When looking for a better price, one of the first options in the SUV is to choose the version with only two wheels. This is possible in the Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 TDI for those who do not intend to build on its strengths in areas of very low grip and that translates into more than 4,500 euros in your pocket.

Volkswagen TiguanVolkswagen Tiguan advent of transmission version with only the front wheels may seem like a slight variation on what is available so far. Nothing could be further from reality, since the amendment of the transmission brings with it a number of modifications sensitive to vary dramatically their performance.

The first, and not the most banal, however, is only noticeable when the heel to the seller on the table: the Volkswagen Tiguan 4×2 is considerably more accessible to the average purchaser, and to be well below 30,000 euros, a figure that some time ago, was seen by many but naturally, now, in view of the events again be so inaccessible to most as it was a decade ago.

Moving on technique, there is first a reminder. The Volkswagen Tiguan with four-wheel drive features a Haldex-type transmission, that is, with a center differential disks that only works when there is a difference of rotation between the front and rear.

By this we influence that driving on asphalt tools, or even moderately ground, the Volkswagen Tiguan 4×4 behaves like a front wheel drive, using only its front wheels to push the vehicle. We stress that, for a vast majority of its users, this 4×2 is no less safe and effective than his brother, because those who do not leave the asphalt and not suffer a snowstorm, will not feel the help of the rear wheel drive .
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The disappearance of the AWD system brings a significant reduction in vehicle weight. According to our scale, no less than 165 kg, with a significant alteration in their distribution between the axles. So while on the rear of the Volkswagen Tiguan 4×4 falls 42.7 percent of the total weight, in this 4×2 stays by 40.5 percent.

As a result, engineers have prepared a variation in the diameter of the rear stabilizer bar, which is reduced from 22 to 19 mm. This variation would tend to increase the tendency to understeer in demanding driving, but this fails to appreciate because of the reduction in total weight, which enhances the agility, since the rear-multilink-geometry has a significant directional capability when it takes a lot to the frame on a curve.

As collateral damage to the new weight distribution, braking is slightly injured, having obtained a distance of three meters longer than his brother at the bus stop from 140 km / h, no doubt, because the lower weight over the rear wheels limits its maximum braking before the ABS start working.

Another change made relates to the gearbox, because in this Volkswagen Tiguan 4×2 developments have lengthened significantly change. If we rely on public benefits, this has had negative consequences, because the top speed and acceleration 0-100 km / h are brighter. However, our Technical Center has not received performance better than the version of the Tiguan 4×4 , quite the opposite, because in all tests have been lost so many tenths, for example, recoveries, full seconds.

In the daily traffic that is very palpable, especially in the use of the sixth gear, which is limited to flow long as above 100 km / h, and that below, any attempt to acceleration is almost useless.

On the contrary, this elongation of the developments will greatly benefit fuel consumption. In our measurements, practically down a liter per 100 km on average consumption, reaching almost 1.5 l/100 km in the city consumption. This is especially beneficial for those users who see the Volkswagen Tiguan your car everyday, of course, assume that the vast majority.

Finally, the Volkswagen Tiguan FWD is more than the 4×4 than at first appears. More economical, both consumption and price, but also somewhat less dynamic and safe, but always as well equipped and finished. Without doubt, more customers for bourgeois and quiet, according to new trends in SUV.

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