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The 2009 Tiguan’s exterior slightly resembles a bulldog. Its stocky build tells the road who’s boss while maintaining an adorable quality that melts your heart. No matter what type of dirty, slushy, snowy mess I drove through, the Tiguan’s fully integrated rocker panels stayed squeaky clean! I loved that! This meant that my kids didn’t muck up their coats and pants climbing into and out of the car. Yes! Go ahead, tell your friends.

The Tiguan’s compact size turned out to be a saving grace in parking lots because the doors are significantly narrower than typical-sized SUV’s doors. In the past I’ve been the victim of a huge, heavy door hitting either me or the car parked next to me, which always creates a stressful moment. The Tiguan’s smaller doors made it easy to get in and out without worry of hurting myself or anybody else. Its heated exterior mirrors and easy-to-use rear windshield wiper also helped make my Tiguan driving experience a true pleasure.

VW tends to load up its cars with fabulous features, but I was disappointed to find that there wasn’t an interior or key fob button to close the liftgate. It was so thrilling to watch my kids get into the car without getting messy, but since I had to open and close the liftgate several times, I wasn’t so lucky.

Family Friendly (Not Really, Fair, Great, Excellent): Excellent
Fun-Factor (None, Some, Good Times, Groove-On): Groove On

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