Four years after its market launch as Volkswagen's smallest SUV in North America, the extensively updated Taos has officially been revealed.
Wolfsburg's smallest Stateside SUV, the Taos' changes are more than skin deep as the DSG transmission has been replaced by a torque-converter Tiptronic.Less than a month before its fourth year of continues production, Volkswagen has removed the wraps from the heavily updated Taos that opens-up its SUV range in North America.
The Americanised version of the Tharu sold in China, and therefore related but not a rebadged version of the T-Cross, the Mexican-made Toas not only gains a complete aesthetic overhaul, but also drivetrain changes in the form of a new transmission.Conforming to a styling language derived from the new Tiguan, the Taos’ external changes comprise a thinner grille and new LED headlights connected by a central illuminated light bar, a new bumper and a more prominent air intake.
While cloth upholstery features on the S and imitation leather-and-cloth on the SE, the SEL boasts black, grey or blue leather seats, with the final change being the new touch-sensitive panel for the climate control on all grades. The 12.3-inch digital instrument is, however, standard across all grades.As with the Jetta, Volkswagen’s I.Q. Drive range of safety and driver assistance system are included on all derivatives from the start.
These comprise front and rear parking sensors, Lane Keep Assist, Forward Collision Warning, Blind Spot Monitoring, Adaptive Cruise Control, Automatic Emergency Braking, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Lane Change Assist and the semi-autonomous Travel Assist.Up front, the 1.5 TSI Evo engine has been kept, but fitted with a larger intercooler, updated piston rings and fuel injectors, a new particulate filter and a revised turbo housing to produce 128 kW from the previous 118 kW.
As such, the Toas will also not available in South Africa as, apart from being left-hand-drive, it would have possibly clashed with the T-Cross on price had been sold locally.
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