Cars that drive like the Tayron – Diepresse.com
First drive in the successor to the Tiguan Allspace, which is now called VW Tayron and is equipped for higher tasks. Will he replace the flagship Tuareg?
The third year of the VW Tiguan presented last year delivered the long version, only that it is no longer called Tiguan Allspace as with the predecessor, but Tayron. You understand: T-Cross, T-Roc, Tiguan, Tuareg, now Tayron.
The new name should indicate that this variant is not just an extended by 22 centimeters, but that it also performs an independent, slightly higher quality than the Tiguan. Smaller decordails on the front and rear contribute to a distinction in addition to the dimensions. It is already rumored that the Tayron will take on the role of the larger Tuareg as a brand flagship (in this case, customers would have to be satisfied with a maximum of 2.5 tons instead of up to 3.5 tons of trailer load).
« /> Brand emblem at the front and back illuminated: VW Tayron. C. Houdek
Similarity with Skodas Kodiaq
Externally, quickly looking at, you can see similarities to the ŠKODA Kodiaq, with which the Tayron shares the platform, only get a little longer with the same wheelbase (2.8 meters) with almost 4.8 meters. The TAYRON can be covered with up to seven people, with series three more only for children.
The Tiguan’s bestselling status proves that VW dominates the SUV format of this size class, and the Tayron is certainly no nakedness: to be mentioned in a first-class stealing, superbe, agile driving characteristics and a high-quality atmosphere. And yes, high prices: entry at 48,690 euros for the 150 hp petrol engine with front-wheel drive.
Rotary button instead of slider
The violent scolding for the missed operating concept with « Sliders »-i.e. tip the fingertip on plastic or slide along to set things such as temperature, ACC speed and volume-VW in Tayron led to an unimaginable steering wheel button and a prominently placed rotary switch on the center console. « Here please, » he seems to say, « the ultimate analog knob for haptic well -being. »
« /> Unlike the leaked Allspace, the Tayron differs visibly from the Tiguan. C. Houdek
Because the prayer instrument for the volume control alone would seem somewhat exaggerated, it has been imposed on the setting of mood pictures: atmospheres, As it says, in the flavors lounge, energetic, joy, minimal and me. Apparently indispensable these days, it would be interesting to know at which level the use really settles after the first time. We look more of a cobwebs on it, symbolically.
The driving characteristics are of real value and real performance, as already mentioned: the Tayron is fun from the first meters, the car is by no means well in the hand and conveys amazing lightfootfulness. The engine we prefer to contribute to this, the two -liter diesel with all -wheel drive (193 hp, 65,490 euros) at the height of its good properties. Strong, loyal, acoustically tolerable- and in real life more economical than everything battery and plug-with-tasting.
