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As SUV models become more popular in the domestic market, the design of coupe SUVs has become a choice for more car companies to enrich consumers, even if they are niche models in the domestic market. A few days ago, SAIC Volkswagen brought a smaller SUV Tiguan X again after Tuang X. It is reported that the new car has been pre-sold at the 2020 Beijing Auto Show, with a pre-sale price range of 24.60- 306,000 yuan.

SAIC Volkswagen Tiguan, as the next model of the brand that has been on the market for a long time and continues to sell well, has a certain popularity in China. Therefore, the safety of the car was evaluated by the China Insurance Research Institute before, and the sales volume was affected. The monthly sales volume has only been below 20,000 vehicles so far, but it still remains in the forefront of joint venture SUV. Thanks to the popularity of Tiguan, SAIC Volkswagen launched Tiguan X based on this model.

It is worth noting that the starting price of the current Tiguan is 215,800 yuan. Influenced by the market competitiveness, the terminal discount continues to expand, so as to maintain a certain sales volume. However, the pre-sale price of Tiguan X has been increased to nearly 250,000 yuan due to the small adjustment inside and outside, plus the slip-back design.

In terms of appearance, the front face design of Tiguan X is basically consistent with Tiguan L, while the design details of air intake grille and front surround have changed. Specifically, the new car features Volkswagen's iconic narrow banner front grille with a through-air intake design below.

The side of the body is the biggest highlight of the coupe SUV product, and the sliding back design gives it more dynamic elements. Tiguan X rear design, in order to match the roof of the back shape, the rear windshield glass is also more inclined. From the real car effect to see, many netizens think the car is more like a high chassis car.

It is worth mentioning that the new car adopts the current popular through-type tail lamp group shape, the tail lamp style is also very unique, the internal structure is Y shape, further enhance its recognition.

The interior also adopts Volkswagen family design, equipped with full LCD instrument panel + embedded large size multimedia touch screen, three-spoke multi-function steering wheel, good package seat.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4764/1859/1628mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2791 mm. In terms of power, the new car will offer 2.0T high and low power engines with maximum power of 220 hp (162 kW) and 186 hp (137 kW) respectively, matched with a 7-speed dual clutch gearbox.

For this model with "different visual feeling", netizens have different comments. Many netizens think there is a kind of copycat feeling, tail modeling is also very awkward. However, some netizens believe that the proportion of this model is still coordinated.

Although SAIC Volkswagen launched coupe SUV models in order to enrich the product formation, but at present coupe SUV is still in a niche model, no matter luxury brand or best-selling mainstream brand, all show smaller sales volume, not only is coupe SUV less practical than ordinary SUV models, but also higher price, so with SAIC Volkswagen Tiguan X officially launched, also failed to help the brand to obtain greater sales promotion.

According to the latest production and sales data released by SAIC Group, SAIC Volkswagen sold 155,000 vehicles in October, unexpectedly showing a year-on-year decline of-8%, a month-on-month decline of 1.2% or even further expansion. As a result, SAIC Volkswagen accumulated sales of 118,600 vehicles from January to October this year, down 23.99% year-on-year. SAIC Volkswagen has been in a state of declining sales since entering 2020.

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