Overall fuel economy during the eight-day sojourn was an easy-on-the-wallet 6.1 L/100 km, the engine running on regular unleaded.Īcceleration to highway speeds is reasonable for a rig weighing 1,566 kilograms, the Taos with 4Motion and seven-speed dual-clutch transmission getting to 100 km/h in just under eight seconds (front-wheel drive with an eight-speed automatic is offered with the base Trendline model). With help from its variable geometry turbocharging, the Taos delivered fuel economy ratings as low as 5.9 litres per 100 kilometres while plying the interstate as well as the lightly traveled and undulating secondary roads of the Adirondacks. The parsimony was expected, the Taos powered by a 1.5-litre turbocharged and direct-injection four-cylinder making an adequate - for the subcompact segment -158 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. It’s also one of the most pleasant, with better-than-average visibility, sporty handling and Scrooge-like parsimony at fill-up time. Other than the far-more-rugged-and-off-road-capable Jeep Compass Trailhawk Elite, the Taos is the most expensive of the eight subcompact crossovers I’ve driven this year.
But, other than some industrial-grade door trim and plastics, there is little that’s cheap about the surprisingly spacious soft-roader, including the top-spec Highline version’s $38,195 as-tested price tag. OK, it debuted in late 2020 as a 2022 model, so it’s still fairly new, but I thought there’d be least a few more spotted along the way during the nearly 2,000-km family road trip, especially if they were painted in the same cheerful and highly visible Cornflower Blue shade as our 2022 Volkswagen Taos.Īt 4,466 millimetres in length - just 236 mm shorter than the Tiguan - the (barely) subcompact Taos, based on VW’s MQB architecture, slots under its sibling, becoming VW’s entry-level crossover. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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