Having first shown it off right before the 2020 Auto Expo, Volkswagen has now listed their upcoming compact SUV, the Taigun, on their website. The Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos rival is predicted to travel on sale early next year.
The Taigun’s styling is predicated on China-spec T-Cross and therefore the SUV is being built on VW’s MQB A0-IN platform, which also underpins its Skoda counterpart, the Vision IN concept-based SUV. The German brand has enjoyed success in small amounts in India, with models like Polo, Vento, Rapid, Octavia and even the Superb proving to be popular, but not really in terms of volumes. Their India 2.0 journey is looking to vary that, and what a far better thanks to start than by locking horns with two of the foremost selling cars in India: the Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos.
The Taigun will use the VW Group’s 1.0-litre three cylinder turbo-petrol engine that we’ve already seen within the Polo, Vento and Rapid. it’s expected to show out an equivalent 110PS/175 that it does in these cars, along side the 6-speed manual and 6-speed converter . The 1.5-litre TSI engine (150PS) that we’ve seen within the Karoq and T-Roc is additionally expected to be among the choices list. it’ll be paired only with a 7-speed DSG gearbox.
On the features front, VW is predicted to pack during a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system which will be complemented by a ten .25-inch digital instrument cluster. The lighting are going to be all LED and that we expect the newest range of tech like connected car technology to be onboard. On the security front too, we expect the entire suit of traction control and stability control features along side six airbags.
The VW Taigun are going to be priced aggressively because it is formed on a platform that has been localised for India, and can be manufactured in India. Thus, we expect it to be priced round the Rs 10 lakh mark. Now, if VW manages to undercut the upper variants of the Creta and Seltos, then, the Taigun just could be ready to make a dent within the market share of the Korean cousins.