The brand new VolkswagenTiguan and Tayron have been solely simply launched in Australia in Might and September respectively, however that hasn’t stopped the German model asserting quite a lot of mannequin yr 2026 (MY26) upgrades only a handful of months later.
Chief amongst them is the addition of Volkswagen Turning Assistant 2.0, which is now commonplace throughout the Tiguan mid-size SUV vary and the associated Tayron giant SUV that changed the Tiguan Allspace.
Turning Assistant 2.0 enhances collision avoidance functionality by having the ability to detect and react to oncoming visitors that’s about to show in the direction of the automobile, along with detecting and braking when the driving force turns throughout oncoming visitors that’s driving straight forward (as earlier than).
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As well as, new aero covers at the moment are additionally commonplace for the 20-inch ‘Leeds’ alloy wheels on the Tiguan 195TSI R-Line, bringing them into line with the wheels on each the Golf R-Line and Touareg R-Line.
Nonetheless, in a transfer that Volkswagen says is designed to “additional improve the experience consolation of MY26 Tiguan 110TSI Life and 110TSI Class”, these variants now downsize from the beforehand commonplace 19-inch wheels to smaller 17-inch ‘Venezia’ and 18-inch ‘Napoli’ alloy wheels respectively.
Lastly for MY26, all Tiguan Class and R-Line automobiles will include illuminated VW emblems at each the entrance and rear for the primary time.
Volkswagen’s medium and huge SUV vary will additional broaden in 2026, with the addition of the Tiguan eHybrid and Tayron eHybrid plug-in hybrid electrical automobiles (PHEVs), each providing greater than 100km (WLTP) of all-electric driving vary.
The German model says they’ll give its clients the widest powertrain selection in the preferred SUV segments, which incorporates an entry-level 110TSI turbocharged 1.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine in each five- and seven-seat configurations, sportier 2.0-litre all-wheel drive Class and R-Line (Tiguan solely) grades, and range-topping 195kW/400Nm 195TSI R-Line flagships.
Volkswagen says it would proceed so as to add turbo-petrol and PHEV powertrains alongside the battery-powered ID. 4 and ID. 5 mid-size electrical SUVs, all priced in the preferred $45-75,000 value bracket.
