Volkswagen Tiguan becomes the brand’s top-selling model worldwide

KUALA LUMPUR: There is no doubt that Volkswagen Golf is a wonderful package from top to bottom. It ticks all the checkboxes to be an excellent offering in the competitive small-car segment. Well, the model is no longer the best-selling brand in Volkswagen's lineup. The position is brilliantly taken by the popular Volkswagen Tiguan, which has emerged as one of the best midsize SUVs in the world. The model made its debut in 2007 and is now ready to get a refreshed avatar soon. 

Talking about the production levels of SUV, the firm has built more than six-million Tiguans so far. The annual production was 120,000 units in 2007, which has increased by more than seven times to 910,926 units in 2019.

If we talk about the sales numbers of both the models, Tiguan outsold the Golf for the first time in 2019. The total units sold of Tiguan were 778,000, while Golf made up 702,000 units. However, in 2018, the firm sold 622,500 units of Tiguan and 731,000 units of Golf.

According to analysts, the global sales trend is impacted by the increasing craze of SUVs among the customers. As a result, the Golf, being one of the top 15 selling vehicles worldwide, is observing a sales declining trend. The demand for Golf is decreasing in Europe and China for the last four years in a row and in the USA for the past two years.

However, it is still the best-selling model of the firm if counts from the inception. The firm has sold 35 million units of Golf since its debut in 1974

Coming back to the new star model, the firm has recently released an official teaser image that exhibits the new front fascia with a more aggressive design language. It comes with a new compact radiator grille, a new brand logo, LED Matrix headlamps, a redesigned bumper, and triangular side air vents at the front.

The facelift version of Tiguan is slated to debut in 2021. Though, the Malaysian debut is not yet declared.

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