Rain of novelties in prospect at Volkswagen, in 2023. Auto-Moto makes you discover in preview all the future models.
The long-awaited duel in 2023 will not take place, the best enemies of the SUV C segment, the Peugeot 3008 and Volkswagen Tiguan, will wait until 2024 to do battle, due to the delay in their respective launch schedules. The honor will return this year to the German who will return to us in a third version, 17 years after the very first opus of one of Wolfsburg’s greatest successes. Despite the stakes, Volkswagen did not hesitate to deeply review its copy, style side, by renouncing the salient lines to assert softer curves and coherent with the recent electric productions of the range, even if it means causing trouble between them. and the ID.4.
The Tiguan in season 3
However, it will be distinguished by its gaping grille housed at the bottom of the shield, which will tend to become widespread on all future thermal models from the German firm. For the rest, the Tiguan 3 will avoid any stylistic and even aerodynamic eccentricity. On this point, he remains faithful to classic door handles when his electric alter ego prefers them flush. Volkswagen will simply renew the MQB base of its predecessor with a few changes aimed at strengthening electrification. There will be talk of light hybridization via the 130 and 150 hp eTSI already driving the Golf, but also of expanding the rechargeable range. Currently limited to 245 hp, it will probably receive the reinforcement of a 204 hp variant. We bet that the chemistry of this duo will improve in order to approach 100 km of 100% electric autonomy. What about diesel engines? These should still be invited under the hood of the future Tiguan, unlike the gasoline block of the sports variant, badged R, which should no longer be allowed to cure the average CO2 emissions in the catalog. Finally, the 7-seater Allspace variant could also disappear in favor of a separate model of the Tiguan.
Restylings in spades
Nothing to worry about the flagship of the SUV range which will benefit from a refresh this year. A restyled Touareg which, too, will modernize its face and its electrified blocks to ensure its second part of its career more serenely, just like the restyled Golf which will be introduced almost at the same time. The famous compact will be inspired by the facies inaugurated in Europe by the new Tiguan, on the design side, as well as the engine range of its big brother. Recently, we also learned that the dashboard will rectify its youthful flaws, particularly in terms of ergonomics. The passenger compartment of its 100% electric equivalent had also suffered numerous criticisms, which is why the restyled ID.3 will raise its level of perceived quality, and will take the opportunity to beef up its bow with the appearance of a redesigned shield. A burst of pride that it will complete a few months later with a sporty execution of 300 hp labeled GTX.
Tesla’s Model S in the viewfinder
In 2023, Volkswagen’s other 100% electric news will materialize the promise of the ID concept car. Vizzion from 2018 by launching its very first zero-emission sedan. A liner that aims neither more nor less than the Tesla Model S via a similar template, about 5 meters long. Youth bonus for the ID.7 against a Californian who already has 11 years of career, but the Wolfsburg sedan will inevitably be expected at the turn. If its aerodynamic drag coefficient (0.23) is impressive, compared to a lambda sedan, it fits very exactly on that of the Tesla Model S… from before 2021. Since then, the American has cleverly rectified its plastic to lower its Cx to 0.208. Another disappointment for the German, its autonomy which does not intend to do better than 620 km WLTP when the Model S raises it to 637 km, at least.
An ID.7 already late?
To ensure this distance, the ID.7 will rely on a 77 kWh battery which is based on the MEB platform which already benefits the entire ID range. Technologically less advanced than that released by its cousins Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron GT (PPE), it cannot claim to recharge as quickly as the latter, for lack of a sufficient voltage level. But the argument of more general positioning does not hold when we know that the Hyundai Ioniq 6, its other rival, offers the 800 V of the Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 to recover 80% battery capacity in less than 20 minutes. Finally, 2023 will witness the renewal of the Passat. A legend in decline who can only count on a break silhouette, the management of VW having given up on the sedan, the old model no longer finding its audience. This rationalization of the range will not prevent it from taking care of its technology by multiplying the electrified blocks, and in particular rechargeable.
