Volkswagen Tiguan Elegance 2025 review: snapshot

The Elegance is the mid-grade in the third-generation Volkswagen Tiguan range.

The Elegance can be chosen with either a base 110TSI engine option in front-wheel drive priced at $50,690 plus on-road costs, or mid-grade 150TSI all-wheel drive, priced at $60,690.

Standard equipment includes 19-inch alloys in an alternate design to the base Life, rear privacy glass, improved LED headlights with dynamic cornering functions and a light-bar, a 12.9-inch multimedia screen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster, leather interior trim, power-adjustable seats with with heating, ventilation and massaging functions, a heated steering wheel, dual wireless phone chargers and an electric tailgate.

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The base 110TSI engine produces 110kW/250Nm and drives the front wheels via an updated seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, while the 150TSI engine option produces 150kW/320Nm and drives all four wheels via the same seven-speed automatic.

In addition to the standard equipment on both engine grades, the 150TSI Elegance also gains adaptive chassis control and hill descent control with additional off-road and snow driving modes, as well as the larger 15-inch multimedia touchscreen, helping justify its $10,000 price jump.

Both the 110TSI and 150TSI have official/combined fuel consumption ratings of 7.6L/100km, and the Tiguan range is covered by VW's usual five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty.