I have ordered/received my New Tiguan

[heffmeister]

Same as you Beowulf, my 162 RLine+DAP turned up this afternoon. Some initial observations after about 70 km of driving through the Yarra Valley: the lane assist is amazing! - where there are lane markings both in the centre and on the edge of the road, the lane assist subtly keeps the car between the lines.
Coming from a Golf GTI Performance, the ride in the Tiguan is much better, zero wind noise and the handling for a 1650kg SUV is really good. The 162 is really punchy for a brand new engine with only 100km on the clock. The DSG 7 speed works really well - dropping it back to S really sharpens response without hanging on to high revs as the Golf GTI seemed to do. Turbo lag? - didn't notice any as acceleration from a standing start was really sharp.
To those who are waiting for their 162's to turn up - the wait will be worth it.
More feedback later next week after a few longer day trips.

[Gladbach]

Same as you Beowulf, my 162 RLine+DAP turned up this afternoon. Some initial observations after about 70 km of driving through the Yarra Valley: the lane assist is amazing! - where there are lane markings both in the centre and on the edge of the road, the lane assist subtly keeps the car between the lines.
Coming from a Golf GTI Performance, the ride in the Tiguan is much better, zero wind noise and the handling for a 1650kg SUV is really good. The 162 is really punchy for a brand new engine with only 100km on the clock. The DSG 7 speed works really well - dropping it back to S really sharpens response without hanging on to high revs as the Golf GTI seemed to do. Turbo lag? - didn't notice any as acceleration from a standing start was really sharp.
To those who are waiting for their 162's to turn up - the wait will be worth it.
More feedback later next week after a few longer day trips.

Whoop whoop!!!!

[TungstenR]

It has begun!

[Regdop]

Same as you Beowulf, my 162 RLine+DAP turned up this afternoon. Some initial observations after about 70 km of driving through the Yarra Valley: the lane assist is amazing! - where there are lane markings both in the centre and on the edge of the road, the lane assist subtly keeps the car between the lines.
Coming from a Golf GTI Performance, the ride in the Tiguan is much better, zero wind noise and the handling for a 1650kg SUV is really good. The 162 is really punchy for a brand new engine with only 100km on the clock. The DSG 7 speed works really well - dropping it back to S really sharpens response without hanging on to high revs as the Golf GTI seemed to do. Turbo lag? - didn't notice any as acceleration from a standing start was really sharp.
To those who are waiting for their 162's to turn up - the wait will be worth it.
More feedback later next week after a few longer day trips.

Wow... that's a great first impression Whar color did you get? Curious to know how hard the ride is on those low profile 20"s. And you coming from a GTI speaks volumes to me about the engine performance.. all those little doubts I had because we couldn't test drive are slowly disappearing...please keep the insights coming from yourself and all the other new R Line owners.... Merry Christmas!!

[REGS12]

Whew! I also will be letting our Mk 7 GTI go with quite a bit of regret. If the Tiguan motor is as sharp as the GTI, wow.

[heffmeister]

Chose white ... looks great in the flesh! Ride is not hard at all in the Normal ride setting. I think the true character of the motor will reveal itself after a good run in period. Bit more driving today so I'll give some feedback on that later. Go to the German VW website and check out the 0 -80 kmh acceleration times of a Golf GTI and a Tiguan 162 ... interesting.

[theitchy]

Please post some photos of the ride.......

[NZ_GolfR]

Chose white ... looks great in the flesh! Ride is not hard at all in the Normal ride setting. I think the true character of the motor will reveal itself after a good run in period. Bit more driving today so I'll give some feedback on that later. Go to the German VW website and check out the 0 -80 kmh acceleration times of a Golf GTI and a Tiguan 162 ... interesting.

Good colour choice, that I what I have ordered. Should be at the dealers today I believe but told them to hold off until beginning of January to make it registered in 2017.

Just read the German spec sheets and see the rated times for 0-80 and 0-100; the GTI is 5.0 and 6.5sec while the Tiguan is 4.3 and 6.5sec which is where the 4Motion shows its benefit. I noticed that the times for the 162TSI are the same as the 176kw BiTDI. Also they don't list any times for 80-120kmh for either the 162TSI or the 176BiTDI but they do for all the other Tiguan engines and the GTI.


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[Bassik]

I really need to drive it on my own as I mentioned I didn't feel the 162kW was that impressive in terms of punchiness. Coming from a MK6 GTi I feel my that is a lot punchier.

How can you guys be getting it already I ordered mine back in August, still got May/June deliver date.

[heffmeister]

I really need to drive it on my own as I mentioned I didn't feel the 162kW was that impressive in terms of punchiness. Coming from a MK6 GTi I feel my that is a lot punchier.

How can you guys be getting it already I ordered mine back in August, still got May/June deliver date.

Your demo Tiguan 162 was brand new with a tight engine so it probably seemed a bit flat to you. After only about 200km in my 162, it's loosening up noticeably.

My early delivery came from my dealer doing me a favour - the car he had ordered for a demo vehicle matched my specs exactly (White R Line Highline 162TSI + DAP) so he said I could have it. Guess I was lucky.