OTHER VEHICLE

 At the 2012 São Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil, Volkswagen is presenting the concept of a newly developed SUV in compact format in a world premiere: the Taigun.

The VW Taigun is a crossover version of the City runabout up.

The Taigun could go into production as early as 2014.

  That the name is an anagram of Tiguan is no coincidence. Even visually, the small crossover draws heavily upon his big brother.

With 3.86 meters of Taigun measures nearly two feet less than its big brother ...

... And the boot is provided with 280 liters 200 liters smaller.

The drive in Taigun a 1.0-liter gasoline engine takes over with turbocharging. The three cylinder developing 81 kW/110 hp and allow a top speed of 186 km / h

As consumption of only 985 kg heavy study is the manufacturer about 4.5 liters.

Currently the MINI plant in Oxford, England is running at full capacity, so it will not be possible for BMW to build another version at that plant. Magna on the other hand has extra capacity at its Graz, Austria plant where the Chrysler 300 was built until recently when Chrysler decided to move the production to its Brampton, Ontario plant. Also the next BMW X3 will not be built at the Magna plant as it is switching to BMWs South Carolina plant. The Magna plant built 26,400 Chrysler 300s and 113,000 X3s last year. The company is trying to work with BMW to build 65,000 MINI Colorados to make up for the loss of the X3 and 300 sedan.