I have ordered/received my New Tiguan

[REXman]

Its the Kiwi's Gladbach, cant trust 'em or their car names.

[REXman]

BTW. My work colleague just went out and bought a 140 tdi r line with sun roof and DAP. It was a demo Unit. Had done 1500 km. He paid $60,000 drive away.

Nice buy.. he will enjoy being able to drive Sydney to Melbourne on a tank of fuel.. whilst looking pretty good.

Colour? He Sydney based?

[tigger73]

I don't think Ive read a single person refer to their purchase of a Highline, as a Highline, in the 85+ pages of this thread!

However, someone who ordered a Comfortline adds the Luxury Pack for $5K (more than the R line option) - yet they all refer to the car as a Comfortline, not a luxury?

Get my angle? Yes? Great. No? All good.

Everyone calls it an R Line - but its a Highline. For the sake of forum harmony I will let it go . Its a small issue. Apologies if I ruffled any R line feathers.

I think it's because 162TSI Highline R-line is a bit of a mouthful

Also as the R-line option is only available on the Highline it's kind of implied anyway

In the previous gen Tig (and current Passat/Golf) you can option the R-line kit onto a number of trim levels (Comfortline, Highline). It's a pity they didn't offer this option for the gen2 Tiguan also.

I think the Comfortline + luxury pack is going to be a small niche for people that want a sunroof+folding mirrors but not LED headlights from the Highline. It's one of those funny combination things that you'd think that they could have just rolled into a Highline. Having said that it does make some sense to option the Lux Pack onto the 110TSI Comfortline as there's still a decent jump up to the 162TSI Highline.

[Gladbach]

In my Tiguan you can change it to sports mode for the gear box by tapping the gear leaver down when it's in drive (you'll note it says d/s). Sports mode using the mode selector changes more then just the dsg.

Ah, thanks for that - I hadn't noticed that you can tap if down further (I thought it was only across). Still, it would be nice if there was a quicker way of changing the complete driving mode to sport. Very minor detail though.

[Delewin]

Yes Sydney based. I'll ask what colour when I next see him.

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[IrishKiwi08]

You mean feathers with the R-Line pack..

The only reason I call it the R-Line is because it's easier than typing "Highline with R-Line pack" each time. My signature refers to it as just that though.

Still, while there's no special tune or upgraded brakes etc. it still does get some non-cosmetic upgrades (ADC and Progressive Steering) which affect the way it drives - so it's not purely cosmetic. Crucially though, there is no increase in performance which again, is why I get why it is not a variant in it's own right. Very different to an "R".

After saying all of that - in NZ it's actually called the R-Line (not Highline with R-Line pack), and there are a few members from NZ on here, so you'll have to excuse our NZ friends from calling it simply an R-Line

Thanks for reminding us Gladbach At least here in NZ the R-Line is marketed as an R-Line model not as a Highline with DAP, R-Line trim.... do I need to go on I might add that in South Africa you can order the new Tiguan 1.4TSI 2WD in R-Line trim WTF!!
To add insult to injury, I take delivery of my R-Line today Whoopee! after it arrived in the country on the 15th Dec. Been delayed by Christmas & New Year hols and also by the fact that I wanted rego in 2017 instead of 2016

[TungstenR]

Thanks for reminding us Gladbach At least here in NZ the R-Line is marketed as an R-Line model not as a Highline with DAP, R-Line trim.... do I need to go on I might add that in South Africa you can order the new Tiguan 1.4TSI 2WD in R-Line trim WTF!!
To add insult to injury, I take delivery of my R-Line today Whoopee! after it arrived in the country on the 15th Dec. Been delayed by Christmas & New Year hols and also by the fact that I wanted rego in 2017 instead of 2016

Great to hear you're getting your R-line today, I'm collecting my R-line tomorrow! Pictures!!!

VW Tiguan R-Line: Neues Sportmodell ab sofort bestellbar | Auto-und-Motors.DE

Review: the Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line | Top Gear

[paddydash]

Welcome Paddydash, Price is great, and car you have chosen will be awesome. Since you are not a person who buys a new car everyday.. I'm assuming you will keep this bad boy for a while, so just an idea..

For an extra ~$4K, you can get the 162TSI + DAP.. this includes all the luxury features but no sunroof.

But you do get above the comfortline:

- Improved media headunit (I think its called the discovery pro model)
- LED front lights (changes the look of the car a little)
- 18 inch wheels (instead of 17)
- and more power from your engine 162 vs 132KWs.

I think there is a bunch of other little things.. anyway, for me, if I could have gotten the Comfortline 132 with LED lights, I would have got that.. but only way was to get the highline. This may not be an issue to you which is cool!

thanks Rexman - I thought the same but we def want the sunroof snd then the price shoots out to $6k more and we're already at the top of the budget. Our only real want is the led lights, I hate that they're not on the comfortline!!
Do you think they'll be available aftermarket?

[Delewin]

Hi Redman.
The 140 tdi r line is black in colour. He hasn't finalised finance as yet. He expects that will be done by tomorrow.

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[tigger73]

thanks Rexman - I thought the same but we def want the sunroof snd then the price shoots out to $6k more and we're already at the top of the budget. Our only real want is the led lights, I hate that they're not on the comfortline!!
Do you think they'll be available aftermarket?

The price of legally fitting LED/HID headlights is astronomical as you have to fit auto-levelers and washers which often involves purchasing a new front bumper. Of course what a lot of people do is just fit LED globes into the standard housings but this can be sub-optimal in terms of lighting the road (and not 100% legal).

If you want to get a fully legal set-up you're by far better off buying it as a factory option.

And yes I agree that it is not ideal the way the LED headlights have been optioned into Highline models only.