With the introductions of the Taos following thirty day period and the ID4 EV very last March, VW’s lineup now has 5 crossovers to present American individuals — when compared with 2017, when it experienced just the Tiguan and the significant-priced Touareg.
The benefits are telling. Crossovers are now about sixty four % of the brand’s profits, and Keogh explained it would consider the profits from “eight or nine Passat” sedans to equivalent what the brand tends to make on just just one of its Atlas a few-row crossovers.
“We have finally preferred to satisfy the American sector and give individuals what they are on the lookout for,” Keogh explained.
The Taos, which will be constructed in Puebla, Mexico, is centered on the exact MQB modular international architecture as the Tiguan, and it will share a number of elements.
At nine.3 inches shorter than the extensive-wheelbase Tiguan sold in the U.S., the Taos is a hundred seventy five.eight inches extensive, seventy two.5 inches huge and sixty four.4 inches tall, riding on a one zero five.nine-inch wheelbase. It will come standard with LED projector headlights, a thoroughly electronic instrument cluster and a 6.5-inch infotainment touch display. An optional eight-inch touch display runs Volkswagen’s most innovative infotainment process. With the second-row seats up, the Taos has 28.1 cubic feet of cargo area. When the again seats are decreased, cargo area expands to sixty six.3 cubic feet.
The Taos, in contrast to the refreshed Tiguan that VW will convey to dealerships in the drop, will not have an optional power rear hatch, nor does it have the refreshed Tiguan’s upscale haptic steering wheel buttons or capacitive touch local weather controls.
What it does have is greater gasoline mileage and a value point — the Taos will begin at $24,one hundred ninety including shipping — expected to be at the very least $2,five hundred less costly when compared to the 2022 Tiguan. Keogh explained VW would present an entry lease value of $199 for each thirty day period on the Taos.
The 2022 Taos is run by a 1.5-liter turbocharged inline-4 engine — the exact as in the Jetta sedan — that generates 158 hp and 184 pound-feet of torque, mated to an eight-velocity computerized transmission in front-wheel-push variations or a 7-velocity computerized when equipped with accessible all-wheel push.
Foundation variations of the Taos will occur standard with 17-inch wheels, while increased trims will be equipped with possibly eighteen- or 19-inch wheels.
Taos “is a basic VW for a new period,” Keogh told reporters this thirty day period. “It truly is sensible, with surprising tech features.”
