VOLKSWAGEN’S Tiguan Allspace massive seven-seat SUV shall be changed by a brand new mannequin referred to as Tayron in Australia earlier than the top of 2025, firm executives confirmed at a latest media briefing in Sydney.
The Tayron nameplate has been utilized by Volkswagen’s Chinese language three way partnership with FAW since late 2018 on a medium SUV – and coupe by-product that arrived within the second quarter of 2020 – of comparable measurement to the current-generation Tiguan five-seater.
Volkswagen confirmed earlier this yr that the Tayron would change into a world mannequin and though no reveal date has but been confirmed, it’s anticipated to emerge throughout 2024 and arrive in Australia the next yr.
Addressing Australian automotive media, Volkswagen Group Australia passenger automobiles head of product Michelle Rowney mentioned, “I can affirm that the Tiguan Allspace alternative shall be named Tayron in Australia”.
It will likely be a busy 18 months or so of product launches for the German car-maker’s Australian arm, key amongst which would be the arrival of its ID.4, ID.5 and ID.Buzz battery electrical automobile (BEV) fashions, with BEV gross sales and repair obtainable throughout your complete nationwide VW dealership community from the get-go.
First up would be the facelifted Touareg flagship massive SUV, headlined by the plug-in hybrid R efficiency variant in March or April, adopted mid-year by the ID.4 SUV and its ID.5 coupe by-product – each arriving in facelifted type with performance-oriented GTX variants – then a facelifted T-Cross gentle SUV with important inside and tech overhaul is scheduled to reach round springtime.
The ID.Buzz in five- and seven-seat individuals mover plus Cargo industrial van codecs, in addition to the brand new T7-generation Multivan people-mover will arrive within the fourth quarter, with a mid-life facelift for the Crafter massive van additionally arriving through the yr majoring on technological upgrades.
In 2025 a facelifted Golf small hatch, the third-generation Tiguan medium SUV, Tayron massive SUV and new-generation Transporter industrial van and associated Caravelle individuals mover will roll out in Australia, in addition to a California camper variant of the T7 Multivan.
Volkswagen’s Golf-sized ID.3 and Polo-sized ID.2 BEV fashions are additionally confirmed for Australia “past 2024”.
Official Tayron particulars stay scarce, however it is going to reportedly develop in comparison with the outgoing Tiguan Allspace which is 4734mm lengthy and 1839mm vast, probably touchdown someplace across the measurement of the next-generation Skoda Karoq which is 24mm longer and 25mm wider than the present Allspace, and can go on sale in Australia in 2024.
The Tayron is unlikely to nudge the footprint of the North American market Atlas SUV that’s 5096mm lengthy, 1989mm vast and a big 123mm taller than a Tiguan Allspace.
A rise in measurement, if mixed with improved packaging, may tackle among the Tiguan Allspace’s third-row practicality compromises and provides Volkswagen a real rival to the Kia Sorento and upcoming Mazda CX-80.
The Atlas, together with the T7 Multivan – that in lengthy wheelbase type is 5173mm from bumper to bumper – are the biggest fashions to trip on Volkswagen Group’s ubiquitous MQB (modular transverse matrix) structure, additionally used for automobiles as small because the Polo gentle hatchback, in addition to the brand new Kodiaq and Tayron.
Abroad reviews recommend the Tayron’s styling will differentiate it from the third-generation Tiguan that’s anticipated to launch in Australia in late 2024, though the place it is going to sit in comparison with the modern new-generation Tiguan and bluff, butch styling of bigger VWs just like the Atlas and Amarok stays to be seen.
GoAuto understands the Tiguan Allspace – made in Mexico primarily for the North American market that doesn’t obtain the common five-seat Tiguan – shall be discontinued, though it might be succeeded by a model of the Tayron that wears Tiguan badging for model recognition functions in North American markets.
Confusingly the Tiguan Allspace can also be made in China for the home market in one other three way partnership, with SAIC, underneath which the mannequin is offered because the Tiguan L. Like North America, the Chinese language market by no means acquired the common wheelbase Tiguan, though a coupe-style Tiguan X model launched there in 2020.
In his inaugural media tackle, new Volkswagen Group Australia managing director Karsten Siefert mentioned a world streamlining of product growth processes could be addressed with VW’s Chinese language companions “differently”.
This transfer may scale back the variety of China-specific fashions and nameplates in VW’s world portfolio, explaining the roll-out of Tayron as a nameplate utilized in markets worldwide.
