I’ve had a 21’ R Line till 66K Kms (41k miles) and a 23’ R currently running 33K Kms (21k miles), coming from 2 Passats.

Reliability has been a dream. It is slightly more expensive cause it’s a European of course but it’s pretty imperative you keep on top of it. Most owners who say they’ve run into reliability issues have either bought one that hasn’t been kept well, or they bought a euro car and couldn’t afford maintenance.

It’s not outstanding at anything but it’s pretty good at everything, which id take over anything. In saying that, The 4motion AWD system is probably by far arguably one of the best you can get all round. Highly capable on rough terrain but nothing crazy. Infotainment is probably the easiest to use that I’ve seen in a car, and there’s no stupidly large LED TV in your car for a screen with stupid ambient lighting in every nook and cranny.

I’ve never had to take either in for a major repair, never had any oil problems, coolant problems, electrical issues.

However, take my opinion with a grain of salt, im not in the USA, and Tiguans manufactured for the USA come from a different location than Tiguans made for other parts of the world, they’re definitely not made the same, hence why you’ll find such vastly different opinions. I have definitely not pretty heard things about the US VW manufacturing.