2025 VW Tiguan Review | Is This A Budget Audi? Or A RAV4 Wannabe?

CORRECTION: The power liftgate is STANDARD starting with the SE trim. It is not an exclusive feature of the top SEL R Line trim.

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No direct button for phone calls

why didn't you cover rear vision changes?

The top trim is going to get that 201 hp engine for 3 months and then it’s going to be replaced with a 267hp engine. Don’t buy that top trim until they bring the much more powerful engine.

Agree with you fellows on the front end with its frown. In Europe, they have offer a luxury line which really tames the front end.

Question: This Tiguan's interior or the '25 Outlander's top-of-the-line interior?

They didn't go over the gear shift near the steering wheel.

Crap, this needs Hybrid. VW is so behind.

i like the design but sucks they don't offer hybrid options in 2025. if you are going to compete with the likes of toyota and honda, gotta at least give that option. no physical knob is interesting since many started that way only to backtrack. guess we'll wait for sales numbers.

Some models have moved away from the tacked on tablets. It's too bad this one added it.... and removed physical buttons. The screen on my 2019 is big enough and i have buttons too. It's also nicely imbedded. Sigh.

Cool

LOL why is this way better than the new Q5?

It's been a long time but VW America finally is getting back on track to where they were a decade or more ago. This is the right direction VW should take with all of their vehicles.

But is it reliable?

Gorgeous car. Is it worth waiting for a 2026 model that’s not far behind this one?

This is absolutely a step in the right direction for VW and I can’t wait to see where they go from here

Same interior materials as an Audi Q5 with a more pleasing layout. Still wish it had physical controls but much nicer than the Audi. Really speaks to how garbage the Audi Q5 interior is. I do appreciate the separate steering control buttons here as opposed to the to the big block button on the Audi

I like this review format swapping between Nick and Travis speaking

ABG hands down has the best and most unbiased reviews. They’re easy on the eyes too 😏

Great review

This is a really good looking car

RAV4 can’t come close!!!!!!!

25 MPG on the highway?🤣

That is >appalling< fuel economy in the year of our lord 2025.

Saw one of these in person at an auto show earlier this year. It's every bit as premium as it seems. I love my 2019 Jetta SEL Premium, but this new Tiguan has me intrigued and tempted to make a move, tariffs notwithstanding. :)

I wish they would tuck that wiper under the rear spoiler and not a fan of the illuminated vw logo

I prefer the front end and rear lights of the lower trim but would like the other bells and whistles. Wish we got the Ultraviolet color of the Tayron in the UK.

The more I see it the more I don't like the design direction of VW

Illuminated badges are so tacky. Give me a badge delete over that.

I heard rumour saying Atlas will also be redesigned for 2026? Is that true?

Good job VW! Amber turn signals!

And no driver thigh extensions

Remember when the front and back of automobiles had metal bumpers and not plastic mesh?😋 Yeah I know, behind $2000 of plastic there is a metal bar.

Interior looks very Audi! Looking forward to the 268hp version

😄. Buick Encore had leftovers...VW slapped its badge on it!

I wish every manufacturer would copy the center armrest. The ability to actually adjust the armrest is so nice on longer trips.

I use the third row on my 2024 Tiguan SE a lot since I use it to do rideshare in Los Angeles yes is small and I always put the short people in the back and for shorter trips less than 30 miles it ghets the job done and also my nephews that are 7 and 9 love sitting ion the back, so yeah i am going to miss that third row

People said this looked much nicer than the new Q5 and I didn't believe them. Well they were right, Audi interior looks cheap compared to this.

Well the opening PUN is literally better the the car 😅

There are still no buttons for AC control?
Come on VW.

Subaru did excellent job in the new Outback and brought buck the BUTTONS 😂❤

The trunk might be bigger below the cover, but it makes me wonder how it works in real life without the cover.

Forester has a good visibility, so the devider is low. The rear glass is almost vertical and tall items can be stacked very close to the edge.

What a weird looking Toyota Crown 😂❤

your flipping phone doesn't even fit the space made for it in the console.....how a generation behind is vw on the size of phones

Sounds like thr guy from driving sports tv

No 360 camera and other high-end features.

I don't like the marketing teams that spec the trims out. A Golf GTI S, the lowest trim, has a heated steering, but you say for this you need to spec it out highly to get a heated steering wheel? I guess you're just going to need to buy the steering wheel with heating and wire in a new fuse like you would with a Honda Civic.

Thank GOD they fixed the steering wheel and added buttons back in. Also, having an adjustable armrest way better than the current Tiguan.

Hopefully, they will offer some kind of 'trail sport' model. The 2 liter turbo engine is appreciated over the very weak 1.5 used in the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain. Unfortunately, like the GM twins, no hybrid is offered.