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Like a Waitrose on wheels, a used Tiguan offers plain sailing for middle class mums and dads.
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This generation was sold between 2008 and 2016. It offered the usual Volkswagen qualities, namely conservative design, robust build quality (on the surface, at least), and sensible running costs.
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The design of the dashboard feels a tad old fashioned today, but itβs well made, with the familiar, soft-touch plastics that VW is known for.
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Inside, it will seat four adults in comfort, or, for example, a family of five. The back seat has a sliding mechanism, so that when the 470-litre boot needs to be extended a little without folding down the back seats, it can be shuffled forward. Better still, the seats divide 60/40 and slide independently of one another, making it one of the more versatile cars of its type.
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The 470-litre boot is a decent enough size, but does have a slight lip that might make sliding heavy objects in awkward. With the back seats folded, load space increases to 1510 litres.