One of my co-workers just picked up a new to her car - a 2016 VW Tiguan Highline with 120k kms. It's a very nice little vehicle, from back when VW was at the top of their game with regards to interiors. She and her husband picked it up as a second vehicle - they have a VW Atlas 2.0T that they bought new a few months ago. SHE wanted to get a car as a second vehicle, as they live far out of town and they both have a fairly long highway commute to get into the city. But her husband was convinced he wanted something with AWD, so they were looking at CUV's.
Wait, VW was at the top of their game in 2016? 2016 has become a recent classic? FML I am getting old, I consider 2016 new.
Well, as far as the Tiguan is concerned. It's the previous gen Tiguan, and so still has the nice, classic VW upscale interior. The new Tiguan (and Atlas, Jetta etc) went downmarket.
It's actually impressive how 'small' the Tiguan is. She parked next to my Mazda3 today, and I'd say the Tiguan is no larger than the 3. It's taller, for sure, but as far as length/width is concerned, it looks pretty darn close. It actually looks shorter than my 3. Cargo area in the two is pretty similar, too.
I'm just looking it up now:
The Tiguan's O/A length is 174.5" compared to the 3's 175.6".
Wheelbase on the Tiguan is 102.5" compared to the 3's 106.3"
Tiguan's width is 71.2" compared to the Mazda3 at 70.7"
The Tiguan is a full 10" taller than the 3, though, at 67.1" compared to 57.3"
Tiguan's cargo volume with seats up is 23.8 cu.ft. compared to the 3's 20.2 cu.ft. Must be the extra height of the Tiguan that offers up the extra cargo volume, because the actual floor area looked very similar.
She seems to have gotten a good deal on it, too. $15k for a 2016 with 120k kms, from a private sale. The original owner lived in Steinbach, so she's thinking the vehicle did a bunch of highway commuting to/from Winnipeg each day, hence the higher kilometers. That's what I paid for my Mazda3, btw, but with double the kms. It's a whole lot more vehicle, though, having the engine from the GTI, AWD, and a fully loaded leather interior.