Saw a Tiguan 2.0TSI - MY11?

[Jas]

My sources are the TV adverts for the MY10 and MY11 Tiguan base spec (manual 125TSI).
I would believe the tv advertised RRP prices over the word of a salesman who in most cases knew less about the car than i did.

The new steering wheel had to be added as the MK5 is no longer in production, thus the MY11 cars get the in production MK6 steering wheel.

I suspect you are mistaken the base price (which dont includes stamp duty and on road cost), as oppsite to the drive away price been adverstised of TV.
If I were to choice to believe between you and the car VW saleman for pricing, I will choice the Salemen any day.
Why dont you go and call your local VW dealer for pricing ?

Anyway, I veryone is entitle to their own opinion of their cars, So I will just let it at that.

[ultra]

Here Here everybody lets not get our nickers in a not know.
We are all on this forum because we have all bought, orderd or considering buying the Tiguan and would like to here about other peoples experiences, rides, mods, upgrades and any other problems and concerns people have . Lets not start acting like children with mine is better than yours syndrome and nit pick each others cars.
All models go through an upgrade every couple of years, and yes they are all ways going to make improvments to the car as small as some of these up grades can be.
Congratulations to all who have either bought or orded the new MY011 Tiguan and cant wait to here thoughts and experiences of your new car...

ALL HAIL THE TIGUAN

[Jas]

Here Here everybody lets not get our nickers in a not know.
We are all on this forum because we have all bought, orderd or considering buying the Tiguan and would like to here about other peoples experiences, rides, mods, upgrades and any other problems and concerns people have . Lets not start acting like children with mine is better than yours syndrome and nit pick each others cars.
All models go through an upgrade every couple of years and yes they are all ways improvments to the car as small as some of these up grades can be.
Congratulations to all who have either bought or orded the new MY011 Tiguan and cant wait to here thoughts and experiences of your new car...

ALL HAIL THE TIGUAN

I couldnt agree with you more.

[Spook]

I suspect you are mistaken the base price (which dont includes stamp duty and on road cost), as oppsite to the drive away price been adverstised of TV.

I think Team_v was looking at the RRP without the on-roads, which is what would have been advertised on TV.

A quick writeup here on GoAuto, stating that prices are unchanged.

[Sharkie]

I think Team_v was looking at the RRP without the on-roads, which is what would have been advertised on TV.

A quick writeup here on GoAuto, stating that prices are unchanged.

It is now by law illegal for any motor manufacturer to advertise anything other than drive-away pricing.

The current adds show from about $39K drive-away (base model 125TSI manual), which is an increase over the normal from $37K drive-away and a long way off the special drive-away-deals of $33990 ..... So somewhere an extra $2K slipped in, which has nothing to do with DSG v Tiptronic.

I don't believe the DSG is any better or in reality any faster than the Tiptronic. VW measure their 0-100 time from when the wheels start turning and not from when the signal is given to start moving. As is often debated in other threads, there is a lag before the DSG engages and this makes it slower than a manual most of the time. Only a fluffed change in a manual will result in a slower time than a DSG if launch control is not used.

Personally I'm warming to the DSGs and if the 147TSI DSG came with launch control, it would be the 1 I'd buy now over any other Tiguan, without launch control I'd stick to a manual.

The new 7spd 550NM DSG is the best DSG yet. I'f I were to ever buy another daily driver VW (other than the Concept Sport) it would be a DSG and be the then current version of a Golf R DSG.

And regardless of the MY of a Tiguan the boot space is still rubbish. In recent weeks I loaded the same load of luggage froma Tiguan into both a current Nissan X-Trail and a current RAV4 and they have at least double the amount of space available. If I was to buy a family small SUV again, it would not be a Tiguan for that very reason.

[team_v]

Both prices were the Drive-Away cost just so you all know.
I don't know where the extra 2.5k came in but it's there now, maybe because it is the second highest selling VW after the Golf.

Will be good to see how the DSG handles an APR treatment as gears 1 and 2 hit the red pretty quickly when you floor it.

The other makes are reducing their prices as well.
A territory can be had for 36,900 (only RWD) and the XTrail is offering their 6k tech package for free on their models.
Will be interesting to see how the market segment plays out with the Q3 and X1 impacting on the upper end and the Xtrail and IX35 hitting the lower end.

[Sanman]

VW can sell all the Tiguans it makes, and VWA can ensure that by restricting supply. This is the best strategy for a niche player to maintain price and profitability. When times were bad, they discounted, now they're loading it on. The answer to "why do they charge more?" is "Why not!".Territory is old model from a traditional volume seller. As soon as the gloss of the slight facelift wore off, they've gone back to the Special Value pack $36990 level they established 3 years ago with SR. Expect deeper discounts as they run it out next year. Never paid much attention to Nissans, but the Xtrail is also yesterday's hero. When Tiguan gets older, you'll see they'll add some more gadgets (like TEAM pack in Europe, or Pacific Golfs here) but not drop price. Maintains a nice residual value too.

[Arctra]

Great side-by-side write-up Sanman! Thanks for that.

When I first looked at the Tig I was disappointed it didn't come in DSG. Now that I have been using the tiptronic for over a year though I am thoroughly impressed with it and don't feel like I lost out on the DSG. Good on VW for bringing the DSG out for the MY11 though.

And Sanman, I'm a fan of VW's tactics to retain residual values now that I have an older generation Tig (if you can call it that) When I do finally sell it I'm hoping it won't have lost too much.

[aussietig]

Both prices were the Drive-Away cost just so you all know.
I don't know where the extra 2.5k came in but it's there now, maybe because it is the second highest selling VW after the Golf.

I'm Team team_v on this one!

FWIW, at the time of negotiating a serious deal on my Tig (back in late June/ early July), most dealers were uncomfortable to lock in a price for a MY11 147TSI DSG based on the discounting they were prepared to do on a MY10 147TSI automatic. One dealer wanted to wait until August to see something from VWA to confirm no price hike and another wanted me to tell him which dealer told us that there's no price hike.