Spotted: Tiguan TDI In Palo Alto, CA

dlai · March 23rd, 2008, 21:20

I'm not sure where to post this, but I figured this forum gets a lot of interest, so the 101 forum it is. Ok, so I was driving with my wife today down in Palo Alto, and passed by the VW Design Center there. Something in the lot caught my eye, so I pulled in and lo and behold, there in front of us was a real Tiguan, in California no less. The pics were taken with my cell phone so the quality is so so:

Rear of car:

To me, it's very Rav4 looking but seems a big bigger, about the same size as a BMW X3. This one was in silver and looked pretty good, at least in person. As you can see, it's a tip tranny in there, and this one had cloth seats. I wanted to take more pics but I got chased away, yes, even on Easter Sunday, by an upset VW engineer.

BTW, this VW center has been there a few years and often has interesting cars on the lot. In this same lot today were some Bentleys and often times one will see weird TDI vans, not the Sharan, but more cargo type vans. There was an Audi TDI Q7 TDI there a few weeks ago, but alas, I didn't have a camera of any sort at the time.

Anyways, I know some folks are very interested in getting a Tiguan, so any look, even a few pics like this, is always helpful.

Enjoy...

whitedog · March 23rd, 2008, 21:23

whimper....

I would trade the Jetta, Beetle and Dodge Truck for one of those, but I want the rad Orange concept color.

york77777 · March 23rd, 2008, 21:25

Nice pics for a cell phone

Nice looking car.

owr084 · March 24th, 2008, 04:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlai

BTW, this VW center has been there a few years and often has interesting cars on the lot. In this same lot today were some Bentleys and often times one will see weird TDI vans, not the Sharan, but more cargo type vans. There was an Audi TDI Q7 TDI there a few weeks ago, but alas, I didn't have a camera of any sort at the time.

Time to buy a cheap digital camera to keep in the glovebox

dieseldorf · March 24th, 2008, 04:53

N I C E snag, Dan!!

aja8888 · March 24th, 2008, 08:11

I will wait for one of those to get my wife into and get rid of her Hyundai XG350!

DSL HED · March 24th, 2008, 09:59

Very nice, how much?

Good job on getting pictures of this thing. They're pretty clear for a cell phone.

Maybe this means VW will be selling the TDI version sooner rather than later. I would love to have one of these, but there's no way I'd buy the gas version.

Rexking414 · March 24th, 2008, 11:41

You should have told him that it's their fault for not having them here yet, if they were here, maybe you wouldn't have to stop and look at it! Including the TDI engine that is. Thanks for sharing!

vw4life · March 24th, 2008, 11:46

should have pounced on the VW engineer chasing you off with a barage of questions. I'm sure you could have talked your way into a test drive and some first hand info regarding the mileage.

Your mission, is to go back, stake out the TDI, and strike up a conversation with said engineer.

John C · March 24th, 2008, 17:42

Taht's sweet. I'm holding off on a new vehicle, hopefully for one of these. Wifey wants to sit up higher, like a Honda CRV, so I hope this will keep her satisfied.

John C

TDikook · March 24th, 2008, 23:25

looks like a toyota/ mazda hybrid(not the engine), but I like. ok since no one else sadi it, I GOT FIRST DIBS!!!!!

Eric B

strictlysmoke · March 25th, 2008, 00:17

thanks got my hopes back up, going to get trade my wifes 2001 audi a4 in for one.

Rexking414 · March 25th, 2008, 09:39

I just thought, you could have seen how well the "immobilizer" worked!

Although it'd be almost impossible to hi jack if you can't even look at it without getting grumbled at.

DieselOx · March 25th, 2008, 10:48

Is that parking lot on or visible from public property? They can only control what you do on private land. If you can see something from public property, you can legally take a picture of it.

Anyway, nice catch, I want one.

dlai · March 25th, 2008, 10:59

Well, in terms of talking with that engineer, he spoke real bad English so I would probably need someone who spoke German with me. The lot itself is on private property. The company I used to work for is right next door to it but you can see the lot from the street. Still, there's been several times where I've walked by and that place by nature is not very friendly. I suppose it's because whatever they're working on is supposed to be secret. They have a bunch of cool cars inside the place but they rarely leave the garage doors open. I remember seeing a dyno of some sort, some smog testing stuff, and lots of scopes and measuring equipment when the door was open.