Review | Why Should I Choose A... Volkswagen Taigo? | Can A Coupe-Style Backside Make This SUV Fun?
Review | Why Should I Choose A... Volkswagen Taigo? | Can A Coupe-Style Backside Make This SUV Fun?
The Volkswagen Taigo is pretty much a basic VW crossover SUV type thing but with that coupe-style backside treatment that’s getting popular. Is that enough to make it fun? Mark finds out…
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Review written \u0026 presented by Mark Nichol
Filmed by Oli Winward \u0026 Joe Hair
Edited by Joe Hair
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Need To Know
1:33 - How Practical Is It?
2:07 - Coolest Feature
2:28 - How Does It Drive?
5:01 - What Else Could I Get?
5:30 - Conclusion
Content
0 -> hello and welcome to why should you
2.28 -> choose this Volkswagen tiger now Tiago
6 -> definitely tiger I'm Mark hope you're
8.76 -> doing great let's do it
11.79 -> [Music]
25.82 -> all right then what do you need to know
28.68 -> well apart from how to pronounce the
30.24 -> name you need to know that this is a
31.92 -> five-seat car that's on the smaller side
34.079 -> and styled vaguely to resemble both an
36.6 -> SUV and a coupe the latter bit because
39.719 -> as you can see the roof is a bit slanty
42.18 -> it is however the smallest of this type
44.399 -> of car they're usually much bigger and
45.96 -> more expensive still it's just about
48 -> family sized but still small enough to
50.219 -> be able to park easily kind of like a
52.32 -> tall fat VW polo and if you're wondering
55.02 -> where exactly it fits into the veritable
57.059 -> Cavalcade of currently available
58.68 -> Volkswagen SUVs it's here bit more
61.98 -> expensive than a t-cross but a bit
63.84 -> cheaper and a bit smaller than a t-rock
66.24 -> so kind of entry level then and because
68.7 -> of that this is not a complicated car
70.92 -> simple trim range simple engine range
73.5 -> only petrol engines in fact nor diesel
76.08 -> nor hybrid no full electric but actually
78.84 -> that means it's cost effective both to
81.24 -> get into and to run every version hovers
84.119 -> around the 50mph a gallon Mark so
86.159 -> basically what you're looking at here is
88.02 -> a chunky Runabout with decent carbon
90.06 -> space a family sized Boot and a bit of
92.4 -> added style two boot so how practical is
95.52 -> it actually well let's find out so first
97.86 -> we'll look in the boot obvious place to
99.6 -> start but then we'll look at how much
101.34 -> rubbish it can fit in the nooks and
103.14 -> crannies in the car
104.24 -> [Music]
110.67 -> [Music]
119.99 -> [Applause]
125.54 -> thank you
127.92 -> all right but what's a thing that you'll
129.599 -> want to tell your friends about I
131.7 -> genuinely really like these haptic
133.68 -> sliders for the temperature so if you
135.48 -> get a mid-specorn above instead of
137.64 -> getting little knobs for the temperature
138.72 -> and the fan speed you get these little
141.42 -> sliders here and they're just dead good
143.52 -> because they look and feel nice to use
145.5 -> but they work they're functional they're
147.599 -> good I like them main question then
149.58 -> what's it like to drive well it kind of
152.04 -> drives how it looks in my opinion it's
154.44 -> just nice in a very easy very pleasant
157.68 -> very non-offensive sort of a way get all
159.9 -> the basic stuff right all the important
161.34 -> stuff it's just spot on driving
162.9 -> positions really adjustable it's dead
164.76 -> comfy the seats are kind of flat and
166.319 -> comfy you will not have a problem
167.879 -> getting comfortable in this car the
170.28 -> steering's lightweight and the pedals
172.08 -> are spaced out properly so they're no
173.64 -> effort to use pragmatic stuff right
175.44 -> there's a big wide foot rest next to the
177.36 -> clutch so when you're sat in the
178.319 -> motorway no problem rest easy and if
181.14 -> you've got a manual it's really light
182.879 -> and it Glides through the gate the only
185.64 -> particular Comfort problem that you
187.14 -> might have in this car is if you're one
