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FRONT END DESIGN
The insignia front grille of the Concept Tiguan was designed to be three-dimensional.
A typical, familiar, congenial Volkswagen. Yet everything is new, further developed. The lead exterior designer Klaus Bischoff: "We gave the insignia front grille a powerful contour.. Although we have taken a step forward, we still retain the same symbols introduced on our new models of the recent past." And those are details, as in the case of the Concept Tiguan, that include the dark-anodized metallic tone of the insignia front grille that contrasts with the body color, the grid pattern integrated here with two dominant cross struts to the left and right of the VW logo, and the chrome frame. It is the headlamps that join together with the insignia grille and the bumper.
The engine hood brings up the headlamps and lends the face a very focused expression. The Xenon headlamps themselves are a refined visual treat, because - similar to large studio spotlights - they are supported along their central axes and appear to float freely inside their housings. Given a broad and powerful shape are the bumpers beneath the headlamps, laterally completed by fog lamps placed in an own frame.
Clarity
The real character of the front end however is achieved in the interplay of all design elements. And the totality of the 1.85 meter wide, 1.69 meter high and 4.40 meter long Concept Tiguan demonstrates a clarity of forms and proportions that let it stand out distinctly from the majority of SUVs in the jungle of the big city. Klaus Bischoff explains how this clarity is achieved: "Volkswagen Design results from a clear architecture made of lines andsurfaces. The baselines are reduced to only few and they are full of suspense. That's what gives the Concept Tiguan such a distinguished and charismatic character."
SILHOUETTE DESIGN
The lateral lines - from the headlamps to the taillights - string the well thought-out design elements like pearls on a necklace
Nothing less applies to the silhouette of the Concept Tiguan. Here too clarity and power dominate the forms, and here too there is no detail that is random in appearance or not thought out to its conclusion. Viewed from the side, except for the small VW symbols in the 19 inch wheel rims, there is no logo that "tips off" the viewer that the Concept Tiguan is a Volkswagen. And yet at first glance it is immediately apparent that this is a Volkswagen, and especially from this perspective it can be made out as a brother of the Touareg. It is immediately clear that this SUV has a European, a German origin. Clarity and power express themselves in very distinctive wheel arches here, a window line that rises toward the rear, door and fender surfaces that are once-again three-dimensional - with a strong modulation - and unmistakably designed C-pillars.
Every detail here follows a logic of form that binds the totality together. The Concept Tiguan exhibits the same visual presence as the Touareg. Typical for VW is how the emphasis is put on the wheel archs and of course the succinct C-pillars positioned on muscular shoulders.
Tires
Since the Concept Tiguan is a study, the designers are also forging new paths when it comes to tires. The 19 inch tires for these prototypes were developed by Continental. The key feature: They have an orange radial stripe beneath the tire profile that matches the paint color of the Concept Tiguan.
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