With the Volkswagen Tiguan L completing the replacement by adding the PRO nameplate, the competitive relationship between it and the Buick Envision Plus has been re-bound, and this generation of Tiguan L and the Envision Plus waiting for the replacement, who will be the better one? Let's choose the 2024 Tiguan PRO 330TSI two-wheel drive Zhiling Edition (guide price is 244,800 yuan) and the 2023 Envision Plus 652T five-seat four-wheel drive luxury (guide price is 263,900 yuan) with a landing price of around 250,000 yuan to make a comprehensive comparison and see how to choose these two cars?
Contrast in appearance
The current model of Envision Plus still looks like a typical tough taste of the American system, with the straight pillars and lines of the whole vehicle, combined with the metal anti-scratch strips all around, the traditional high-end flavor is full. At the same time, it has a banner grille with weakened bezels, which are integrated with the headlights through a modified chrome strip of flying wings, while the front and rear of the body have L-shaped light strips to increase the product's recognition. However, compared to the front face, which has a sporty large deflector, the rear of the car has a large sports guard, but the tailgate will be slightly straight to optimize space, which looks a bit old-fashioned. In terms of dimensions, Envision Plus has a length, width and height of 4845/1883/1695mm, and a wheelbase of 2833mm, which is larger than the Tiguan PRO.
Although the Tiguan PRO is not an R-Line with a kit, it is becoming younger by adopting similar lines and front styling to the Lingdu L coupe. Like the lower grille on the front face, under the car logo with metal and light crossing, it can effectively lower the visual center of gravity; At the rear, the rear of the car also features a more digital stout light strip design, with a sharp contrast of colors that looks quite designed, and even without the R-Line package, the rear bumper still forms a closed trim structure, which looks much more avant-garde than the Envision Plus. In terms of dimensions, the Tiguan PRO has a length, width and height of 4735/1842/1682mm and a wheelbase of 2791mm, which is only an entry point in the mid-size SUV market.
Interior contrast
Both cars have a certain center of gravity deflection in the central control layout, among them, Envision Plus adopts a circular three-spoke steering wheel, and the 10.0-inch touch screen will be connected to the instrument cluster to produce a decorative structure, and the air conditioning touchpad and electronic shift buttons that are biased towards the main driver at a large angle will be more convenient to operate. In terms of decoration, the upholstery coverage area of Envision Plus is still dominated by the high-touch area, and the paint material is added to the gear shift and other areas, while the all-leather seats will look more advanced.
The Tiguan PRO uses a through-type central control decoration, a three-spoke steering wheel with a flat bottom, and a 15.0-inch touchscreen not only has an 8.8-inch digital instrument pairing, but also an 11.6-inch co-pilot entertainment screen on the co-pilot side. And in terms of decorative structure, the center console is more capable, which also visually magnifies the ratio of upholstery to lacquered panels, although it lacks the leather of Envision Plus, but it can achieve a grade with design and more upholstery.
Smart technology
Both models support CarPlay/CarLife, voice recognition control, and basic remote control via the connected system, and are equipped with assistance and active safety systems such as 360-degree surround view, lane keeping assist, lane merge assist, and active braking. Among them, because Envision Plus is a four-wheel drive model, it will have more steep hill descent and off-road driving modes to optimize the passing performance, while Tiguan PRO has both Travel Assist brought by DJI to help it achieve L2+ level assisted driving, and a new system supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip, access to Huawei HiCar, support app store, and with gesture control, continuous dual-area voice, V2X communication and in-vehicle KTV and other advanced functions.
On-board configuration
The advantage of Envision Plus is that it gets a leather steering wheel with gear shifting, and can optimize the comprehensive feedback in the cabin through the front soundproof glass / rear privacy glass / active noise reduction, with the width of the space, it is still outstanding in terms of comprehensive comfort, and there are also streaming media rearview mirrors to replace the traditional reversing image; The Tiguan PRO gets more electrically adjustable seats in the direction, and supports front memory, rear backrest adjustment, 30-color ambient lighting, dual-zone independent air conditioning with air purification, 15W wireless charging pad and HUD head-up display system, etc., the cabin atmosphere and car convenience will be better.
In terms of power
Both cars are equipped with 2.0T turbocharged engines, of which, Envision Plus is combined into a 48V mild hybrid system, with a maximum power/maximum torque of 174kW/350N·m supported by a 9AT gearbox and four-wheel drive system, whether it is 8.4 seconds 000 acceleration, or the comprehensive control ability is stronger, but the WLTC comprehensive fuel consumption of 7.65L/100km will be higher; The Tiguan PRO has a power of 137kW/320Nm, paired with a 7-speed DSG dual-clutch transmission, which can break 100 in 8.7 seconds, and the combined WLTC fuel consumption is 6.91L/100km.
Write at the end
Both cars are products that optimize the positioning of the vehicle to varying degrees by adding the suffix nameplate, and because the Envision Plus is approaching a generational change, this makes the current model on sale have a greater discount than the newly updated Tiguan PRO, which also makes it not only in terms of power performance, but also in terms of space comfort and some configurations. However, as we can see, the drastic replacement from Tiguan L to Tiguan L PRO still allows the vehicle to achieve a comprehensive surpass over the old rivals in many aspects such as active and passive safety, assisted driving, and intelligent car machines.