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"It&amp;#039;s halftime for Volkswagen&amp;#039;s Tiguan, midway through the small SUV&amp;#039;s lifecycle, time for an update. Most obvious is the Tiguan&amp;#039;s face, which now reflects the horizontal-slat grille used across VW&amp;#039;s line. While Europeans can opt for two versions of the front, including an on-road edition with a deeper chin and an 18-degree angle of approach, we get the off-road edition, not as dramatic looking, the lower half trimmed for a 28-degree approach. There are also reworked taillights and added trim on some models.   Video window may take a few moments to load...         Power for the U.S. Tiguan is shared with the GTI: a 2.0-liter turbo 4-cylinder with 200 bhp and 207 lb.-ft. of torque. That goes with a 6-speed manual or automatic, and front- or all-wheel drive. We might also get a diesel in the future.   Interior changes are minimal, and it appears VW has two main aims with the 2102 Tiguan.           One is to improve the small SUV&amp;#039;s fuel economy. For 2011 it sat at 20 mpg city/25 mpg highway with the automatic transmission. Via a variety of changes including the use of two overdrive gears, a lowered idle speed and lower rolling resistance tires, VW hopes to see a 15 to 20 percent improvement in fuel economy...but no official numbers as of yet.   Second, although Tiguan sales have been strong of late, VW is trying to drop the price to make its small SUV more competitive with competitors such as Honda&amp;#039;s CR-V, Toyota&amp;#039;s RAV4 and Nissan&amp;#039;s Rogue. Those vehicles tend to start near $21,000 range, while the Tiguans cost a few thousand more. And you can bump one of the VWs into the mid $30s, while the others tend to top out below $30,000. VW isn&amp;#039;t saying how much it will trim the price, but we&amp;#039;ll know for sure when the 2012 Tiguans go on sale in September.          "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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