2017 Tiguan Australian Brochure

[cellrsx]

In the brochure it says tailgate easy open easy close.

Is this a wave/kick foot to open and close?

Or does close require to press a button?

How it works in real life is... you swing your foot, nothing happens, swing it again, nothing happens. Try a few more times, nothing happens. So you use the key fob

Personally I think it's a gimmick. The dealer tried to demo it, and it hardly worked.

I have a friend who has a GLC250 with similar "technology". It's just as crap in the Merc.

[cellrsx]

Lol how much more do you want for 4k? Whats 4k these days? I'd say its not a bad price for everything you get... not the best but not too bad. I guess if you are at the max of your budget then you won't see it as a good deal but for some, there is no tiguan without the r line pack

I think 4K for the R-line here is good value.

In Germany, you pay 2765 EUR for the R-Line package and that gets you 19" wheels, not the 20" Suzuka (that's an extra 1245 EUR). You also get cloth R-line seats. If you want Vienna leather R-line seats, it's an additional 2590 EUR.

Been looking at European prices and for an R-Line 140TDi with 20" Suzuka and all the gear you get here you're looking at over 50,000 EUR (most I've seen have been selling around 55,000 EUR). It's not cheap over there.

[Gladbach]

How it works in real life is... you swing your foot, nothing happens, swing it again, nothing happens. Try a few more times, nothing happens. So you use the key fob

Personally I think it's a gimmick. The dealer tried to demo it, and it hardly worked.

I have a friend who has a GLC250 with similar "technology". It's just as crap in the Merc.

My folks have a Ford Kuga which has this feature and they use it all the time - seems pretty reliable on the Ford, but I've heard similar sentiments to yours in regards to the Tiguan.

[iyut]

How it works in real life is... you swing your foot, nothing happens, swing it again, nothing happens. Try a few more times, nothing happens. So you use the key fob

Personally I think it's a gimmick. The dealer tried to demo it, and it hardly worked.

I have a friend who has a GLC250 with similar "technology". It's just as crap in the Merc.

The sensor it under the left side of the boot, from my (not very) extensive testing, it works when i go under the sensor twice.
source: been driving 110tsi with luxury pack for a week and a half

[Brazen]

The sensor it under the left side of the boot, from my (not very) extensive testing, it works when i go under the sensor twice.
source: been driving 110tsi with luxury pack for a week and a half

How are you finding the car?

[Frogasaursas]

The Australian Accessories are pretty limited. I'm after a luggage partition/dog guard (got a Rottie and Cattle dog)- there's one on the UK accessories brochure but not ours. Would it be the same fit if I ordered one from there? Or should I just wait for some non-VW ones?

[tigger73]

The Australian Accessories are pretty limited. I'm after a luggage partition/dog guard (got a Rottie and Cattle dog)- there's one on the UK accessories brochure but not ours. Would it be the same fit if I ordered one from there? Or should I just wait for some non-VW ones?

I'd assume this would be a fit. Not sure whether these require Australian approvals.

[Ozsko]

The guards I have seen have approval plates on them but that was in commercial cargo vehicles, ring your state vehicle authority is most probably the best bet.

[iyut]

How are you finding the car?

It's good, I was driving a Yaris before though, so it's quite an upgrade.
Very spacious, fuel efficiency is probably on par with the Yaris (but takes more expensive fuel) and so much more luxurious with the Luxury pack.

[NjB]

and so much more luxurious with the Luxury pack.

How is the lumbar support compared to the cloth seats? I have a mark vi golf comfortline with cloth seats and the lumbar support is a little lacking - I felt the Tiguan comfortline with cloth seats was similar during my test drive - I'm hoping the support is as good as the leather seats in competing vehicles with an extensive electric lumbar adjustment range


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[wondermonk]

Thanks Brazen - this has filled some gaps on just what I'm getting (and not getting) in my 140TDI Highline (no R-Line) coming in a couple of weeks. I spent long evenings trying to figure out from photos and overseas sites just what "R-Line interior" meant, or why the Comfortline came with the Discover Media audio, but the Highline had the Discover Pro audio, and just what the differences were.

As others had spotted, I noticed the R-Line interior shots showed a darker roof lining. I didn't want that. In fact I was disappointed the light-coloured seats available in other countries didn't get offered here in Aus.

And everyone else seems to get the DAB+ radio enabled, but no mention of it in the local specifications. Also looks like they've disabled the DVD playback available in Europe (not that I'd expect to have a DVD playing in the car, but nice to know you could if you wanted). UK specs are at Discover Nav Pro : Navigation And Entertainment Systems : Volkswagen UK

The Highline LED lights include the dynamic cornering feature my 5 year old Mazda has, but no mention of auto-dipping highbeams.

Super excited to get the new Tiggy, but still annoyed someone in VW Aus head office decided I wouldn't want some of these features.

[Ozsko]

With all the new technology in cars these days you would think car companies would be doing stuff like videos to introduce and demonstrate how it all works because it is getting to the point that a book just doesn't do it. If they had comprehensive video of all the hidden technology that can be turned off and on they might even sell more cars. From crawling around the net I have deduced that a Highline has Traffic Jam Assist as a feature or at least in the UK it does which pleases me if it turns out to be true. None of the sales staff have got a clue as to what a new Tiguan has got in the way of electronic features and that is all down to VW not educating them.

[Gladbach]

Has anyone seen any pictures of the sunroof that show the LED lighting strip?

"Panoramic glass sunroofElectrically slide and tilt adjustable front half sectionIntegrated wind deflector and electrically operated (perforated) sunblind. LED ambient lighting along the length of the panoramic sunroof, left and right"

Would love to see what this looks like.

[iyut]

Has anyone seen any pictures of the sunroof that show the LED lighting strip?

"Panoramic glass sunroofElectrically slide and tilt adjustable front half sectionIntegrated wind deflector and electrically operated (perforated) sunblind. LED ambient lighting along the length of the panoramic sunroof, left and right"

Would love to see what this looks like.

Ah I can't show it now cause it looks better when it's at night. But it's pretty cool, and you can adjust the brightness of the lights too!

[iyut]

How is the lumbar support compared to the cloth seats? I have a mark vi golf comfortline with cloth seats and the lumbar support is a little lacking - I felt the Tiguan comfortline with cloth seats was similar during my test drive - I'm hoping the support is as good as the leather seats in competing vehicles with an extensive electric lumbar adjustment range


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It's good enough for me, there is quite a wide range of support that you can adjust to, my setting is not on the max