Volkswagen Caught Testing A Hot, Audi RS-Powered Tiguan At The 'Ring
The Volkswagen Tiguan R has been spotted testing at the Nürburgring again, with an audible difference. This time it’s sporting a five-cylinder engine.
And what an engine it is. Lifted straight from the Audi RS3 and TT RS, the 2.5-litre, turbocharged TFSI can produce a monstrous 395hp. In the TT-RS, that’s good for 60mph in well under four seconds.
Sadly, it’s not likely to slot into the Tiguan unaltered. We reckon it’ll be turned down a bit so as not to totally eclipse the upcoming Seat Ateca Cupra, which sits on the same MQB platform and is pencilled in with a 300hp output. Still, it will overshadow the existing Tiguan range-topper, a 240hp twin-turbo diesel, and post some daft performance figures for an SUV.
This test car very much resembles a blend of the Tiguan’s top R-Line trim and the Golf R, with the TT RS’s massive oval tailpipes thrown in for good measure.
In this shakedown test you can see the Tiguan R doesn’t have a great deal in the way of body roll, with only a couple of inches between compression and expansion in the tricky Adenauer Forst chicane. This suggests quite a firm setup and probably more limited off-road ability as a result.
You can also hear - alongside that five-cylinder growl - a lot of complaining from the front tyres, probably due to less of a rear-bias to the four-wheel drive system.
The Tiguan R should be available next year, with a price in the region of £45,000.
Comments
ELLO NOBEDS, WELCOME TO NFS MOST WANTED, LEMME JUST AD A ROOF SCOOP TO THIS TIGUAN?
these kind of comments make me think why i didn’t left ct before
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that’s a nazii joke not related to dieselgate, get your facts right ugh
Wait a sec.. I spotted this some days ago with a VW front, but the back was covered up.. hmmmmm
Arteon shooting brake confirmed??
This is the greatest thing i’ve ever heard
What I really want to know is whether this means there will be a 5-cylinder Arteon R.
YES PLEASE
Dear Porsche, next time you wanna put a Volkswagen engine in your entry level SUV, put a badass Audi engine in there instead.
Yours sincerely disappointed fanboy.
Yet another SUV tuned for the track, making it less capable off road. How about an Off road R8?
aaah, the sound of understeer in the morning…