Is the 2024 VW Tiguan R-Line a BETTER compact SUV to buy than Honda CR-V Sport?

The Tiguan slots into VW's lineup right above the Taos. On the outside you will discover upgraded wheels, FULL LED lighting and roof rails. On the inside you will be greeted by a leather interior, 8in infotainment screen and digital gauge cluster. Under the hood is a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 paired to an 8-speed automatic transmission. Is the 2024 VW Tiguan R-Line a BETTER compact SUV to buy than Honda CR-V Sport?
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[Aschoolbusandsimulatorfan]

Yes of course & I will rather buy this instead.

[michaelstone]

Ive owned a 2014 gti. Vw are very solid well built cars. The 2.0 turbo is one of the best engines ever. Mine never burned a drop of oil very smooth and quiet. Its detuned on the Tiguan mine had 225hp and 258 torque very snappy! Its easy to do a cpu flash tune for 700 bucks and get 250hp 280lbs of torque no problem. Its a very robust motor. Its great in gas as well. On long highway trips I got 38 mpg regularly. Around town the turbo isnt as efficient. Probably 27 28 mpg but still pretty darn good.

[wardellward]

The Tiguan has been around for a long time

[lionelholmesjr]

I saw a black r line today and I want to look at one tomorrow

[tedunguent]

My nephew just bought one of these yesterday. He's been a VW fan ever since he bought a Jetta diesel and they perpetrated Dieselgate. That was awhile ago. Forgive and forget, I guess.

[majideshaqzai]

Tiguan's driving pleasure is much higher than rav4 and honda

[jimmysmith]

I just got a 24 SE Rline black a few weeks ago, so far It's better off the line than the 2019-2022 tiguans, I think VW remapped the ecu. The weirdest thing with the lack of the heads up display is that the atlas has one. I do wish that it had paddle shifters cause that steering wheel design is begging for it.

[JustinAdams]

Not gonna find connect services or vent seats or a pano sunroof in the CR-V. And the handles in the trunk to lay the seats flat is nice to have that Honda doesn’t offer.

[maks_bond]

Driving same car for 2 weeks - nice car with all you really need. Love it so far.

[andyk]

If you buy one, get the APR software flash. Increases HP to 234 with 87 octane. You'll be glad you did.

[bigdawgb]

Hey Joe! Thanks for another video! I hope you and Lori are doing great! 🙌🏼

[gregorytrane]

I wish they would bring back the 200 h.p. engine. Rumor has it that they will in 2026 along with other smaller engine choices. This would be the perfect vehicle at it's price point if they did. Volkswagen does pay attention to more detail in their designs than the Japanese. Good enthusiastic review. You covered all the most important points.

[expressomixed]

Put some more horse power in it VW...seriously!!!

[islanddon]

Sold plenty of both. sadly, since Dieselgate, VW just seems that it cant get its act together. Meanwhile, quality on many models is worse than any time l can remember. l've owned several GTI's until 2012.
No more.

[rickjames]

Would be a snappy crossover for the money minus the plastic wheel well trim and the fake exhaust ports. It's still a decent vehicle either way.

[MurseTech]

Hopefully you can get your hands on some Nio vehicles soon.

[FrequencyORD]

I’ve seen sooo many of these out on the roads already.

[johnfranktullo]

That front camera reminds me of that zit u always dreaded on the front of ur forehead you try anything n everything to get rid of it and u always ended up putting a bandaid over it

[dsny]

You'd think after all these years with this generation Tiguan, that VW could've tweaked the 2.0T more so it could at least match the output of the GLI. This model desperately needs that all-new look/tech/power coming soon!

[Reza-xhvk]

The fake exhaust on high trims of Tiguan and Atlas was one major reason I didn't get a high trim. This is benchmark ridiculous fake. Other manufacturers also have fake exhausts but theirs is at least housing the actual pipe of the exhaust. This one is just a fake decoration on the bumper.