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Rain of novelties in prospect at Volkswagen, in 2023. Auto-Moto makes you discover in preview all the future models.
The long-awaited duel in 2023 will not take place, the best enemies of the SUV C segment, the Peugeot 3008 and Volkswagen Tiguan, will wait until 2024 to do battle, due to the delay in their respective launch schedules. The honor will return this year to the German who will return to us in a third version, 17 years after the very first opus of one of Wolfsburg’s greatest successes. Despite the stakes, Volkswagen did not hesitate to deeply review its copy, style side, by renouncing the salient lines to assert softer curves and coherent with the recent electric productions of the range, even if it means causing trouble between them. and the ID.4.
The Tiguan in season 3
However, it will be distinguished by its gaping grille housed at the bottom of the shield, which will tend to become widespread on all future thermal models from the German firm. For the rest, the Tiguan 3 will avoid any stylistic and even aerodynamic eccentricity. On this point, he remains faithful to classic door handles when his electric alter ego prefers them flush. Volkswagen will simply renew the MQB base of its predecessor with a few changes aimed at strengthening electrification. There will be talk of light hybridization via the 130 and 150 hp eTSI already driving the Golf, but also of expanding the rechargeable range. Currently limited to 245 hp, it will probably receive the reinforcement of a 204 hp variant. We bet that the chemistry of this duo will improve in order to approach 100 km of 100% electric autonomy. What about diesel engines? These should still be invited under the hood of the future Tiguan, unlike the gasoline block of the sports variant, badged R, which should no longer be allowed to cure the average CO2 emissions in the catalog. Finally, the 7-seater Allspace variant could also disappear in favor of a separate model of the Tiguan.
Restylings in spades
Nothing to worry about the flagship of the SUV range which will benefit from a refresh this year. A restyled Touareg which, too, will modernize its face and its electrified blocks to ensure its second part of its career more serenely, just like the restyled Golf which will be introduced almost at the same time. The famous compact will be inspired by the facies inaugurated in Europe by the new Tiguan, on the design side, as well as the engine range of its big brother. Recently, we also learned that the dashboard will rectify its youthful flaws, particularly in terms of ergonomics. The passenger compartment of its 100% electric equivalent had also suffered numerous criticisms, which is why the restyled ID.3 will raise its level of perceived quality, and will take the opportunity to beef up its bow with the appearance of a redesigned shield. A burst of pride that it will complete a few months later with a sporty execution of 300 hp labeled GTX.
Tesla’s Model S in the viewfinder
In 2023, Volkswagen’s other 100% electric news will materialize the promise of the ID concept car. Vizzion from 2018 by launching its very first zero-emission sedan. A liner that aims neither more nor less than the Tesla Model S via a similar template, about 5 meters long. Youth bonus for the ID.7 against a Californian who already has 11 years of career, but the Wolfsburg sedan will inevitably be expected at the turn. If its aerodynamic drag coefficient (0.23) is impressive, compared to a lambda sedan, it fits very exactly on that of the Tesla Model S… from before 2021. Since then, the American has cleverly rectified its plastic to lower its Cx to 0.208. Another disappointment for the German, its autonomy which does not intend to do better than 620 km WLTP when the Model S raises it to 637 km, at least.
An ID.7 already late?
To ensure this distance, the ID.7 will rely on a 77 kWh battery which is based on the MEB platform which already benefits the entire ID range. Technologically less advanced than that released by its cousins Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron GT (PPE), it cannot claim to recharge as quickly as the latter, for lack of a sufficient voltage level. But the argument of more general positioning does not hold when we know that the Hyundai Ioniq 6, its other rival, offers the 800 V of the Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 to recover 80% battery capacity in less than 20 minutes. Finally, 2023 will witness the renewal of the Passat. A legend in decline who can only count on a break silhouette, the management of VW having given up on the sedan, the old model no longer finding its audience. This rationalization of the range will not prevent it from taking care of its technology by multiplying the electrified blocks, and in particular rechargeable.
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