Volkswagen Exec Confirms Development of Smaller and Larger SUVs than the Tiguan

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/volkswagen-exec-confirms-development-of.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SazaRrSwh8I/UH1UgyZ_Q0I/AAAAAAAJkDI/tfZnbgGBdEs/s1600/Volkswagen-Cross-Coupe-Concept-Carscoop6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> <br><font face="Verdana">We knew for some time that Volkswagen officials <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-mulling-mid-size-suv-for-us.html">were warming up to the idea</a> of expanding the brand's lineup of SUVs with new models, and now, a spokesman for the German automaker has confirmed the news. </font> <p><font face="Verdana">Speaking <a href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121015/OEM04/310159845/vw-plans-2-new-suvs-to-expand-appeal-beyond-tiguan">to Autonews</a><em></em>, VW spokesperson Peter Thul told the publication that the company has decided to build two models, including a compact SUV smaller than the Tiguan and the other, a larger crossover with a seven-seat layout to appeal to North American drivers and offer an alternative to minivans. </font> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/volkswagen-exec-confirms-development-of.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Volkswagen Adds R-Line Trim to Tiguan Lineup in the UK

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/volkswagen-adds-r-line-trim-to-tiguan.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ro4hIISVAec/UGw4NIJkTGI/AAAAAAAJY8g/98V965YGG40/s1600/VW-Tiguan-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> <br><font face="Verdana">It took Volkswagen almost a year after the company launched the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/11/2012-volkswagen-tiguan-sports-up-with.html">R-Line trims for its Tiguan crossover</a> in the rest of Europe, but the interior and exterior packages have finally made it to the United Kingdom where they will be offered together as a new grade level. </font> <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/volkswagen-adds-r-line-trim-to-tiguan.html#more">Read more »</a>

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SUV Driver Shoots at a Lada, Uncomfortably Waits for Green Light

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/suv-driver-shoots-at-lada-uncomfortably.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5776941848721441170" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVMxSxUemNM/UCvSAP0hQZI/AAAAAAAIll4/0IK79iyJ-68/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">If you had to guess where this video came from you are clearly not familiar with some of our favorite videos we regularly put on <i>Carscoop</i>.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In our latest installment of "</span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Russia"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">From Russia</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> with nonsense," the driver of a Volkswagen Tiguan takes aim and shoots towards what looks like to be a Lada Samara in what we assume to be a fit of road rage.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/suv-driver-shoots-at-lada-uncomfortably.html#more">Read more »</a>

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VW Exec Dreams of More SUVs and the Return of the Phaeton in U.S. Lineup

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/vw-exec-dreams-of-more-suvs-and-returns.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771388293300515378" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TXTGgXtI59w/UBgXExsGcjI/AAAAAAAIatQ/U5H_GwBflfs/s800/2011-VW-Phaeton-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">To meet its ambitious goal of reaching 800,000 annual sales in the United States by 2018, up from 324,402 deliveries last year, <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW">Volkswagen</a> might need a little help through the introduction of new models and variants. </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">If Rainer Michel, Volkswagen of America's vice president for product marketing and strategy, could get his way, he would enhance the company's American lineup with a new base SUV placed under the current Tiguan crossover and a larger model slotting between the latter and the mid-sized Touareg SUV. </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/vw-exec-dreams-of-more-suvs-and-returns.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Volkswagen Mulling a Mid-Size SUV for the U.S. Market

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-mulling-mid-size-suv-for-us.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748680794280135442" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wcp4J_U20wI/T8dquX4tixI/AAAAAAAHxR8/8ve5fwwwxzA/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">True to its mantra of leaving no segment of the car market unattended, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW">Volkswagen</a> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">is now pursuing the presentation of mid-size SUV for North America. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Such a model would be about the same size as the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Mercedes GLK.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">"There's a great opportunity for us for a mid-size SUV in the U.S. that would be positioned between the smaller Tiguan and larger Touareg SUVs," said Volkswagen of America CEO Jonathan Browning, during an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-mulling-mid-size-suv-for-us.html#more">Read more »</a>

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New VW Tiguan Commercial Featuring Fast and Furious-Style Honda CR-X

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-vw-tiguan-commercial-featuring-fast.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709780500264963618" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7TNwjQJSx4E/Tz03HP--ziI/AAAAAAAGu9A/VXQ_hajorW0/s800/Untitled-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Volkswagen has just released a new spot that employs the use of a <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fast%20and%20Furious">Fast and Furious-style</a> Honda CR-X de Sol from the mid-1990s to promote its <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/02/volkswagen-releases-new-batch-of-photos.html">revised 2012 Tiguan SUV</a> and more specifically, its safety credentials. Obviously, the goal here is to draw the attention of a younger crowd. </span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">You can watch it in the video that follows after the jump. </span></p> <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-vw-tiguan-commercial-featuring-fast.html#more">Read more »</a>

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