Volkswagen confirms Tiguan PHEV and Tayron PHEV for Australia to rival BYD Sealion 6 and next Toyota RAV4

Volkswagen will add two spin-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrains to its Tiguan five-seat and Tayron seven-seat SUV lineups in Australia next year, with first deliveries of the PHEV variations slated to happen in the well-known half of of 2026 in two utterly different power outputs and in two stunning grades.

Beneath the skin, the third-know-how Tiguan and first-gen Tayron are identical vehicles basically differing by their length and seat count (4539mm vs 4792mm), with the latter model a replacement for the Tiguan Allspace.

When the PHEV variations of the Tiguan and Tayron land domestically, they will total a holistic offering of powertrain choices for Australian Volkswagen investors, slotting between the present, non-hybrid turbo petrol choices and the battery electrical (BEV) Volkswagen ID.4.

Crucially, the pair of plugged Tiguans and Tayrons will give Volkswagen a big enhance by manner of Original Automotive Effectivity Long-established (NVES) compliance as their official CO2 figures are at possibility of tumble neatly below 50g/km, a long way below the 173-194g/km produced by petrol Tiguans.

Key competitors will encompass the BYD Sealion 6 ($42,990-$52,990 plus on-aspect road costs), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (facelift pricing TBA), and the next-know-how Toyota RAV4, which is able to add a PHEV possibility for Australia.

Replace of coronary heart to substantiate PHEVs to Australia

Till this week, Volkswagen executives had done with out being drawn on the query of whether or now not VW’s Australian dealerships would host PHEVs. In past years, there had been a look that Australian customers could soar straight from petrol to electrical—but hybrid ask has ticked up of leisurely.

“Love with the ID.4, we needed to derive the simply equipment and product for Australian customers, and the simply timing as neatly. We deem that timing is early 2026—in the well-known half of,” acknowledged Arjun Nidigallu, head of product for Volkswagen Australia.

Native Volkswagen bosses are understood to have argued laborious with head workplace to notify the PHEVs to Australia—at the side of about an contrivance to sustain the ‘candy spots’ of the Tiguan, Tayron and electrical ID.4 ranges as shut as likely to the $60,000 sign.

The dedication awaited a enterprise case being authorized but used to be also held up, to a diploma, by the necessity to verify the PHEV powertrains domestically—a course of cousin imprint Skoda has also been engaged in for the liberate of the Kodiaq PHEV gargantuan SUV that’s intently connected to the VW Tayron.

“The total testing now we have done has been extremely sure, and subsequently now we have decided to liberate the PHEV powertrains,” acknowledged Volkswagen Australia imprint director Piergiorgio Minto.

Each 150kW and 200kW PHEV powertrains confirmed

Volkswagen Australia has been a success in nabbing both PHEV powertrains available for the Tiguan and Tayron in Europe. Trot-in tech is accessible in two states of tune, both with front-wheel force. A decrease-power unit makes 150kW blended while a more in-depth-power version makes 200kW.

Each PHEV systems are underpinned by a 1.5-litre ‘TSI’ turbocharged petrol four-cylinder engine making 110kW/250Nm. The 150kW PHEV adds an 85kW/330Nm motor while the warmer 200kW version utilises a stronger 130kW/250Nm petrol engine however the identical 85kW/330Nm e-motor.

No all-wheel force version of the Tiguan PHEV or Tayron PHEV is accessible in Europe. On the different hand, upmarket Volkswagen Crew marque Audi has launched a 270kW AWD PHEV powertrain—know-how which can per chance stagger to the VW crossover in future, presumably with much less power.

Every spin-in makes use of a 25.7kWh battery (19.7kWh usable) offering an electrical-easiest vary of between 111km-129km (WLTP) looking out on variant, equating to electricity consumption of 16.7-18.9kWh/100km.

Volkswagen quotes a total gas vary of over 900km for the PHEVs from the battery and Forty five-litre petrol tank, implying that their gas financial system once the traction battery is exhausted is spherical 5.8L/100km—being moderately equivalent to extinct TDI diesel variations of the Tiguan.

Moderately miniature top rate over petrol pricing anticipated

The present petrol variations of the Tiguan are priced between $44,990 and $70,490 sooner than on-aspect road costs, with the upper Tayron commanding a narrow top rate with $forty eight,290-$73,490 record pricing.

Product boss Arjun Nidigallu confirmed that the PHEV powertrains would per chance be available in mid-spec Elegance and high-shelf R-Line stunning for the Tiguan and Tayron. Hypothetically, pricing could commence from the low $60,000 vary for a Tiguan 150 PHEV Elegance.

In the past, PHEVs have attracted a indubitably intensive rate top rate over their non-hybrid siblings, however the impact of Australia’s NVES regulations heavily incentivises carmakers to persuade investors into spin-in hybrids resulting from their low CO2—so pricing can’t be too steep.

“In the highest rate SUV phase, the place now we have the ID.4, ID.5, Tiguan, and Tayron, we will have the selection to duvet powertrains and rate capabilities—and that $60,000 sign is the place we want to have the candy place,” acknowledged Mr Nidigallu.