The new seven-seat Volkswagen Tayron is due on sale within the UK in 2025 as a successor to the retired Tiguan Allspace.
The second-generation Tayron has now been revealed within the newest batch of Chinese regulatory filings forward of its deliberate introduction to Europe markets subsequent yr.
In China, it will likely be marketed because the Tiguan L Pro and include the selection of each normal and sporty R-Line styling packages.
Described by Volkswagen model CEO Thomas Schäfer as a world mannequin, the Tayron is deliberate to be produced at manufacturing crops in Germany (Wolfsburg), China (Anting and Changchun) and Mexico (Peubla).
As with the brand new third-generation Volkswagen Tiguan and ninth-generation Passat, it is based mostly on Volkswagen’s new MQB-Evo platform, with added stiffening measures and suspension upgrades and 48V mild-hybrid compatibility.
Details contained within the Chinese authorities submitting put the brand new Tayron’s size, width and peak at 4735mm, 1859mm and 1682mm respectively. This makes it 197mm longer, 17mm wider and 43mm larger than the brand new Tiguan.
The Tayron additionally receives a wheelbase that is 111mm longer than the third-generation Tiguan, at 2791mm. Kerb weight is put at 1790kg.
Chinese-market fashions are set to be powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine creating 184bhp in entry-level kind and 217bhp in the next specification.
European fashions may even supply a petrol-electric plug-in hybrid possibility just like that set to be made obtainable within the Tiguan.
In the UK, the Tayron shall be positioned beneath the not too long ago facelifted Volkswagen Touareg.
It’s more likely to be bought within the UK with the selection of both a 2.0-litre turbo petrol or a 2.0-litre turbo diesel engine, each with 48V electrification and a seven-speed dual-clutch automated gearbox as normal.
Volkswagen has confirmed it’ll additionally supply the selection of two PHEVs providing 201bhp and 268bhp, with electric-only vary of greater than 62 miles and DC fast-charging functionality.
Depending on the engine, patrons may even have the ability to select between front- and four-wheel drive.
While the brand new Volkswagen SUV will retain the Tayron identify within the UK, it is deliberate to be bought beneath the Tiguan identify in different chosen markets, together with the US.