Comments by "Stephen Hendricks" (@stephenhendricks103) on "" video.

  1. While it's easy to see the new Taos as another subcompact SUV and a smaller version of the Tiguan, from another perspective it's a somewhat different vehicle. Now that VW has withdrawn the basic Golf from the North American market, the Taos is designed to take its place in the VW portfolio. It's a small car versatile enough to meet a variety of needs from urban/suburban daily driver duties to a long range highway cruiser for a couple or a a family with one or two kids. The Taos makes no pretense of being an off-road vehicle like the Jeep Compass or the Subaru CrossTrek. No plastic cladding. Less ground clearance than those models. But those attributes weren't found in the Golf and the Taos follows suit. The Golf achieved its iconic status as a result of its generous passenger and cargo space wrapped in a small package. The Taos is about 6" longer than the Golf but it's designed to provide that same combination of attributes as far as Americans are concerned. Notably, the MK8 version of the basic Golf lives on in Europe. And the Taos, like several other models such as the Jetta and Atlas, isn't offered there. In other words, say hello to the new Golf for Americans. A bit larger inside and out, dressed in an SUV costume, and with a new 4 letter name. P.S. Although the MK8 version of the basic Golf won't be offered in the US, the GTI and Golf R will continue. But if sales of the Taos are strong, it's not unthinkable that VW will decide it makes sense to replace those models with the Taos fitted with the engines and drivetrains of the 2.0L models.
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