Seven-seat 2025 Volkswagen Tayron SUV revealed ahead of Paris motor show debut: Tiguan Allspace replacement poised to compete with Hyundai Santa Fe, Toyota Kluger and Kia Sorento

Volkswagen has pulled the covers off its brand-new Tayron SUV ahead of its official debut at next week's Paris motor show.

Designed to slot between the medium-sized Tiguan and the large Touareg, the Tayron will be offered in five and seven-seat variations, with the latter replacing the seven-seat Tiguan Allspace.

The Tayron will be 4770mm long, 1852mm wide, 1660mm tall, and have a wheelbase of 2791mm. That makes it 36mm longer than the outgoing Tiguan Allspace and 231mm longer than the next-generation Tiguan. It’s 132mm shorter than the Touareg.

Bootspace will be 850 litres in seven-seat variants, increasing to 885 litres in five-seat variants.

There will be seven powertrain options, including petrol, diesel, mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) options, the latter of which Volkswagen says will deliver “over 100km” of pure EV range.

It isn’t yet clear which grades will be made available in Australia when the Tayron arrives at the end of 2025, but based on local plans for the Tiguan, Australia is expected to skip the petrol mild-hybrid and diesel variants altogether, opting for petrol and PHEV offerings instead.

In Europe, the Tayron will initially be offered with the eTSI variant, which pairs a turbocharged 1.5-litre petrol engine with a 48V mild-hybrid system.

Standard petrol (TSI), diesel (TDI) and plug-in hybrid (eHybrid) options will arrive later, with a range-topping 2.0-litre turbo petrol all-wheel-drive variant to offer 195kW/400Nm.

Two plug-in hybrid options will combine the 1.5-litre petrol engine with an electric motor and a 19.7kWh battery pack, providing outputs of either 150kW and 200kW along with 11kW AC and 50kW DC charging.

Two 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged diesel options will provide either 110kW to the rear wheels or 142kW to all four wheels.

As standard, TSI and TDI variants will receive 4MOTION all-wheel drive that provides a 2500kg towing capacity. All other variants will be front-wheel drive.

All powertrains will be paired to a dual-clutch transmission, which will be offered in six-speed on front-wheel drive or seven-speed on all-wheel-drive variations.

The Tayron will be offered in Volkswagen’s familiar package lines, starting with the Life, Elegance and R-Line.

The Life includes LED headlights, three-zone climate control, 10-colour ambient lighting, a 12.9-inch infotainment screen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 10.25-inch digital driver’s display, rear window sun blinds and 17-inch alloy wheels.

The Elegance package steps up to genuine wood trims, an electric tailgate, laminated safety windows, 'Park Assist Pro' with memory functions, 30-colour ambient lighting, LED headlights, programmable 3D LED tail-lights, microfibre upholstery and bigger 18-inch alloys.

The R-Line package adds sports comfort seats, aluminium-look decorative trim, individual R-Line bumpers and 19-inch alloys.

Depending on the variant, additional package configurations are virtually endless, and include premium luxury features like leather-clad massage seats, a 700W Harman Kardon sound system or an integrated ChatGPT-powered AI assistant.

Standard safety features include nine airbags, adaptive cruise control, lane change assist, lane keep assist, automatic emergency braking, pedestrian and cyclist monitoring, park assist plus, a rear-view camera system and dynamic road sign display. There’s also a new exit warning system.

Pricing in Europe for the eTSI mild-hybrid variant will commence at €45,475 ($74,085) for the Life variant.