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Volkswagen Confirms Model Family Based on Second-Generation Tiguan

Volkswagen’s Tiguan SUV will spawn an entire model family, a Volkswagen official confirmed.
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Jochen Bohle, Volkswagen head of product development for the compact car line-up, has confirmed the plans to expand the Tiguan range. The German company plans to make up to three Tiguan models. The standard second-generation SUV is the first of the models of the upcoming Tiguan family.

Volkswagen’s CrossBlue Concept will also get a production version, but it will only be sold in the United States of America and will be built on the MQB B platform, currently employed by the US version of the Passat. The CrossBlue production model will also reach selected markets, like China.

The second model of the Tiguan range will be an extended wheelbase version, which will offer a seven-seat option. The third type of the Tiguan family is a Coupe-styled version, which is expected to launch in 2018. In the case of the latter model, Volkswagen will not ditch a set of doors, but will go for a sloped roof, along with other design changes.

According to the Brits at Autocar, the new family will share the MQB A2 platform of the Volkswagen Group. Every model in the range will be available in front-wheel drive versions, with four-wheel drive as an option for some engines.

The 2018 Tiguan Coupe will share its wheelbase with the standard model.

Meanwhile, the extended wheelbase Tiguan will have a 110 centimeter (43-inch) extension of the wheelbase. We expect this model to share its platform with the upcoming Skoda SUV, set to debut in a concept version at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The Skoda version of the seven-seat SUV is expected to be called Kokiaq, Autocar reports. Meanwhile, it appears that Seat will also get an SUV based on the Tiguan platform, and the model is to be called Ateca.

According to the Volkswagen official, the German company only planned two versions of the Tiguan. The Coupe-styled model was approved by the German brand’s new director, Herbert Diess, upon the good press received by the concept car that previewed the current Tiguan.
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