The 2.0L "Clean TDI" Bluetec diesel sitting in the engine bay of the Volkswagen Tiguan "concept" that bowed at LA last week will be featured in the production car as well. The production Tiguan TDI will keep the pollution in check through the use of a NOx catalytic storage converter, particulate filter, and other technology.
Don't expect to see the TDI right away, though. According to VW's Steve Keyes, the little utility will launch rather soon with a gasoline engine in the Fall '07. The TDI will arrive after that.
Watch (and hear) the TDI-equipped Tiguan in action here.
[Source: Automotive News (sub req)]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mike @ Dec 4th 2006 4:40PM
What's the difference between a broken VW engine that runs on petrol and a broken VW engine that runs on diesel?
IAMIKETOO @ Jul 12th 2007 6:46AM
What's a Broken VW Engine?
66coronet @ Dec 4th 2006 6:18PM
Only time will tell if the VW TDI will be reliable. Chrysler bet the farm on it. Lot's of vehicles will be powered by this new 2.0L TDI / CRD.
Ardito Saetta @ Dec 4th 2006 6:57PM
Video is fantastic, but the music...
http://autonovita.blogosfere.it/2006/12/volkswagen_tiguan_video.html
Brian @ Dec 4th 2006 7:09PM
I don't think you can refer to the fall of 07 as "rather soon"
Axel @ Dec 4th 2006 7:11PM
@Mike: Blah, we've heard it a nearly a _thousand_ times before from you. You seem to be a professional VW/Audi basher. Do you get paid by someone for your comments here?
This is sooooo boring.
asurroca @ Dec 4th 2006 9:17PM
@Axel: They have a name for someone who constantly bashes something...a troll
But, I'll bite. To answer Mike, the difference is, there aren't broken VW engines that runs on diesel... I recall laughing the widely-covered coil pack fiasco away since diesels don't even have the parts. Diesel engines (TDIs included) are damn reliable.
Felicia Hudson @ Apr 7th 2008 4:44PM
Do you expect the UREA based Diesel to excell in reliability than those being produced by both Honda and Subaru WITHOUT UREA?
chewy @ Dec 4th 2006 9:44PM
140 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque with most likely the best fuel efficiency for an SUV. Great stuff.
Mike from Scarborough @ Dec 5th 2006 7:00AM
Mike#1, You may not like VW'S but real car enthousiasts have respect for a company such as VW, who have given the world a tonne of inovative and engineering advancements in automotive engineering.Wich by the way the Japanese continualy copy.I'm not going to bother listing any items,since you wouldn't have a clue what i was describing,but for the record the TDi series motor has been out since 1997.
Dr. Woo @ Dec 5th 2006 8:22AM
I want one. It's perfect. Diesel power, attractive styling, and another VW to add to the stable.
cam @ Dec 5th 2006 10:22AM
I too have owned a VW TDI. I beat the crap out of that thing and never got less than 40mpg out of it. I've also talked to more than one person with more than 400k miles on their TDI. If this newer 2.0 is anything like the venerable 1.9, reliability won't be an issue.
Mike M. @ Dec 5th 2006 2:05PM
Some of you are wondering about the reliability of a German designed diesel engine???? This can only come from someone that has never owned a diesel. These engines don't die...it's everything built around this engine that craps out! So, the better question would have been, how reliable is the car??
A_VW_Owner @ Dec 6th 2006 1:17AM
As a owner of a 2000 VW Passat 1.8T GLS for about 7 years, I think VW makes solid/reliable engines (except for the ignition coil issues, which were replaced free by VW) and transmissions. But, it is the electronic/electrical components that are very unreliable.
The doors close with a "clunk" the same way they used to 7 years ago..
So far, I have spent over $2000.00 on these broken electrical/electronic components and a broken key fob. But, I love the way this thing drives and performs. I also own a Lexus, but prefer to drive my VW more than that car..
Dave @ Dec 8th 2006 12:04PM
I had an 01 Golf TDI which was a great car. I put well over 100K miles on it and it still ran strong and got 40+ miles per gallon. I'll certainly be looking at the new Tiguan with Diesel.
Jeremy @ Dec 13th 2006 1:39PM
Thank God for VW! Finally a small diesel that incorporates usable torque and great fuel economy in one package. I would buy the thing just for the engine even if it looked like a donkey cart, but the Tiguan's lines are sharp too. I see nothing not to like. Hopefully the VW hierarchy will follow through on their intent to send it to North America.
Steve @ Feb 18th 2007 6:08PM
Wow I can't belive V.W.makes orange lemons now.
From Steve a V.W. owner.
Ed @ Feb 20th 2007 4:59PM
I have a 96 Passat TDI with 140,000 miles on it. It's my 4th VW. I wouldn't get anything else. It should last another 140,000. Still going strong. 48 mpg and not a drop of oil lost during 10,000 miles of synthetic oil. When the Tiguan comes out, I may order 2 for my kids as college graduation gifts.
Agent X @ Mar 29th 2007 10:45PM
I have a 96 Passat TDI with 240,000 on it. The engine is rock solid. Mine was one of the first to tbe brought into the Unite States. I got 180,000 out of my first clutch. AC compressors seem to last about 120,000 miles. Biggest problem area has been the door handles.
TDiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii @ Jun 24th 2007 11:35PM
"Only time will tell if the VW TDI will be reliable."
Are you f-ing crazy?? The TDI has been out since 1997 with a strong factor being reliability! I'm on my 3rd TDI and none of them have failed me, over 140K on the 3 TDI's combined. You can't beat going almost 900 miles on a 18.5 gallon tank!! Yes, 900 miles I've been on a tank in my 97 1.9L Passat TDI!!