The Tiguan is the car to book when the trip is about everything except the car. It is quiet at freeway speed, the boot is genuinely square so cases stack instead of wedging, and it is short enough to park in Venice without circling. The turbocharged four is unhurried and returns real economy on a long day, which matters when the week involves a lot of driving between Los Angeles and somewhere else.
What Volkswagen gets right here is the small stuff: the seats are supportive over three hours, the controls are where you expect them, and nothing about the car demands attention. It is one of the easiest cars in the fleet to spend a week with.
It carries the whole trip with ease; for a drive that is itself the trip, the convertibles.
- A genuinely square boot — cases stack rather than wedge
- Quiet at freeway speed, real economy on a long day
- Short enough to park anywhere in the city
- Dark platinum grey over silver alloys · $102 a day