Vehicle details
Volkswagen Taigo 1.0 TSI 110 Life 5dr Petrol Hatchback, , VWs driver assistance systems are fitted as standard and include all the usual bits to do with lane-keeping, emergency braking, not pulling out in front of other vehicles and steering you away from imminent collisions. The best bit about them, however, is that you can turn them all on and off via a full-screen image of a car on a road - just touch the relevant bit of the car or road in the picture that you want to activate (i.e. the lane marking on the road if you want to turn lane-keeping on or off) and itll turn blue to indicate its on. You get wireless smartphone charging, multi-function steering wheel, electric folding and heated door mirrors, black roof rails, front fog lights, LED headlights and a digital cockpit display as standard from the base Life trim upwards. Theres a slider to control the temperature and ventilation which is too fiddly and sensitive - buttons would work better. Its an irritation not restricted to the Taigo, however, given its on most VW infotainment systems and activates a second, hidden layer of functions as your finger gets close to the screen. Some like it but others dont.
Vehicle features
- Black carpets
- Electric windows
- Rear wash/wipe with intermittent wipe setting
- Heat insulating glass windscreen
- Electronic stability control
- Hill start assist
- Front and rear disc brakes
- Wireless Charging including Bluetooth
- Power Steering
- Washer fluid level indicator
- e-Call (emergency call)
- Travel assist including emergency assist
- Aspherical driver's exterior mirror
- Left convex exterior mirror
- Power folding adjustable/heated exterior mirrors and front passenger exterior mirror lowering function
- Lava stone black gloss/matt decorative inserts in dash and front door panels
- Start-stop system with battery regeneration (recuperation - energy recovery during braking)
- WeConnect plus
- Body coloured bumpers
- Body coloured exterior mirror housings and door handles
- External USB type C socket and charging sockets
- Rear side wing doors
- LED third brake light
- LED rear combination lamp
- Rear fog light on one side
- reversing light on both sides