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Following the release of official pictures in mid-September, the price of the 2025 Volkswagen Taos in the United States market was exposed by overseas media. Compared with the 2024 model, the pricing of the 2025 Taos has risen across the board, with a maximum increase of US$1,180 (about RMB 8,400), and the whole series provides 7 models to choose from, except for the standard four-wheel drive system of the top model, other models can choose two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive versions, with a guide price range of US$24,995-US$34,695 (about RMB 180,000-250,000).
2025 Volkswagen Taos overseas actual car image
Domestic Volkswagen Tuyue
The Volkswagen Taos was first launched in October 2020 and is mainly sold for the American market, and this time it has been revealed that the model with overseas prices is a mid-life facelift version of the current generation Taos. As a compact SUV, the Taos is the smallest SUV sold by the Volkswagen brand in the United States market. The car is based on the Volkswagen MQB A1 platform, which is the same platform as the SAIC Volkswagen Tharu, but in terms of wheelbase, the Taos is 9 mm longer than the Turu. Although the United States market is "big is beautiful", Taos can sell an average of 60,000 vehicles a year.
左图2025款Taos,右图2024款Taos
Compared with the 2024 model, the 2025 Taos exterior design language is closer to the latest family style of the Volkswagen brand, eliminating the upper grille and providing a continuous light LED strip connecting the headlights on both sides, while further increasing the area of the lower air intakes of the front bumper and providing a matte gray trapezoidal grille bezel. In terms of body colours, the car is available in Moss Green, Monterey Blue (pearl paint) and Monument Grey.
Actual car image of the 2025 Taos
On the side, the 2025 Taos gets shiny alloy rims with a new shape of metal-cut surface, while the rear modification makes it look like a smaller version of the Volkswagen Atlas (the domestic model is the Touron), with a new continuous taillight cluster, although the two-sided exhaust styling and the TAOS lettering logo in the center of the tailgate are retained.
Actual car image of the 2025 Taos
大众Atlas(国産车型为途昂)
Official image of the interior of the 2025 Taos
Official image of the interior of the 2024 Taos
Inside, the 2025 Taos retains the overall design and functional layout of the center console of the previous model. As one of the few adjustments, the new model offers a new floating multimedia display, and the whole model has been upgraded to an 8-inch screen (6.5 inches for the old low-spec model), and the air conditioning control panel has been adjusted from a physical button + knob type to a touch panel type.
Official image of the 2024 Taos Black model (for reference only)
左图2025款Taos,右图2024款Taos
In terms of equipment, the 2025 Taos has two functions, parking distance control and adaptive headlights, to the mid-spec SE model as "standard". Meanwhile, on the mid-spec SE variant, Volkswagen offers the "Black" blacked-out exterior package, which focuses on details such as the rims, exterior mirror housings, and roof.
2025 Taos interior
In terms of power, the new Taos will continue to be powered by a 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged engine, but the engine hardware has been tweaked, including new piston rings, new injectors, a larger intercooler and a new turbocharger housing. In terms of parameters, the new 1.5T engine has a maximum power of 174 horsepower, which is 16 horsepower higher than the old model.
1.5-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine compartment
It is worth noting that the new Taos drivetrain is equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission as standard, eliminating the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission used in the old four-wheel drive model. According to foreign media reports, Volkswagen said that this change is "an improvement requested by customers".
雪佛兰TrailBlazer
Toyota Corolla Cross
Kia Seltos
If based on the United States market, the models in the same class as the Volkswagen Taos mainly include the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, Toyota Corolla Cross (the domestic model is the Corolla Ruifang and the Fenglander), and the Kia Seltos (the domestic model is the Setus).
Tuyue is cutting-edge
Although Volkswagen did not introduce the original Taos, its Tharu model on the same platform was produced locally by SAIC Volkswagen. At this year's Chengdu Auto Show, the Tuyue series added a new Tuyue cutting-edge with a more downward positioning, with a fixed price of 79,900 yuan for a limited time, and its potential competitors point to Guangqi Honda Binzhi (guide price 119,900-139,900 yuan), Changan Mazda CX-30 (guide price 99,900-199,900 yuan), etc. We will continue to pay attention to more information about the Volkswagen brand.