2022 Volkswagen Tiguan First Drive: It Won’t Be Easy
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2022 Volkswagen Tiguan First Drive: It Won’t Be EasyAuto123 gets in a first test drive of the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON – Like just about every automaker, German giant Volkswagen is in the midst of turning its massive ship in direction of electric mobility. The recent introduction of the ID.4 crossover marks a crucial inflection point for Volkswagen, the first serious step on the way to a largely – and eventually completely – electric lineup. Thing is, to pull off this massive shift, VW still needs its gasoline-powered vehicles to help finance the whole thing.
The addition of the Taos earlier this year should help with that, but equally important is the lineup’s top gunslinger, which has led brand sales for several years now. Launched in 2018, the second iteration of the Tiguan compact SUV was reaching a point where it needed a bit of a facelift to stay in the game, especially in a category so large and competitive.
And so we have the Tiguan, revised for 2022 and already arriving in dealerships across the country. Last week, alongside the brand's two pocket rockets, the 2022 Golf GTI and Golf R, Volkswagen's Canadian division also had the new Tiguan on site and available for a test drive. Given the importance of this SUV in North America, that only made sense.
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