Comparison: Boot space VW Tiguan vs. competitors 2025

Evolution has been kind to the VW Tiguan's booty. Initially, with Tiguan I prancing onto the scene in 2007, we were gifted with a 470-litre boot - not paltry by any means, but nothing to write a lengthy love letter about. With a bit of German wizardry and the launch of the Tiguan II in 2016, that figure was nudged up quite significantly to a more respectable 615 litres, offering a substantive 31% increase and making it a substantial player. Most recently, the automotive storks have delivered the Tiguan III in 2024, bringing with it a slight bulge to 652 litres. Evidently, as the Tiguan matures, it becomes a bit more, ahem, bottom-heavy, which works out splendidly for you and your boot space needs.

Within the hallowed halls of Volkswagen, our dear Tiguan middles itself quite comfortably, thank you very much. It's like the middle child with the largest bedroom - not too small, but not the master suite. The wee urbanite VW Up! variants and, let's face it, the not-much-bigger-than-a-boot-themselves Polo versions, hover around the 250 to 351-litre range, effectively resembling a kiddie pool next to the Tiguan's Olympic-size tank. The suave VW Golf with its variants, the ID.3, and even the quirky T-Roc seem like they've been following a strict diet when compared to the Tiguan's hefty lunchbox. However, gaze upon the colossal VW Touareg, or the Tiguan's swollen sibling, the Tiguan Allspace, and you'll find boot spaces triumphing with a proud stance, toppling the Tiguan by a few dozen litres. Significantly, the Tiguan gets one-upped by the seven-seater VW Touran and the Touareg - the former makes the Tiguan look like it's fasted for weeks, while the latter pats its lardy boot with a knowing smile.

Now let's play 'Boot Space: Top Trumps' with the competition, shall we? Those sly style-obsessed folks at Lotus offer you the Emira, and with a boot you'd struggle to fit a shopping bag into at a meagre 208 litres, it's best kept at the track. Looking over at Nissan's Qashqai and Renault's Kadjar, they throw in their own proposals at 410 and 472 litres respectfully – pretty close but no cigar when matched against our German protagonist. Let's not forget the French quirks of the Citroen C5 Aircross, trumping Tiguan with a plentiful 580-litre hold - that's a boot you could have a soirée in. And if you fancy peering across ponds, the Genesis GV80 boasts a frankly obnoxious 735 litres. Yet the Tiguan, with all these figures dancing about, still stands defiant, its ample Germanic boot tucked neatly between excess and insufficiency – a Goldilocks conundrum, solved with a badge from Wolfsburg.