LexFather

Now that I typed the title, those names are ridiculous.

knihc2008

iTrader: (1)

Haha you still spelled Touareg wrong :P

RXSF

wow the tiguan looks like a vw rabbit on bigger wheels

GS400kid

How do you pronounce..... Tiguan?! sorry.... english isnt my mother tongue.

And whos gonna buy it?! looks almost the same size

RXSF

lol those of us who are born in the US still have a hard time.

the big one is pronounced Tour-egg, and the small one is pronounced Tig-gwan

GS400kid

LOL...it would be pretty funny if I own one and someone asks what do I drive.
"I drive a...Ti...Tee...Ti..... T-I-G-U-A-N. Its a VW yea..."

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

The Tiguan reminds me of the Hyundai Santa Fe...

speedflex

VW comes up with some of the most user-unfriendly names... Tiguan, Phaeton, Scirroco, Toureg. And while we're at it, Passat is not much better. I always think "pass out" when I hear the name.

bruce van

Hmmm........I agree with most people that VW should really think of easier names for the cars. I'm sure not being able to pronounce whatever car you might be considering may put off at least 5-10% of potential new car owners.

The new VW looks a bit awkward to me. Kinda looks like a cheap Korean stationwagon.

DustinV

VW Touareg

The Touareg name is derived from the French moniker for the nomadic Tuareg tribe. The proper pronunciation is TWAH-reg, however it is commonly mispronounced as "Tour-egg".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg



VW Tiguan

As part of a marketing strategy by Volkswagen the name was chosen by the public through the Auto Bild group with over 350,000 voters through Auto Bild's magazines and Web sites. The other possible names were Namib, Rockton, Samun and Nanuk. Tiguan is a combination of the German words Tiger (“tiger”) and Leguan (“iguana”).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Tiguan



VW Passat

Passat, a type of wind / Passat (ship), a sailing ship named after the wind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passat_%28ship%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_wind



VW Scirocco

Sirocco is a Mediterranean wind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirocco


Wikipedia is your friend.

speedflex

Yea, I know the origins of the names. Like Scirocco is Italian for some type of trade wind. All these names may actually mean something but that doesn't make them good names for cars. I mean, Nebula is a real name but do you want to drive one?

DustinV

Isn't there a car in Japan called "Toppo BJ"?

Faymester

LOL, yes ... I can definitely see this happening.

This is what I was thinking. Unless you're really after efficiency, is it even that much more efficient? (I can't remember)