大众集团计划在未来三年内对旗下跨界车来一次爆发性增长。大众品牌认为，要想满足客户对SUV的需求就必须对包括途观和途锐在内的核心车型进行更新，新车预计将在2016年上市，同时还将推出更多类似大众沙丘和TT Offroad这样的衍生车型。包括新一代途观在内的新车不仅将更时尚，而且更突出舒适性而非驾驶乐趣。当然，新车仍将进行搭载小排量涡轮增压汽油引擎，油耗低至80英里/加仑（百公里油耗约合2.93升）的蓝驱车型和插电混动版。在新一代途观发布一年以后，大众还将推出长轴距七座版本，而最新图片显示了该车的模样。目前市场上价格可以被大多数消费者所接受的七座SUV增长迅速，很多人口较多家庭正逐渐对造型古板的MPV车感到厌倦，这也是为什么路虎对新一代发现运动版进行改款的一个原因。现在甚至还有传言称，大众将推出车顶更低的途观轿跑车，主要竞争车型是宝马新款X4。同时，大众还将在2015年推出基于up!的Taigun。此外还有针对美国市场，更大的CrossBlue也将在同时发布。

 

New Volkswagen Tiguan shapes up

The VW Group is planning a crossover explosion in the next three years. As the brand sees it, the key to satisfying customer demand for SUVs is to replace core models like the Tiguan and Touareg ?– new versions of which are due in showrooms in 2016 – and create more unusual spin-offs like the VW Beetle Dune and TT Offroad.

 

The wackier models will allow cars like the new Tiguan (shown in our exclusive images) to play it safe with styling and a chassis tuned more for comfort than fun. Still, engine options are set to include downsized petrol turbos, an 80mpg-plus BlueMotion model and a plug-in hybrid.

 

A year after the new Tiguan debuts, a long-wheelbase seven-seater version is set to appear – and our image shows how it could look.

 

Affordable seven-seater SUVs are seen as a big growth area in the market, as large families migrate away from unfashionable MPVs – this is why Land Rover plans to do the same thing with its new Discovery Sport.

 

There are even rumours that a lower-slung Tiguan Coupe, to rival BMW’s new X4, could be launched. Plus, an up!-based Taigun is expected in 2015, while the much larger CrossBlue, set for the US, could still come here.