Volkswagen has officially named its forthcoming compact SUV “Tiguan,” the automaker announced today. The selection was made following a poll of over 350,000 European car enthusiasts. VW says a “clear majority” picked the name over the other possible alternatives, which included Nanuk, Namib, Rockton, and Samun. The Tiguan will arrive in 2008, the automaker said in its announcement. The car is based on the Concept A, first shown in February. Volkswagen also released an official design sketch of the car, which can be seen after the jump…
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07/20, 10:39 AM
posted by:
sh.yoon
Another unpronouncable VW name…at least it’s better than Rockton, though.
07/20, 10:44 AM
posted by:
Me
350,000 European car enthusiasts suck.
07/20, 10:44 AM
posted by:
al
looks nice
07/20, 10:59 AM
posted by:
Mike
the VW Sky?
07/20, 11:06 AM
posted by:
JS
Ok, I choose “Tiguan” if the other names are Nanuk, Namib, Rock****, Cacan, etc. Where do marketing guys receive the inspiration from for giving names to cars? Smoking pot?
07/20, 11:12 AM
posted by:
GMrules
Too bad it will break down as soon as you drive it off the lot. When was the last time you heard of an American car having quality issues?
07/20, 11:22 AM
posted by:
Asher
JS, good list but you forgot the most famous auto naming error ever – the Chevy Nova =
Nova = No Va = No Go = not a good way to sell reliability
07/20, 11:29 AM
posted by:
Ignant Fool
Un Acura means a drug fix in spanish
07/20, 11:31 AM
posted by:
Ignant Fool
At least it doesn’t have a name like Caliber or Nitro or **** like that or Liberty (vomit) Patriot (double vomit)
07/20, 11:38 AM
posted by:
Josh
People who write vomit in a car blog suck
07/20, 11:40 AM
posted by:
Anonymous
most who most at this site suck.
07/20, 11:45 AM
posted by:
Mitch
This will be a sweet car, wish they could ahve come up with a better name
07/20, 11:47 AM
posted by:
JS
Welcome to Tiguan-a.
07/20, 11:49 AM
posted by:
Gmrules
Hey Jig, why don’t you come up here and visit sometime? Maybe we can drag race.
07/20, 11:53 AM
posted by:
Gmrules
then maybe we can have a circle jerk…IM POLE MAN!
07/20, 11:53 AM
posted by:
The Jig Is Up!!!!
hahaha you wanna drag race? With what?
07/20, 11:54 AM
posted by:
zan
Nanuk would have been awsome.
07/20, 12:07 PM
posted by:
GMrules
Jig, you’d be surprised how much power my Cavalier puts down to its front wheels.
07/20, 12:09 PM
posted by:
Zarba
Just call it the “Painful Rectal Itch” and be done with it.
Why not go with The Thing?
07/20, 12:12 PM
posted by:
Chris
wow really does kinda look like a sky, didn’t see it till reading that.
07/20, 12:23 PM
posted by:
The Jig Is Up!!!!
hahahaha front wheels… nice. how much power exactly?
07/20, 12:43 PM
posted by:
Carnut4ever
At least the name won’t be confused with any other car unlike the ones who have letters and numbers. I hope they can stay true to the concept because too many vehicles lose their punch when translated from showfloor to showroom.
07/20, 12:57 PM
posted by:
ss
agreed. i loved the concept A
07/20, 2:37 PM
posted by:
Alexander
Hey Aster, you are WRONG on the Nova naming “error”:
http://spanish.about.com/cs/culture/a/chevy_nova.htm
07/20, 3:04 PM
posted by:
FXDriver
What’s with the name? I’m sure they will go with it for a few months, and then the new ad guys will rename it “Bobcat” or some other small fast fuzzy creature.
07/20, 4:08 PM
posted by:
V V
TO GMrules,
Bro I cought you, ha ha, hey lets be honest here. GM has couple cars that are ok, but GM is in serious trouble. Hey VW might have some electrical problems but man that thing atleast has style. So in conclution you thought you would never get caught HA? Yep this world has smart people like me and we can track you down. HAHA
GM and that camaro suck!!!
07/20, 4:16 PM
posted by:
Atomicbri
Maybe here in America they can change the name to like Kanga, or Kangaroo or something silly like that, since they feel the need to go back to Rabbit and all.
07/20, 4:26 PM
posted by:
Wickedated
I’m all in favor of the VW Poontang.
07/20, 5:03 PM
posted by:
SliK
GMrules, did anyone ever heard about american cars having issues? Hell yes, more than you could count every day. VW did chose a crappy name, it won by a “clear majority” but all others names where just worst!
07/20, 5:14 PM
posted by:
La Puta Madre
Josh you suck, this looks nothing like a ****ty Sky. I thought Namib was a cool name. We already have the renault Kangoo in Europe. Tiguan is a ybrid of Tiger and Iguana. At least VW didn’t take an old GM Europe name (Calibra) and then spell Calibre wrong out of it. Speaking of Calibres how about shooting Dodge Calibers with .45s?
07/20, 7:05 PM
posted by:
The Stig
#31: That’s the best so far this week. Way to go!
07/24, 9:28 AM
posted by:
GRTZ
Pictures of Volkswagens test of the new model: http://www.tiguan.nl