Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace

The entire dashboard of the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace sees no change over its five-seater counterpart, with the cabin having a simple yet feature-rich layout to impress you and appreciate for its premium appeal.

The flat bottom multi-functional steering wheel as well as full TFT instrument console behind it looks pretty expensive and gives the driver’s cockpit a futuristic appeal. The centre console, however, lacks the visual drama a bit with its plain design, with a trapezoidal housing for the touchscreen infotainment system, inverted trapezoidal AC vents above it and a plain-looking housing for buttons of automatic climate control.

The Tiguan Allspace comes with three rows of seats, and while the seats have good cushioning and under-thigh support, the third row feels cramped with little knee room for taller people. The cabin, however, impresses with its top-class quality and features such as three-zone climate control with air cleaning function, adaptive cruise control, 9.2-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple Carplay and Android Auto, electrically adjustable, foldable and heated rearview mirrors with memory function, powered front seats with heating and memory function, push-button start with keyless entry, and many more on board.

Volkswagen has stretched the wheelbase of the standard five-seater Tiguan for the Tiguan Allspace, which already is a good thing to start with, considering that the Tiguan is a sleek and proportionately designed SUV and the increase in wheelbase has only made it look bigger and classier.

The front fascia of the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace looks quite sleek with a trapezoidal grille with two chrome slats flanked by angular full LED headlamps along with daytime running LEDs, making the front look simple yet classy and expensive.

The increase in wheelbase is quite evident when you see the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace from the sides, with the SUV seeming longer in proportions, but sturdy enough to be categorised as an SUV. Characterised with a sharp line flowing through the door panels, the Tiguan Allspace looks rugged with side body cladding and roof rails playing their part effectively.

At the rear, the design of the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace looks quite busy with a lot of angular elements playing their role in LED tail lamps and boot lid design around the license plate housing.

The Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace has been fitted with independent Macpherson struts with lower A-arms and anti-roll bar at the front and independent four-link with coil springs and anti-roll bar at the rear. With the 4 Motion all-wheel-drive system on board, the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace has a comfortable ride quality and ability to traverse all kinds of surfaces with ease. For braking duties, Volkswagen has equipped the Tiguan Allspace with disc brakes all around.

One can choose from three different petrol automatic powertrains in the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace. The base variant is powered by a 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine, which is coupled to a 6-speed DSG automatic gearbox and produces 150 PS of power and 250 Nm of torque. Then comes the 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, which is available in two states of tune – 180 PS/320 Nm and 220 PS/350 Nm – both of which are paired to a 7-speed DSG automatic gearbox.

For safety, Volkswagen has stuffed the Tiguan Allspace with many premium safety features, such as front, side and curtain airbags, ABS with EBD and brake assist, electric parking brake, traction control with anti-slip regulation, electronic differential lock, electronic stability program, adaptive chassis control, driver fatigue detection system, emergency assist, traffic jam assist, front assist with city emergency braking and pedestrian monitoring system, park assist with front and rear parking sensors and multi-angle reverse camera, lane change assist with rear traffic alert, tire pressure monitoring system.

For a midsize seven-seater SUV, the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace has got oodles of premium appeal and kit on offer, with its simple yet classy design in and out as well as sturdy mechanicals under the skin making a perfect balance of style and substance on offer.