235kW for cheap! 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan R review: Grid Edition | Cut-price Audi SQ5 rival races in

The 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan R is an outlier in the mainstream Mid-size SUV segment. You see, properly performance-focused models in this class are a rarity in 2023, so this cut-price Audi SQ5 rival is looking to have all the fun.

But that fun factor just got a whole lot easier to access thanks to the release of the Tiguan R's new entry-level Grid Edition. The ongoing global semiconductor shortage has its challenges, but Volkswagen Australia has taken it as an opportunity to lower the cost of its hot mid-size SUV.

As such, the Tiguan R Grid Edition forgoes some of the 'regular' model's luxury and safety features, including Matrix LED headlights and blind-spot monitoring, but are they really missed?

In this expert review, CarsGuide Contributing Journalist Richard Berry puts the Tiguan R Grid Edition through its paces to find if it stands up on its own, or if you're better off paying full-whack for its more expensive sibling.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

01:07 Pricing and features

02:23 Design

03:02 Under the bonnet

03:47 Driving #1

04:49 Efficiency

05:06 Ownership

05:22 Practicality

05:45 Safety

06:42 Driving #2

07:40 Verdict

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