Inovev forecasts 500,000 sales of the new Volkswagen Tiguan SUV by 2025
- The third generation of the C-segment Volkswagen Tiguan SUV will probably be the last, as this model unveiled at the 2023 Munich Motor Show will see its seven-year commercial career come to an end in 2030, when all Volkswagen models sold in Europe are expected be equipped with fully electric motorisation. However, the range of battery electric cars is identified by the designation ID (ID3, ID4, ID5, ID6, ID7, etc.).
- The Volkswagen Tiguan will therefore make its last lap in Europe between 2024 and 2030. And it will really be a challenge for the carmaker because the Tiguan is one of the best-selling SUVs in the world, with 800,000 sales in 2018, 700 000 sales in 2019 and another 530,000 sales in 2022. It will be very difficult for Volkswagen to produce a battery electric SUV at such a volume.
- The new Tiguan unveiled at the 2023 Munich Motor Show will still be equipped with petrol (1.5 TSI) and diesel (2.0 TDI) engines and plug-in hybrid petrol engines of 204 hp and 272 hp, but will not be entitled to battery electric motorization reserved for the ID range.
- This is why Inovev is not optimistic about the expected production volume of the new Tiguan, in a period when battery electric motorization should develop strongly and where internal combustion engines will continue to decline.
- We can count on 500,000 sales per year in 2024-2025 then 400,000 in 2026-2027, 300,000 in 2028-2029 and 200,000 in 2030.
- The new Tiguan will compete with the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage as well as the Peugeot 3008, Citroën C5 Aircross, Opel Grandland, DS 7 which will be available in a battery electric version.