I own a 2020 Tiguan (the "larger" one, not the tiny original style). Just over 40K miles on it, and absolutely love it. I test drove an Atlas, and to me it felt "cumbersome"...but it was a lower level, and my experience upgrading to larger wheels/tires on the Tiguan tells me a larger wheel/ lower profile tire may have helped that a lot. I have seen as high as 39 mpg on highway trips, but typical highway MPG is around 32. I think overall mpg from the beginning has been around 25 (it's logged in the car's computer)
We've owned a number of VWs over the years...never had any issues with them, with some going over 200K miles. But with VW's, like every car, you don't want to buy the first year or two of production, pretty much ALL cars have problems that need to be ironed out. I've owned Ford and GM products...wouldnt buy another unless I planned to trade or sell it after 3 years., they start falling apart and nickel and dimeing you to death. I've had very good luck with Mitsubishis, but they haven't really updated their product line in over a decade, and parts are pretty much only available through the dealer (at high $$$)
We've owned a number of VWs over the years...never had any issues with them, with some going over 200K miles. But with VW's, like every car, you don't want to buy the first year or two of production, pretty much ALL cars have problems that need to be ironed out. I've owned Ford and GM products...wouldnt buy another unless I planned to trade or sell it after 3 years., they start falling apart and nickel and dimeing you to death. I've had very good luck with Mitsubishis, but they haven't really updated their product line in over a decade, and parts are pretty much only available through the dealer (at high $$$)
