Volkswagen Taigo (2022)
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Date: 19/11/2021

Volkswagen Taigo
Clear the stage for a strikingly elegant new body shape: Volkswagen has injected fresh style along with a good dose of emotion and individuality into what's known as the A0 segment. With the new Taigo, Volkswagen is establishing its first SUV coupé in this price-sensitive class. Customers will love its crossover body style, raised seating position, unrestricted suitability for everyday use and a lifestyle feel that is completely new in this volume segment, not to mention extraordinarily high-quality equipment features. The five-seater Volkswagen Taigo slopes backwards at the rear in coupé style without restricting the headroom in the passenger compartment. Volkswagen is thus expanding its portfolio of compact and front-wheel-drive Polo (hatchback) and T-Cross (SUV) models based on the modular transverse kit (MQB) with a third body variant, which was previously almost exclusively reserved for high-priced vehicles. The focus of the Taigo is on design, individuality and emotion. Equipped as standard with full LED headlights, a fully digital cockpit and latest-generation Infotainment systems (MIB3), the almost 4.26-metre SUV coupé sets a new technology benchmark in its class.

On the German market, the new Taigo comes as standard with a comprehensive range of latest-generation assistance systems such as Lane Assist and Front Assist. The model is produced in Pamplona, Spain. Like the Polo and T-Cross, the sporty new crossover will go on sale throughout Europe, with sales markets including 28 EU countries as well as South Africa and Turkey. In Brazil, the Taigo is offered and produced under the name of Nivus, with market-specific variations.

Its design: unique and powerful

Marco Pavone, Head of Exterior Design for the Volkswagen brand, is responsible for the design of the model. Together with his twin brother José Carlos Pavone, Head of Volkswagen Design Center (South America Region), he has already implemented several projects for the brand. When they were students, Marco and José Carlos Pavone were already determined to work in the Volkswagen design team. At the time, they submitted their application with their first design sketches for future cars. Today, around 35 years later, the brothers are in consistent communication about the brand's latest design developments.

The design of the European Taigo is characterised by powerful proportions. Particularly striking is the coupé-like silhouette, with its strongly forward-sloping C-pillar. Inspired by SUV coupés from higher vehicle classes, it makes the Volkswagen Taigo unique in its segment. The side view is also characterised by very precise and sharp lines, which, together with the large wheels and offset wheel arch cladding, emphasise the crossover character of the Taigo. The overhang at the rear has been deliberately extended to underscore the vehicle's functionality.

Sporty, lifestyle-oriented, urban and yet robust - even at a fleeting glance, the charismatic Taigo arouses emotions with its unique shape. Volkswagen's new SUV coupé is mainly aimed at trend-loving, design-oriented young customers and the young at heart, as well as those with an active leisure lifestyle. The luggage compartment volume is an impressive 438 litres. This means that despite its coupé-like silhouette, the new Taigo offers almost as much storage space with full seating as the compact SUV T-Cross with sliding rear seat (385 to 455 litres). The front and rear design is highly distinctive within the A0 model family. All exterior lighting elements from the headlights to the rear lights feature LED technology as standard. Thanks to the new lighting design, this makes for a particularly charismatic daytime and night-time signature. From the Style equipment line onwards, the Taigo features the new IQ.LIGHT LED matrix headlights along with an illuminated radiator grille crossbar as standard. As such, it establishes a link in terms of style with Volkswagen's ID. models as well as the new Golf, Arteon, Tiguan Allspace and Polo - which also feature this characteristic LED light strip as an option or as part of their equipment specification. The striking continuous light strip at the rear emphasises the vehicle's width and character. In addition, a projection light with an eye-catching honeycomb structure in the exterior mirrors is standard from the Life line onwards.

Source: https://www.netcarshow.com/volkswagen/2022-taigo/