VAG Group small SUVs
VAG Group small SUVs
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TwigtheWonderkid

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48,953 posts

179 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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Friend of the wife has a Seat Arona that I sourced for her a few years ago. 1.0 auto, she loves it but it's time for something newer, and she wants basically the same thing but a bit bigger.

I'm out of touch with all the models. What's the difference between a VW Taigo and a VW T-Roc size wise, and what are the Seat or Skoda equivalents of these two? Tiguan size is too big.

Quattr04.

1,240 posts

20 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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The arona is Ibiza size.

The T roc slightly bigger, more golf size, (and I think uses the golf platform because it’s got a EPB, where as stuff such as the A1 and Fabia all have manual parking brakes) is on a par with the Audi Q2, the tiago is the same size but with a sloped roof line over the boot

The arona is the same size as a Skoda kamiq and the T cross.

If she wants bigger but not Tiguan size that leaves the q2 and the T roc, and possibly the cupra formentor. There’s no seat in that class, it jumps from arona to alteca which is more the size of a Leon estate

ruggedscotty

5,989 posts

238 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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the ateca is a good car, run one for two years and its pretty much does what it says, came from an A6 3.0tdi to a 1.6tdi Ateca and i don't feel short changed, just a bit slower though.

akirk

5,778 posts

143 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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we have had a SEAT Ateca for the last couple of years - fantastic car - an armchair on wheels (ex SEAT HQ car with every extra on it), 2l petrol engine - full 4-wheel drive (well Haldex 5 I assume), just does what it should with no issues and swallows people and stuff...

Sheepshanks

40,865 posts

148 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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Quattr04. said:
The arona is the same size as a Skoda kamiq and the T cross.
One of my daughters has a Kamiq and it does seem bigger than the other two of its VW Group siblings - it’s used as their family car, with two rapidly growing children, as her husband drives her old Jazz.

My wife has a Karoq and I think that’s quite a decent / handy size - I think it’s identical to SEAT Ateca. She had a mk1 Tiguan before but thought the mk2 was too big.


There is someone on here with Taigo and he seems happy with it - he’s elsewhere in Europe. I can’t recall ever seeing one in UK.

TwigtheWonderkid

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48,953 posts

179 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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Is the Taigo bigger than the Arona? Certainly looks it.

akirk

5,778 posts

143 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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the other thing to mention is to check space in different parts of the car - we compared a lot of these being discussed and most of the VAG cars had a similar space with the seats down - but there were substantial differences in where that space was allocated and in particular between boot space and rear seat leg room - the Ateca was the most comfortable for 4 adults by a long way - and as that is something we do quite often it was important...

the-norseman

15,704 posts

200 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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Sister is on her second Ateca, parents in law are on their second Taroq both love them.


Quattr04.

1,240 posts

20 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Is the Taigo bigger than the Arona? Certainly looks it.
Yes because it’s a coupe version of the t roc which is a golf sized car, where as the arona is the size of a T cross.

blue_haddock

5,013 posts

96 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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i thought the taigo was a separate model, brought in from brazil so its more of a budget offering than the european engineered models like T Cross and T Roc

TwigtheWonderkid

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48,953 posts

179 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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OK, all this is very confusing. If anyone can be bothered to take the time, can someone list all the SUV models for VW, Skoda & Seat from smallest to biggest, up to say Tiguan size.

VW alone have a Taigo, T Cross, T Roc, Tiguan, and maybe they have something smaller, an Arona alternative?
Seat have to Arona, and then seemingly a jump to the Ateca with nothing inbetween?
Skoda have a load of stuff starting in a K and ending in a Q!!!!

Totally lost.

Sheepshanks

40,865 posts

148 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
OK, all this is very confusing. If anyone can be bothered to take the time, can someone list all the SUV models for VW, Skoda & Seat from smallest to biggest, up to say Tiguan size.

VW alone have a Taigo, T Cross, T Roc, Tiguan, and maybe they have something smaller, an Arona alternative?
Seat have to Arona, and then seemingly a jump to the Ateca with nothing inbetween?
Skoda have a load of stuff starting in a K and ending in a Q!!!!

Totally lost.
I wouldn't know quite where Taigo fits, as someone else mentioned, it's a bit different to the other VW SUV's - I thought it was a bit lof a loss-leader / cheapy type car.

Otherwise you have the VWs and SEATs correcty.

Skoda is Kamiq, Karoq (same as Ateca - Ateca is made in the Skoda factory).


They each have a slightly longer wheelbase verion of Tiguan - what VW used to call Tiguan Allspace, but they're replacing that with Tayron. SEAT's is Tarraco and Skoda's is Kodiaq.


I thought everyone down south drove "premium" brands, so an earlier suggestion of Audi Q2 might be more appropriate?