Both the Tiguan R-Line and Touareg Edition X arrive to mark significant milestones in each model’s history.
Volkswagen has certainly been going from strength to strength lately. Not only has its dominance in the WRC been a great bit of marketing for them, but its sales figures have been very healthy as well. On top of achieving 18% growth in the Asia Pacific region, VW is also the 3rd best selling marque in Singapore for 2013.
Like the company in general, the Tiguan has also been a success, being the best selling compact SUV so far this year. And now, there’s a new version, the Tiguan R-Line.
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Not quite enjoying the same full-fledged performance status as its R models, R-Line is instead more akin to BMW’s M-Sport: appearance packages for its ordinary models to look like their more sporting stablemates. As such, the Tiguan R-Line features body-coloured front, rear and side skirts with a purposeful looking rear diffuser, as well as a roof spoiler and new 19-inch ‘Mallory’ alloys with beefy 225/40 tyres.
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The interior features similar touches, like Vienna’ leather seats, aluminium sill plates and stainless steel pedals. The flat-bottomed multifunction steering wheel is shared with the one in the Golf R and is adorned with R badges, as are the headrests of the front sports seats.
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Unlike similar offerings from some other companies, the Tiguan does at least have a bit more muscle to go with the beefed-up looks, courtesy of the Golf GTI’s 210bhp TSI engine. Coupled with the 7-spd DSG gearbox, the SUV can hit 100km/h in a brisk 7.3sec.
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Meanwhile, VW is celebrating ten years of the Touareg with a special model, the Edition X. Focusing more on luxury, the Edition X can be had with either of the Touareg’s existing V6 engines – a 3.6 petrol or 3.0 diesel.
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The Edition X comes standard with 19-inch ‘Moab’ alloys, panoramic sunroof, bi-xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights, smoked rear light clusters and tinted windows. The classy ‘Moonlight Blue pearl effect’ paint is an option.
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Inside, the seats are wrapped in amber brown Nappa leather, with colour-coordinated stitching on the steering wheel and gearlever, real ebony inlays for the doors, centre console and instrument panel, and illuminated front door sills with ‘Touareg X’ lettering.
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The Touareg Edition X goes on sale on 18 May, while the Tiguan R-Line will be launched on 1 June.