188.819 -> of those people that does this
190.62 -> rest your elbow like that which you
192.36 -> should never do by the way but this is a
194.519 -> bit thin and it's a bit hard hurts your
196.44 -> elbow but much more importantly than
198.36 -> that this stuff here makes sense and
200.76 -> it's easy to use so this car has the
202.68 -> cord lesser infotainment system from the
204.84 -> Volkswagen Group which means it's not
206.34 -> the big fancy one that they put in the
207.9 -> ID3 and the golf and that but it is a
210.18 -> widely held opinion that this system is
212.22 -> easier to Fathom than that one it's got
213.959 -> nice shortcut buttons the menus on
216 -> flashy but that makes sense you'll find
217.8 -> what you're looking for easily so this
219.3 -> year is the one liter version and as
220.98 -> much as you will enjoy the extra poke of
222.78 -> the 1.5 liter this is perfectly good
225.12 -> it's really characterful it really suits
226.68 -> the car so I say if you can you should
228.36 -> get the 110 horsepower one that's on the
230.94 -> screen here because it just has that bit
232.68 -> of extra torque so it feels a bit more
234.299 -> responsive on the accelerator but while
236.159 -> we are on that the only problem with
237.959 -> this engine is that it does have most of
240 -> its power it seems in the mid-range
241.86 -> which means that you have to push it it
243.48 -> doesn't feel like it just goes straight
244.92 -> away it kind of spools up if you
246.9 -> accelerate hard on this thing kind of
248.76 -> sounds throaty it sounds really nice is
250.26 -> that classic three cylinder turbo inch
252.42 -> thing but it's really quite low revs the
255.36 -> other thing is these three cylinder VW
257.4 -> engines used to be quite lumpy used to
259.139 -> get quite a bit of vibration through
260.4 -> them but now perfectly smooth and
263.16 -> actually the engine smoothness is a
265.259 -> quality that's mimicked in the way that
266.639 -> this goes over the road the way it rides
268.8 -> and the way it just feels in general
270.3 -> that is so the first thing it's got
272.28 -> really decent body control it doesn't
273.9 -> feel like a big tall lumbering SUV
276.18 -> that's on really bouncy Springs so when
278.04 -> you turn a corner you're kind of getting
279.419 -> rolled left and right and actually it's
282.12 -> pretty good to steer it's better to
283.979 -> steer than you think it's going to be
285.12 -> given how light the steering is and how
286.8 -> tall it is you perched high so you can
288.96 -> see everything around you like a big
290.52 -> problem with a lot of these Coupe SUV
292.139 -> things that the rear visibility is
293.58 -> terrible because of the way that the
294.84 -> backs squash down but that's not the
296.46 -> case here you'll find this easy to park
298.139 -> easy to get around and very pleasant to
300.18 -> do long distances in job done so what
302.759 -> else could you get that's similar then
303.96 -> the most fun to drive small SUV on sale
306.78 -> and actually one of the most fun cars to
308.699 -> drive full stop but the Puma is still
311.34 -> comfy it is just absolute greatness from
313.62 -> Ford this thing the mocha is just a
315.96 -> lovely piece of design inside and out
317.759 -> and it's proper light and easy to drive
319.86 -> the only thing against it is a quite
322.08 -> small boot relatively the C3 air cross
324.419 -> is the most outright comfy small SUV you
327.24 -> can get it's like driving a sponge and
329.52 -> it's got the most spacious cabin all
331.32 -> good this is dead easy to recommend
333.479 -> right it looks nice it dries nice it's
335.639 -> comfy and it's almost big enough to be a
338.52 -> main family car in fact I think it is I
340.199 -> would use it as my family car
341.94 -> doesn't have much character but that's
344.639 -> an abstract Concept in it that's just my
346.8 -> view you may completely disagree so
349.74 -> well done Volkswagen
352.36 -> [Music]
353.94 -> foreign
354.51 -> [Music]
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ImEjxPbp0s