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The new Tiguan is a handsome looking thing, and with it come renewed rumors of a hot “R” version. Although this may look like a run of the mill R Design Tiguan—which would mostly affect trim—our spy photographers are convinced that there’s more than meets the eye to this Tiguan.
First of all it’s loud. Very loud. That could have something to do with: Second of all it has quad exhausts, which would allow it to breathe better and make more power, which would explain why: Third of all it was very fast.
If this is indeed a hot R version of the Tiguan, we’d expect four driven wheels and the engine out of the Golf R. Currently, that’s good for about 300 hp, but don’t forget that there’s an update coming to the Golf. As a result, we’re anticipating more power out of the Golf R, which we’d expect to translate over to the Tiguan R.
Pictures have already been circulating around the internet of a SEAT Ateca Cupra. The Ateca is Spain’s version of the Tiguan and SEAT labels it’s hottest products with the Cupra badge.
The Ateca Cupra was spotted at a launch event for the facelifted SEAT Leon. It too has quad pipes at the rear and a Golf R engine under the hood, but the Ateca Cupra differs in that it has big Brembo brakes. The one spanner in the works for the Tiguan R is the brakes: they’re still quite small in these pictures.
Maybe Volkswagen just hasn’t added bigger ones yet? At any rate, we can only hope that this is the first step in Volskwagen’s new plan to R all the things.
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