the Passat, stating the Tiguan is "a combination of the Golf/Rabbit and Passat platforms - one which will eventually be shared with Audi's A4, A5 and Q5". In reality, the Passat had just (or was about to) switched from the longitudinal "PL45" platform to the transverse "PQ46" platform (a parts sharing variant of the Golf's PQ35 platform), while the next generation Audis would continue on their own platform. A different source seems to concur, speculating the A5 and Q5 to utilize a "PQ48" platform, and the Tiguan the PQ35 platformnote.
As the 6th generation Golf remained on the PQ35 platform, there was not a PQ36 platform prior to the MQB platform that underpins the 7th generation Golf. Similarly, following the timeline of the Volkswagen Group B platform, the 5th generation "B5" Passat shared the PL45 platform with the Audi A4, but the PL46 and PL47 platforms were exclusive to Audi for the "B6" and "B7" A4, with the "B8" A4 moving to the MLB platform. As such, there were never "PL48" or "PQ48" platforms and any reference to them is simply speculation based on the nomenclature of the time.
note: I believe PQ35 an accurate description of the platform. The Tiguan shares many parts with the PQ35 Golf, but is dimensionally more similar to the Passat.
Absent any disagreement and further discussion I plan to remove any mention of these platforms. IPBilly (talk) 20:00, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Almost all sources I can find agree that this car is an SUV, with the Guardian (significant for being a mainstream rather than specialist publication) being the main exception I've found so far. The Sunday Times calls it a child-friendly SUV
. Euro NCAP say it is part of the "small off-road
" class and say it has a "5 door SUV
" body style. The RAC calls the Tiguan a "mid-sized SUV
" and comments that it is more capable off-road than crossovers like the Nissan Qashqai. Evo just calls it an SUV. Car and Driver and Autocar call it a "compact SUV
". Top Gear magazine call it a medium-sized SUV
. Auto Express call it a "mid-sized SUV
" and note that its market competitors include crossovers, but does not use this term to describe the Tiguan itself. Parker's Car Guides also calls it a "mid-sized SUV
". What Car? calls it a "family SUV
". This survey of sources would suggest to me that it is inappropriate (and probably WP:OR) to call the Tiguan a "crossover" and that its size should not be referred to on first introduction and instead the contrasting views of different sources on its size should be attributed with context to avoid WP:SYNTH. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:48, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
compact crossover. Car and Driver says the same. Other mainstream non-specialist publications such as Business Insider , the LA Times, the Washington Post, the NY Times (twice), and Daily News all say it's a
compact crossoveras well. Others, like Slashgear, The Detroit News, and CNET, just call it a
crossover. Some specialist publications such as Hagerty call it a
compact crossover, too. Finally, US News ranks it on their both their list of
compact SUVs and the list of
crossover SUVs. This survey of sources suggests that calling the Tiguan a "crossover" or a "crossover SUV" is indeed appropriate. This survey further supports that the Tiguan's designation as "compact" is warranted. However, as vehicle sizes are subject to regional variations, both in terms of the model produced as well as differences in relative size, I am not opposed to removing that designation from the first sentence. IPBilly (talk) 15:15, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
around the middle of our compact SUV rankings."
Volkswagen has given its compact SUV a handsome styling refresh... alongside the restyled Atlas and new Atlas Cross Sport mid-size SUVs."
when you're shopping for a small crossover SUV..."
attract buyers looking for a European compact crossover."
The Volkswagen Tiguan is sold worldwide but the Tiguan is sold in India and other emerging markets. Bompanigcc (talk) 07:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)