Comments on: 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan Artist’s Impression

By: johanbey

johanbey — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:30:20 +0000

well said ingolstadt, you know wat is a real cross-over? this is real life story, my pa;s friend owns a saundry shop up in the Gopeng Hill, the only spot is M'sia to see the big, ugly and smelly flower other than Sabah. He has been there for the past 40 years, going up and down the hills to get his stock from Ipoh and to ferry the asli down to the gopeng bus-stop. He has changed several vehicles over the years, but check this out, can you guess whats his latest drive?

A 1.8 Mazda Bongo. What the mod spec? He added 2 extra bars of steel his rear suspension which he custom made from the local hardwear store. Replace a bigger fan for the engine and of course took off the 3 row seat for extra boot space. He has been bongo-ing up and down the hills with his "cross-over" for the past 8 years.

3 years ago, some family friends decided to go up with his lexus 480/toyota Amazon, the engine nearly over-heated, mud water sipped into the expensive carpeting while crossing a stream and scratched the bodyworks along the way, ouch!

so much for expensive cross-over huh?

By: ingolstadt

ingolstadt — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:44:50 +0000

raybrig85 said,

July 23, 2006 @ 8:43 pm

ingolstadtâ€¦y ure saying like dat??

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Nah~ actually I'll be drooling over if someone would hand me the keys of such a beauty, but when i think of the fundamental reasons for them to launch such a car/4×4/whatever ….. it started to get weird, they're actually trying to stuff everything under one roof, a 4×4, a big strong engine, marketing it as "as comfortable as a sedan/saloon" then showing ads of these cars with executives on board, or a coupla families going for a picnic, or crocodile hunter in one of them for his new explorations…. it's a ROJAK in pure car enthusiasts terms. Anyone saw the head on tests between an Audi Q7 and a Range Rover? The Q7 flops big time even with their acclaimed Quattro. And Porsche's Cayenne Turbo losses to a Suzuki Jimny when the going gets tough. BUT, nothing beats a Porsche 911 on B roads, and not much can match Evo's on tracks with that kinda price tag, or to say a Discovery is just many times more capable than a BMW X5. These are dedicated, focus vehicles that triumph on the technological side, whereby the Tiguan above, is 80% marketing oriented and 20% technology oriented.

By: DrA

DrA — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:54:12 +0000

Looks better than toureg. Looks muscular with those pronounced wheel arches. Absolutely stunning. So, this should be aiming at LR Freelander territory.

By: DtG

DtG — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:48:52 +0000

i think p1 n vw are already doing things 2gether. notice how the vw polo n da vw featured above share the similar headlight design of the gen-2? interesting…

By: szw

szw — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:32:19 +0000

is pretty .

but would it made it to production ?

it still remain a ques , lolz !

By: raybrig85

raybrig85 — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:43:19 +0000

ingolstadt…y ure saying like dat??

By: ingolstadt

ingolstadt — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:31:10 +0000

Started to get bored of all these sports-sedan-like crossover vehicles…. they couldn't drift, and they couldn't descend a steep hill without frantically searching for grip. Nothing can mix a BMW 3 Series and a Discovery …. and if mixed, it's nothing.

By: RacingCELL

RacingCELL — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:12:17 +0000

Looks like Satria Neo's front!? Just my opinion. hehe

I'm new here, pls dun shoot me.hahaha

By: jtshin

jtshin — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:03:52 +0000

Not a bad design…

By: malayman

malayman — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:46:07 +0000

haha kendo nice poem!

this car i like!!

but there is just something about its look that reminds me of a RAV4..??

By: kendo

kendo — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:09:24 +0000

HERE GONE our

proton- vW model,

that Dr.M so pissed OFF

with Fat lady' AP crony import

that kill off

his PET plan of roppping in VW

By: J

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:27:43 +0000

Love in first sight !

2.0 at RM130,000 by then ??

By: neurra

neurra — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:53:01 +0000

huhu first to comment..

the front looks like something from audi's factory.. =D