The VW Gazette
Wolfsburg, 28 June 2007 - With the first pictures of the new Tiguan Volkswagen is starting the countdown for the debut of it鈥檚 14th model series. The Sports Utility Vehicle - SUV for short - will be presented to the public for the first time in September as part of the International Motor Show (IAA in Frankfurt). A combination of power and elegance characterizes the design of the new Tiguan. It was conceived as a borderliner between the urban world and endless landscapes, between business and leisure time. The Tiguan is a multitalent with driving characteristics that are just as agile as they are comfortable, high utility value and groundbreaking technologies. Like the Touareg, the second Volkswagen SUV also presents a self-confident design. Shaping the front of the new Tiguan are the sexy proportions that Volkswagen first introduced with the Concept A Study that garnered worldwide attention - a crossover of a coupe and SUV.
On the sides an elongated and powerfully modulated silhouette spans between the extended wheel arches with a - typical Volkswagen - unmistakable C-pillar. A very short overhang characterizes the steep rear end. Also significant are the front headlights and rear lights with matching shapes. First facts on Tiguan engines: Volkswagen will offer the SUV - and this for the first time worldwide - exclusively with turbocharged direct injection engines. This 鈥渉igh-performance turbocharging鈥?significantly reduces fuel consumption and emissions, yet immensely increases dynamics and driving fun. Overall there are three TSI and two TDI engines. Of these the completely new developments are the extremely quiet TDIs with common rail fuel injection. They achieve 103 kW / 140 hp and 125 kW / 170 hp and at 1,750 rpm already output 320 Nm or 350 Nm in four-wheel drive. Also getting to the point powerfully, economically and cleanly are the turbocharged direct injection gasoline engines in the performance levels 110 kW / 150 hp, 125 kW / 170 hp and 147 kW / 200 hp. New to the Volkswagen program are the 150 hp and 170 hp versions. A glance at the torque values makes one sense that the TSIs are very high torque. The 150-hp TSI already develops a self-assured 240 Nm (from 1,750 rpm). In the 170 hp and 200 hp performance range it is 280 Nm (from 1,800 rpm each). 鈥淭iguan Base鈥?on the internet shows just how big the interest is in the new Tiguan. The development stages of the new SUV are presented in photos, films and facts. Within just 15 weeks - and this is sensational - more than one million people have made use of it worldwide. It looks as though the Tiguan is developing into an exciting chapter in the history of the automobile.
This is from Sony鈥檚 promotion, 1 May - end of May. A7iii has a cashback offer in EU now, and previously already 100-200 Euro off on amazon europe. Yeah the Ferrari sells for much more, but the production and development cost is very high. So in the end the Volkswagen, although it sells for MUCH cheaper, generates MUCH more profit - cause they sell more and their production and development cost is also a lot less. Sony fights for the mirrorless throne, so they put lots of development into new sensors and pump them out every 2 years. While Canon keeps it laid back and recycles old products. The EOS R is basically a 3 year old 5D4 in a new housing. The RP is a 2 year old 6D Mark II. I imagine Canons cost in producing these is basically a joke compared to the A7II and A7III. In fact, his entire argument is based on assumptions - not facts.
He claims to know that the RP was designed by Canon to compete with the a7 II. Have him prove it. Most believe it is competing against their own R! That idea is just plain wrong and just doens't make any sense, Sony aggressively discounted pretty much just to move the remaining stock, and pretty much the A7II was not on anybody's mind. 1 FF mirrorless position, but so far it seems to have failed utterly. Sony鈥檚 cameras because it鈥檚 all recycled parts. 馃ぃ In other words, companies that invest in R&D are less profitable than those that don鈥檛. Have him prove it. This is just plain wrong as outside of the sensor everything in the RP is different from the 6D2, the processor is different, the body is different. There's actually more recycled parts in the A7III than the RP. This is just plain wrong as outside of the sensor everything in the RP is different from the 6D2, the processor is different, the body is different.
There's actually more recycled parts in the A7III than the RP. Yeah the Ferrari sells for much more, but the production and development cost is very high. So in the end the Volkswagen, although it sells for MUCH cheaper, generates MUCH more profit - cause they sell more and their production and development cost is also a lot less. Sony fights for the mirrorless throne, so they put lots of development into new sensors and pump them out every 2 years. While Canon keeps it laid back and recycles old products. The EOS R is basically a 3 year old 5D4 in a new housing. The RP is a 2 year old 6D Mark II. I imagine Canons cost in producing these is basically a joke compared to the A7II and A7III. In fact, his entire argument is based on assumptions - not facts. He claims to know that the RP was designed by Canon to compete with the a7 II.
