 All first generation (5N) Tiguans featured two row seating and transverse mounted four-cylinder engines.The Tiguan debuted as a concept vehicle at the November 2006 LA Auto Show and in production form at the 2007 International Motor Show Germany.Manufacture began in the winter of 2007, at Volkswagen's subsidiary Auto 5000 (an experimental company within a company from 2001 to 2009) in Wolfsburg and continued subsequently under the company's standard contract arrangements, at Wolfsburg and in Kaluga, Russia.