VW's 7-seat Tayron SUV revealed

This is Volkswagen's replacement for the seven-seat Tiguan Allspace – the Tayron.

While the Volkswagen Tayron name will be new to the UK, it's adorned cars in China for a few years. Built in Germany, this all-new model comes with either five or seven seats and promises lots of interior space, a huge boot and a range of petrol and diesel engines as well as two plug-in hybrids.

Unsurprisingly, considering it's replacing the Tiguan Allspace, the Tayron looks very much like the standard Tiguan, with the same rear light bar and wide front grille. It'll be longer, however, to accommodate the extra row of seats. Underneath, it's based on the same mechanical underpinnings as the standard Tiguan and the Skoda Kodiaq.

Once on sale, the new Volkswagen Tayron will be a rival for the Kodiaq and the likes of the Kia Sorento.

New 2025 Volkswagen Tayron: price and release date

No information pricing has yet been released, but based on the prices of other Volkswagens, we'd expect a price starting at just under £40,000 for the new Tayron. The order books are due to open soon – Volkswagen says "Autumn 2024".

New 2025 Volkswagen Tayron: exterior and interior

Like the Tiguan Allspace before it, the Tayron is essentially a longer version of the Tiguan, sharing many of its design elements but with a longer wheelbase and overall length to accommodate a third row of seats. The rear doors are larger, too, and you can spec an optional panoramic sunroof to make use of the longer roof. Up front there are dual LED headlights and a horizontal light bar across the back. All models have a light-up VW logo at the front, and the upper radiator grille bar is illuminated, too.

There'll be a choice of various alloy wheel designs, as well as a variety of bodywork looks including a sporty R-Line trim and a more refined Elegance model.

The interior is virtually identical to the latest Tiguan, with a big touchscreeen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and ChatGPT integration, as well as a digital driver's display. It promises to be well kitted-out; while UK specs haven't been confirmed, Tayrons in Europe will come as standard with alloy wheels, three-zone automatic air con, sun blinds for the rear doors, adaptive cruise control and a rear-view camera system.

The boot in the five-seat version of the Tayron is vast, with 885 litres of space or 2090 litres with the back seats folded. That dips slightly in the eHybrid five-seater, although 705 litres is still a big space. Go for the seven-seat Tayron and the boot is smaller but still usable with 345 litres of room, expandable to 1905 litres with rows two and three folded. 

New 2025 Volkswagen Tayron: engines and gearboxes

There have been seven powertrains announced for the Tayron, with both front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models available.

The entry-level model is a front-wheel-drive, mild-hybrid petrol, badged as the 1.5 eTSI. It uses a 1.5-litre engine with 150PS and a seven-speed DSG transmission. For more power, there are two 2.0-litre petrol options, withouth the mild-hybrid system but with four-wheel drive, which VW calls 4MOTION. These engines develop 204PS and 265PS.

Long-distance drivers might prefer a diesel. There's a front-wheel-drive model with 150PS and a four-wheel-drive version with 193PS. Both use the same 2.0-litre TDI engine.

There are also two plug-in hybrid models, badged as eHybrid, using a 1.5-litre petrol engine with an electric motor and a 19.7kWh (net) battery. One has 204PS and the other has 272PS, and both are expected to be able to cover around 60 miles on electric power alone, although this hasn't been officially ratified yet.

New 2025 Volkswagen Tayron: trim levels

Three trim levels have been announced for Europe and we'd expect UK specifications to be very similar if not identical.

The entry level trim is the Life, which rides on 17-inch alloy wheels and comes with lots of equipment as standard, as mentioned in the Exterior/Interior section above. If you want more, however, there are two top-spec models – the sporty R-Line and the more luxurious Elegance.

The Tayron Elegance features open-pore wood trim, noise-insulating glass on the side windows and an electric boot lid, as well as microfibre upholstery, keyless entry and engine start and 18-inch alloy wheels. 

The Tayron R-Line, meanwhile, has a sportier look with 19-inch alloy wheels and a more aggressive bodykit. The sports comfort seats have integrated headrests and there's more microfibre upholstery on the dash panel and doors. Both the Elegance and the R-Line have upgraded LED headlights with cornering lights, as well as ambient interior lighting in a choice of 30 different colours.

Option packs include the Light package, which gives the Tayron Life the same upgraded headlights included as standard on the Elegance and R-Line. The Family pack, available on all models, includes a plug sucket in the luggage compartment and extra management for luggage in the boot, while the Black Style pack for the R-line gives it black elements including trim and alloy wheels.