Volkswagen has announced its cheapest R-Line SUV to date, with the Tiguan 132TSI R-Line Edition giving the brand's Comfortline trim a performance-focused makeover.
Priced at $46,990 ($3840 more than the five-seat Comfortline on which it's based) the 132TSI R-Line gets two-tone "Race Cloth" upholstery inside, and adds 19-inch Sebring alloys and tinted windows outside.
The interior tech has been overhauled, too, with the brand's second-generation Active Info display and Driver Assistance Package arriving as standard, adding adaptive cruise, side assist, rear cross-traffic alert and traffic jam assist (a semi-autonomous function for use in slow-moving traffic).
Under the bonnet lives the brand's 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, good for 132kW and 320Nm, which pairs with a seven-speed DSG automatic and sends its power to all four wheels.
“The single best selling variant of the Tiguan, either in five-seat or seven-seat Allspace guise, remains the top-specification 162TSI,” says Volkswagen Director of Customer Experience and Marketing, Jason Bradshaw.
“Some 80 per cent of 162TSI customers choose the optional R-Line package. Customers told us that they wanted this option for the 132TSI. We listened. Here it is.”
One thousand Tiguan 132TSI R-Line Editions are being built, and are available to order now.
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Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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