M17 Tiguan - Australian Reviews

**JPBJK** · 16-06-2017, 10:45 PM

I've been reading reviews and comments flat out. This one was detailed.

http://www.carconversation.com.au/re...omfortline-dsg

This looks to be the a good spot in the range. I will need to drive a few different spec levels.

**veew** · 17-06-2017, 09:29 AM

Very few reviewers (except the carconversation.com.au review in the previous post) state the minimum and maximum boot capacities. Some just state outright the boot space is 615L which most of the time with people's use is 520L to high 500s.
Anyway just a bit of a nit to pick when I see these reviews.

**JPBJK** · 17-06-2017, 06:24 PM

There are lots of good reviews on that website http://www.carconversation.com.au/reviews and i thought the Tiguan one was one of the better reviews I've read.

**Gladbach** · 05-10-2017, 04:22 PM

Here's another comparison between the Forrester XT and the 162TSI.

2017 Subaru XT Premium Vs 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan 162 TSI Highline – Which is Best? | Practical Motoring

**tigger73** · 10-12-2017, 09:57 PM

2017 Drive Car of the Year - Winner Best Small SUV: Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI Trendline

Best Small SUV: Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport Auto vs. Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI Trendline vs. Honda CR-V VTi-S

**Cobwebs** · 15-12-2017, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by tigger73

2017 Drive Car of the Year - Winner Best Small SUV: Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI Trendline

Best Small SUV: Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport Auto vs. Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI Trendline vs. Honda CR-V VTi-S

"Like the Golf, the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic still displays some of the gremlins associated with transmissions of its type, like a degree of hesitation away from a standstill"

Interesting comment! At standstill a DCT is in 1st already. There can be no hestitation from the gearbox. And then when you accelerate a DCT changes gears in a matter of milliseconds, faster than a manual or auto i.e. no hesitation.

Our motoring media have showed their ineptitude again. Hesitation can come from the engine having insufficient revs. Don't blame DCT just because that is what our 'experienced' testers have done this in the past.

Maybe they just wanted a negative for the Tig. If so, find the real reason.

**Hole46** · 15-12-2017, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Cobwebs

"Like the Golf, the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic still displays some of the gremlins associated with transmissions of its type, like a degree of hesitation away from a standstill"

Interesting comment! At standstill a DCT is in 1st already. There can be no hestitation from the gearbox. And then when you accelerate a DCT changes gears in a matter of milliseconds, faster than a manual or auto i.e. no hesitation.

Our motoring media have showed their ineptitude again. Hesitation can come from the engine having insufficient revs. Don't blame DCT just because that is what our 'experienced' testers have done this in the past.

Maybe they just wanted a negative for the Tig. If so, find the real reason.

Most “motoring” writers are just a bunch of opinionated twits!

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**Sydneykid** · 18-12-2017, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Cobwebs

"Like the Golf, the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic still displays some of the gremlins associated with transmissions of its type, like a degree of hesitation away from a standstill"
Interesting comment! At standstill a DCT is in 1st already. There can be no hestitation from the gearbox. And then when you accelerate a DCT changes gears in a matter of milliseconds, faster than a manual or auto i.e. no hesitation.
Our motoring media have showed their ineptitude again. Hesitation can come from the engine having insufficient revs. Don't blame DCT just because that is what our 'experienced' testers have done this in the past.
Maybe they just wanted a negative for the Tig. If so, find the real reason.

In 7 years of VW DSG driving I haven't experienced once what I would remotely consider "DSG hesitation", where the gearbox is responsible. But very rarely I get what I consider to be throttle by wire delay, where the engine doesn't respond instantly to throttle inputs. It requires a particular combination of circumstances, stop start traffic, with what looks like it's going to be just another a start, roll forward slowly, stop situation but the car in front moves off swiftly just as the engine is idling down. Although I have my foot off the throttle and on the brake pedal, I haven't actually applied the brakes. As a result of the car in front moving of briskly, just as I was about to come to a stop, I apply the throttle quickly and it feels like the drive by wire throttle doesn't respond. There's slight delay, not a long time, fractions of a second, but it is noticeable. It's almost certainly not DSG delay as the engine doesn't rev up, as it would if the gearbox was in neutral or the clutch disengaged. It's the engine that doesn't respond, not the gearbox.

It's quite a unique set of circumstances such that it doesn't happen all that often, not even once a month. Plus I have learnt to look out for it and either apply the brakes or use a gentler prod on the throttle.

Merry Xmas to all
Gary