Volkswagen Taigun

VW Taigun Concept

The VW Taigun is a sport utility vehicle, developed by German automaker Volkswagen. The public nature of Taigun was first introduced in late 2012 as a concept car at the International Motor Show in Sao Paulo. The German market launch of the production model is planned according to VW for the beginning of 2016 and is intended to expand the SUV range with the VW Touareg and the VW Tiguan downwards.

Optics

The VW up! is the smallest production car from Volkswagen (as of 2013) and also the basis for the design of the VW Taigun: The concept study represents an SUV variant of the small car and to catch up with competing models such as the Opel Mokka, the Skoda Yeti or the Nissan Juke. Although intended as a little brother of the Tiguan, the Taigun shows apart from the front end hence rather than increased up! with off-road look, because with striking similarities to the Tiguan. Thus, for example, the windows in the rear doors as the up! not sink, but are issuable only by a few centimeters. Even the interior of the Tiguan is based on the micro-car.

Specifications

Was the 1.2 TSI engine from VW so far the smallest, is to celebrate a new, derived from the 1.4 TSI engine with only three cylinders premiere VW Taigun and reach the next lower level in terms of downsizing and consumption. The performance is by the turbocharger at 81 kW (110 hp) and the top speed at 186 km / h, the average consumption is given as 4.7 liters gasoline per 100 kilometers.