Tiguan Roof Crush Test

Twelve small suvs were recently the first to be put to the institute s test.

Tiguan roof crush test.

2019 volkswagen tiguan trims 12 trim family 2 0t s 2 0t se 2 0t sel 2 0t sel premium 2 0t sel premium r line 2 0t sel r line 2 0t sel r line black years 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014. This video shows what happened when the 2009 volkswagen tiguan rated good for roof strength and the 2008 kia sportage rated poor were each subjected to a crush force of 15 000 pounds. Tiguan comes out on top in iihs roof crush test socal tiguan pano roof wont affect roof strength the strength goes the length of the car along the doors most likely the doors play a huge roll in the roof strength due to the fact the windows did not blow out. There s also a new test for crush impact as well that shows the tig as best in class again.

The kia sportage blew all its windows and crushed to the back of the seats where the tig barely deformed at all retained all its windows and was virtually unchanged looking inside. 15 000 lbs of weight on the roof and the tiguan only deformed by 2.