Interesting: How the Tiguan got its name

**Arctra** · 23-06-2009, 11:00 AM

On my way to work this morning it all of a sudden struck me that I had no idea what Tiguan meant, and remember when doing Marketing at university of examples of disastrous product names that mean something undesirable in some cultures. So I did a quick lookup of what Tiguan means and found this article:
http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/awa...-its-name.html

It appears the name is arbitrary and it comes from combining the names Tiger and Iguana. Interesting article to read IMO.

**WannaTig** · 23-06-2009, 11:02 AM

Like Pajero being Spanish for wanker?

**team_v** · 23-06-2009, 11:11 AM

That is also why the amarok has a strange name.

On June the 4th 2009 it was christened Amarok which means Wolf in the Inuit language. This name also means "he loves stones" in the Romance languages, which are spoken in the major markets in Brazil and Argentina.

I kind of agree with the naming of the tiguan.
It looks like a bit of a lazy iguana, but it can be a tiger, especially with the chip bumping it up to 197kw.

**phaeton** · 23-06-2009, 01:13 PM

Did you also know that Rockton, Samun and Namib were also choices for the Tiguan ?

AutoBild readers chose (voted) the Tiguan name.

**team_v** · 23-06-2009, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by phaeton

Did you also know that Rockton, Samun and Namib were also choices for the Tiguan ?

AutoBild readers chose (voted) the Tiguan name.

Hahahaha, man i am so glad they chose tiguan.
So much better than the other options there.

**phaeton** · 23-06-2009, 05:13 PM

I liked Namib then Rockton but knew Tiguan would get it as Tiguan-Touareg sound more familiar.

Amarok

**Tigga1** · 23-06-2009, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by phaeton

I liked Namib then Rockton but knew Tiguan would get it as Tiguan-Touareg sound more familiar.

Amarok

didn/'t they end up using Namib as a wheel name choice...?

**jayjay** · 23-06-2009, 07:17 PM

i dunno.. if they stuck with the proper old english sports - golf, polo...

i'm not too sure about the volkswagen tennis or volkswagen croquet..

**team_v** · 23-06-2009, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by jayjay

i dunno.. if they stuck with the proper old english sports - golf, polo...

i'm not too sure about the volkswagen tennis or volkswagen croquet..

Jeez, i never actually realised that vw used english sport names lol.

Could be called the cricket, or high tea for the bluesport :p

**geoff_gti** · 23-06-2009, 07:59 PM

Don't forget the VW Fox in some markets too!

All we need now is a VW Bowls

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