Volkswagen Tiguan Facelift Unveiled at Guangzhou Auto Show

Volkswagen Tiguan Facelift for China

Chinese market facelifted Tiguan styling will likely be the same for other markets too

By Alex Ricciuti
November 24, 2009 1:00 AM
Filed Under: German, Volkswagen

China is quickly becoming the largest vehicle market in the world and VW has a huge presence there. It's no wonder that the German automaker has debuted a facelifted Tiguan model there.

Now, it could be that this is solely the Chinese market Tiguan and that a facelift of the compact SUV will look different in its European and North American iteration. But it is unlikely VW will change much, if anything, of the Tiguan's new styling from what we see here.

Styling cues appear to be taken from the current Golf and Scirocco models - maintaining a design consistency in VW's lineup. The Chinese press release does not provide many details so we will have to wait for a European facelift for the Tiguan to find out what new technological goodies VW has in store for it.

 

Source: Shanghai Volkswagen

Comments

2010S5
November 24, 2009 1:52 AM
The Tiguan was always a handsome looking car. This looks nice.

psdrei
November 24, 2009 1:59 AM
live photos http://cn.autoblog.com/photos/guangzhou-2009-vw-tiguan-china/2473098/

Paulds
November 24, 2009 4:12 AM
Looks Ok, but I rather the X1

zoe
November 24, 2009 4:22 AM
It looks good for an SUV.

politz
November 24, 2009 6:12 AM
I really disliked that old VW design language, and this new one is really starting to grow on me... as a matter of fact, I used to see the Tiguan as a rather unfortunate design (and name), but that new nose is quite good.

xLumino
November 25, 2009 9:22 PM
slowly upgrowing mtv-generation?

to topic: The new VW-design-philosophy is a good one. Nothing exiting but even conservative enouth for the prior target group. No question, VW will have success with it like before, like all their redesigned cars had. I whould prefer other brands but that's not the question! (Oh I want to write that again and again on WCF)...

CarFan56
November 24, 2009 6:33 AM
Very nice! Nice designs like this are what makes this the worlds largest automaker.

N20_Purge
November 24, 2009 10:10 AM
The tiguan has always been a nice looking car, but it doesn't stick out, it just blends in with the crowd.

BDSawicki
November 24, 2009 10:55 AM
Does not look bad, but I'd rather go for a RAV4

bILLIONAIRE
November 24, 2009 12:08 PM
I'm not enjoying the rearlights. Looks somehow like a ten-year-old has designed them, just like the passat-cc

opelbauer
November 24, 2009 3:51 PM
I think so. It's strange to see this rear light still because the Golf Mk6 is already better. Maybe VW thinks a SUV must be ugly. :)

sfero
November 24, 2009 5:34 PM
In this point I'm totally with you. Rear lights of Passat CC and Tiguan (stupid name by the way) look awful. Well, current Passat and Golf Plus aren't any better. Mentioninng the Golf Plus: Why didn't they redesign this ugly dashboard too?

Anyways, judging only the front of this Tiguan I'm convinced that next generation Touareg will rock!


Edited by user on November 24, 2009 at 5:37 PM
GTurbo
November 24, 2009 4:01 PM
Simplicity as a design language is hardest for car designers to achieve than the dynamic. This is spot-on. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Handsome face.

b84
November 24, 2009 5:06 PM
Exterior = fail Interior = epic fail

CarFan56
November 24, 2009 9:41 PM
Recipe for success. Reason they lead the industry

William346
December 1, 2009 3:10 PM
This is more bland than the non-facelift model!

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