VW Tiguan Allspace 110TSi Life – 7 Seats of Value

This week’s review saw the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace Life doing the weekly chores. Tiguan remains one of our favourite SUVs for its smoothness, and its wonderfully comfortable interior.

We doubted the wisdom of adding 22cms to shoehorn in a couple of extra seats ,given the 3^rd row on most 7-seaters are usually useless.

Sadly, such is the case here too. The 3^rd row is for toddlers with tamtrums, on shorter trips. With all 3 rows in use, there is not the room for the flotsam of 7 intrepid travelers. 230L is good a couple of Cole bags at best, but it has the advantage of not allowing your oranges to roll like billiard balls.

The “cargo advantage” of extra space comes when the 3rd row is niftily stowed away. You get a decent 700L VS 615L for the 5-seater. With the 2nd row origamied out of exitance, 1775L VS 1665L is available. That’s oodles of space for the sticks and balls a golfing weekend requires, that is of course if you can stop yourself from lapsing into a soporific stupor.

Although there Allspace is 22cm longer her 5-seater sister, only 10.6cm is in rear overhang. Unless you jump from one into the other, you’re unlikely to notice the extra space, and that’s a good thing especially when parking. Like most Vee-Dubs, there is the glorious semi-automated parking system to stop you touching up your alloys on errant gutters.

In addition to the base model 110TSi “Life”, Tiguan Allspace also comes with a touch more power, if that’s your thing. There are six saucy selections to size up. Life comes as a 110TSi FWD or 132TSi AWD, while the AWD Elegance offers a 162TSi or 147TDi. Finally, the regally named R-Line keeps the same engine options, but adds a little more luxury.

The Tiguan Allspace Life 110TSi is the only front wheel drive model in the range, with all others having 4Motion AWD and a wet-clutch 7-Speed DSG. Our Tiguan Allspace 110TSi had the dry-clutch 6-speed DSG, and an astounding list of standard gear. FYI, the previously problematic dry-clutch DSG appears to have been fettled to prevent previous poor performance

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ABOVE: 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace

Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace Life

$44,590 (110TSI)

$48,590 (132TSI)

Standard equipment:

 1.4 litre 4-cylinder TSI 110kW/250Nm; 6-speed DSG ; front-wheel-drive (110TSI)

 2.0 litre 4-cylinder TSI 132kW/320Nm; 7-speed DSG; 4MOTION (132TSI)

 IQ. DRIVE: Travel Assist with adaptive lane guidance, Front Assist with pedestrian monitoring, lane assist, emergency assist, adaptive cruise control, side assist, rear cross traffic alert, park assist, front and rear parking sensors, driver fatigue detection and 360 degree occupant protection

 Rear view camera

 LED headlights with high beam assist; LED taillights

 18-inch Kingston alloys (space saver spare)

 8-inch Discover Media navigation system with voice and gesture control

 Digital Cockpit Pro

 App-Connect including wired and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and wireless phone charging

 3-zone climate control with front and rear touch controls

 Auto lights and wipers

 Electric folding and heated mirrors

 Easy Open and Close Electric tailgate

Metallic paint $900

(Pyrite Silver, Platinum Grey, Atlantic Blue,

Deep Black pearl effect)

King’s Red Premium $1100 INTERNAL

Luxury Package $5500

(Vienna Leather appointed upholstery, electrically adjustable

Driver’s seat with memory function, heated and ventilated front seats and

a panoramic electric glass sunroof)

The Drive:

Without the divine intervention of active suspension used in the top models, the Life’s standard dampers have been tuned for comfort, and that’s fine by me. Likewise, steering is delightfully light, and brakes beautifully weighted. There is nothing worse than brakes that mash your face into the windscreen.

We sorely missed the IQ Matrix lights that are found all other trim levels, but the standard LED headlights still did a decent job of lighting the way. We found the High Beam Assist flashing the odd truckie led top a goodly bit of rightbackatcha, but otherwise worked well.

Although the inbuilt navigation is great, being able to use the apple and google maps with wireless CarPlay/Android Auto is easier.

I prefer to have a full-size spare, however, the Tiguan Allspace comes with a space saver, my next-preferred option. You might be limited to 80kph, but at least you’re kept mobile. As you know, I have a deep mistrust of the tyre repair kits that almost never work.

It would be remiss not to comment on the quiet ambience, even at speed. The interior design is calm and restrained, broken only by the occasional blast from the audio system. Even in this pov-model, the sound is great.

One thing VW does very well, is to add tasteful little touches like the adjustable centre arm rest. It might seem a small thing, but being able to rest your right arm at just the right height makes long trips so much easier.

IQ.DRIVE is one of the best travel assistants around. It keeps you from making boo-boos such as changing lanes when you shouldn’t. It works with down to stop, and is extremely helpful in stop start traffic. It brakes and accelerates, keeping a respectful (and adjustable) distance from the car in front. On the highway it stays in the middle of the lane, but like most of these systems, is best turned off when you’re traversing lofty mount passes. Tight bends tend to freak it out. None of these lane assistants are perfect so please stay aware of drivers around you. A human is better at predicting someone changing in to your lane uninvited.

Conclusion:

For those who need 7 seats, VW Tiguan Allspace 110TSi Life is one of the best-priced 7 seaters around. It is handsome and a delight to drive. For those who don’t need 7 seats but like extra space, you can carry a little more gear instead.

For me, the sweet spot is the next model up. The AWD Elegance 162TSi and its 7-Speed DSG is a better option, but is 15 grand more expensive.

VW Tiguan Allspace 110TSi Life