Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 2019 review 

Thanks dude - I have a feeling my boss assigns me to review small cars and seven seaters sometimes just to see me try to fold myself in. Have you seen the Mini review? Cheers Richard Berry

Huge, cheap, great looking. Whats not to like

Thanks mate. It was filmed at the RACV Cape Schanck Resort Golf Course in Victoria - amazing scenery down there. Richard Berry

Ah, the NSW number plate fooled me. I'll definitely have to take a trip down there.

Thanks Nes Suno, Richard Berry

Pretty sure it just flashes like any other car.

It doesn't, not even in the front with those long turn signal LED light strips. But you can get aftermarket front headlights with sequential turn signals, sacrificing the AFS and DLA functionalities.

I doesn't but you can buy obdeleven to program it to have sequential indicators. It has the hardware but its disabled.

new one does now with iq lights

Were not European, were in Australia lol

@@Simon-mc3sq you lucky Australians then ;). Sorry.

VW in NA market offer the worst vehicles compared to other regions. You can't even update your sat-nav map data and the selections of options are very limited

That would be good. Richard Berry

Kodiac is just wow, and teguan is also a good machine.... if u always travel with multiple perosn along with u, go for a kodiac... but tighuan is an I20 ,SUV AMONG COMPETITORS ..ITS JUST WOW.. JUST TAKE A SPIN ONCE...AND U WOULD FEELL IN LOVE WITH IT

I've test driven both of these in New Zealand. The differences are below Tiguan Allspace Highline: -more expensive -comes with active info dashboard -I enjoyed the drive more. I felt intune with the car, especially going fast around corners -has tray tables -3rd row seats are poor, hard to get in and out, poor head room, little leg room -boot has large holes on the sides for stuff to fall down -it feels like VW just rushed this through to meet a gap in the market and the extra 2 seats were an afterthought. Skoda Kodiaq Sportline -cheaper in price -has umbrellas -has door protectors -feels like it was made to be a 7 seater -Didn't feel as secure when going fast around corners -3rd row seats can give adequate headspace and leg space, if you push forward the front row and middle row. My wife and I are both about 167cm tall and we could fit in all three rows. in short, the Tiguan Allspace drives a bit nicer and has active info dashboard, but the Kodiaq is a better 7 seater.

@@diulikadikaday strange that the Kodiaq is significantly more spacious than the Tiguan allspace...because in terms of overall length...the Tiguan is actually slightly longer.

Yup - that R-Line package looks the business. Richard Berry

Jeffry Resgonia If u do regular offroading, then Fortuner. Otherwise Tiguan is awesome. Road grip, quality and steering is awesome. Body roll is well controlled than fortuner.

Fortuner is a rubbish bin on wheels. Cut the price by 50% and that's what its real worth is. It's tall though...so if you do off roading then that's the more proper choice. But other than that...that trash is 0 out of 10.

Do you mean in terms of quality? Nope, I doubt there is anything to be concerned about here. The Puebla plant in Mexico has been making Volkswagens since 1967 from Beetles to Golfs and now the Tiguan Allspace. This factory alone employs 14,000 workers and it's a massive powerhouse for the Mexican economy - they do a kickarse job. Cheers Richard

These aren't made in Mexico, they actually come off the assembly line in Wolfsburg Germany

I thought only the NA versions are from Mexico

Doesn't matter where it's made, v.w. doesn't stand behind their products. There's a lot of problems with their cars, carbon build up, poor brakes and bad smells build up.

@@Simon-mc3sq All Allspaces are made in Mexico. Even the ones sold in Germany. Which is why I got a normal Tiguan.

Pretty tall, but not freakishly. I have a mate who's 6ft 7in. Now that's freakish ; ) Cheers Richard Berry

i know a dude who is 211 long, now that's tall 190 is not to uncommon here in Sweden

Because it's sold as a 7-seater not a 5+2 (like a 2+2 coupe)

nes suno true but I don't think any ad 7 seater car shows 7 adults trying to squeeze

Vijay Chander yes, not these small/medium models anyway

nes suno yes, that's why I raised the question

They build to a price like every other manufacturer these days, for a disposable society. Auf wiedersehen quality.

i love it.

I found the bottle compartment and pockets too small to what I am used to from family suvs in the market and the food/activity tables on the back of the seats a bit corny and useless. Drive wise it feels good on the road but my experience with be is this feeling doesn't last the full 3 years. The resale is not good on these cars. Other suvs in the market hold their value a lot better.

That SUV is perfect for my family. I got it with 5 years waranty, quiet happy with it. And the 240hp diesel engine is just awesome.

@@valuerjtp7 , thanks for your comments on the tray tables. Were they strong enough to eat from? e.g. if you had a packet of sushi or a combo from mcdonalds? my family is always eating on the go.