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Volkswagen Shows the Finished ID. Tiguan: 299 HP, 600 km Range, and a Golf IV Retro Mode

October 18, 2026

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Volkswagen’s naming experiment is over — the car formerly known as the ID.4 has been fully revealed, and it now answers to ID. Tiguan. The world premiere happened this week in Volkswagen’s official newsroom, and this is the real thing: full specs, three powertrains, European pricing, and a genuinely delightful party trick — a retro display mode that turns the digital cockpit into Golf IV instruments.

We covered the naming announcement back in August, but that was a promise. This is the car. Pre-sales start October 13 in Germany and many other European markets at €42,695, with the first cars arriving in early 2027 — and critically, Volkswagen is selling it alongside the combustion and hybrid Tiguan, not instead of it.

Key Takeaways

The VW ID. Tiguan succeeds the ID.4 and ID.5 (950,000+ units built) as VW’s core electric SUV, launching early 2027.
Three powertrains: RWD 190 PS / 58 kWh, RWD 286 PS / 77 kWh, and 4MOTION AWD 299 PS / 77 kWh — WLTP range up to 600 km.
European pre-sales from €42,695; trims are Trend, Life, Style, and R-Line.
Cabin tech includes a first-for-European-VW co-driver display, physical buttons back on the steering wheel, standard one-pedal driving, and “Retro” display modes (Golf IV instruments, virtual garage with Golf I, Golf II Country, Tiguan I, Race Touareg, Beetle).
Built on the MEB+ platform in Emden, Germany; towing up to 2,000 kg.

What’s New

Volkswagen’s headline numbers: up to 600 km (373 miles) of WLTP range on the 77 kWh configurations, which the company calls a new benchmark for its electric SUVs in Europe. The entry car pairs a 140 kW (190 PS) rear motor with a 58 kWh battery; the mid car keeps RWD with 210 kW (286 PS) and the 77 kWh pack; the range-topper is a 220 kW (299 PS) 4MOTION all-wheel-drive, also on 77 kWh. Towing capacity is a serious 1,800 kg with the small battery and 2,000 kg with the big one — plus a 32-liter frunk and up to 534 liters of luggage space.

“The Tiguan is our best-selling model worldwide, and the ID.4 and ID.5 are among our most successful electric cars,” said Volkswagen brand CEO Thomas Schäfer. “The ID. Tiguan brings these two success stories together.”

The design follows Volkswagen’s “Pure Positive” language: the soft crossover surfacing of the ID.4 gives way to a more upright, premium-looking SUV stance, and VW is returning to classic pull-style door handles. Inside, the operating logic is a quiet apology tour — the multifunction steering wheel has physical buttons again, climate basics live on a console button bar, and the central display is a 15-inch unit flanked by a 10-inch driver display and an all-new 12-inch co-driver display with a privacy mode (the passenger can game or stream on Bluetooth headphones without distracting the driver).

VW ID. Tiguan interior with co-driver display — Photo Credit: Volkswagen

Design and Performance

The cleverest detail is the “Retro” display mode. Hit the View button on the steering wheel and the Digital Cockpit swaps to the iconic blue-red Golf IV instruments — a classic speedometer on the left, a stylized “rev counter” on the right that actually displays energy flow. The central screen’s matching retro view opens a virtual garage with six Volkswagen icons: Golf I, Golf II Country, Golf IV, Tiguan I, Race Touareg, and Beetle. It’s a small thing, but it’s the kind of fan-service detail that shows VW’s designers actually care about the brand’s heritage.

Practical tech: standard one-pedal driving, the new Connected Travel Assist with assisted motorway lane changes and automatic stops at red traffic lights, a Digital Key shareable by text message, and a vehicle-to-load PowerSocket adapter for powering grills or e-bikes off the charging socket. Options include massage/ventilated front seats, a 480-watt Harman Kardon system, and a panoramic sunroof.

What It Means for Enthusiasts

The ID. Tiguan matters to enthusiasts for two reasons, and neither is really about the 190-PS base car. First, the R-Line trim exists from day one — and Volkswagen’s R-Line treatments have historically been the canvas for the most tasteful aftermarket builds. The new, more upright design language with tightly sculpted surfaces and the premium-stance proportions should respond well to the usual treatment: wheels, stance, aero.

Second, the naming strategy is the real story here. Volkswagen spent five years and nearly a million ID.4/ID.5 sales trying to make the “ID.” numbers work, and has now folded its best-selling nameplate into the electric range instead. The Tiguan name carries decades of tuning culture with it — and by keeping the combustion/hybrid Tiguan on sale in parallel, VW is signaling that electrification is an expansion of the nameplate, not a replacement of it. For the aftermarket, that means one platform’s ecosystem keeps growing while another’s stays alive. The retro-display trick is just the cherry on top: a company confident enough to put a Golf IV dashboard in its newest EV understands its audience.

Vicrez Products for Volkswagen Tiguan

One honesty note: the ID. Tiguan is a brand-new electric platform arriving in early 2027, so no aftermarket catalog lists fitment for it yet — and we won’t claim otherwise. But here’s the angle that makes this relevant anyway: Volkswagen is keeping the combustion and hybrid Tiguan on sale in parallel, which means current-generation Tiguan owners aren’t being left behind. The products below are confirmed for the Volkswagen Tiguan 2019-2026 — the model that’s still on sale and still getting modified.

Right now the confirmed Tiguan matches in the Vicrez catalog are mud-flap sets — the same practical bolt-ons that protect the paint on a daily-driven crossover, EV or not.