2023 VW Taos SEL: This Is Better Than I Expected!
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2022
- Today I drive and review a 2023 Volkswagen Taos SEL 1.5T!
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I drive 3000 miles for vacation total in my dads taos and now i’m proud to say i’m getting rid of my golf for the taos (even tho i’m sad to get rid of my stick shift😢)
This is my favorite SUV! Amazing job Ben.
Great review! The Taos is surprisingly awesome.
Great video!! I am going to buy a 2024 tomorrow. I am positive now that I am making a great decision. Thank you!
You forgot to show how the seats fold 😅
One of the most important things for me because I use to sleep in my Toyota RAV4 2018 and I’m looking for something similar.
Can you do a video on some of the companies SUV lines? Going through from smallest to largest? Or comparing different size groups?
Iam loving my 4motion Taos 👌
I bought the 2022 Taos and kept it for only 4 months before getting rid of it. There were too many things wrong with it. The idle stop system makes the AC blow hot. Imagine stopping in traffic in Florida. To save on energy you'd have to sit there in the heat. I don't know why AC power isn't tied to an economy mode vs the idle stop feature. Secondly, the transmission sucks. There is a stall between deceleration and acceleration. so you better make sure you have enough time before turning onto a major road or else you'll get rear ended. There is also lag in the transmission. I can't explain it in technical terms but because of the out of sync issues between the gas pedal and acceleration this poses a hazard. you will gas it and the vehicle stalls before it accelerates as it should. Likewise, when you are in traffic and you barely tap it because of the sync issues you will think that you are apply the right amount of pressure only to see the vehicle lurch forward after about 2 seconds. Because of these transmissions issues I don't think this vehicle will age well. so I got out of it while I could get a decent trade in value for it. The vehicle only drives well in sport mode and God forbid if someone else were to drive it and not know about these lag issues. To be petty, the armrest is tiny, too low and unadjustable. I chose to live without that because of the deal that I got but with everything else, the armrest issue just compounded dislike for this vehicle. To be fair, I've driven a Tiguan and I didn't experience these issues, leading me to buy the Taos but it's just not ready yet chief. so be cautious when considering the 2023 version.
You got good trade in only after 4 months of ownership?? That’s impressive lol
@Ryan Bachman I get your sarcasm but VW isn't one of those vehicle that holds its value. Besides that, getting a $6000 difference between my trade-in and the new vehicle was quite a feat, considering the average difference I was getting was $16K to$17K. The thing about trading in is, you will get what looks like a decent value for your trade-in but they negate that by marking up the value for the new vehicle, eroding any better of a good trade-in value. So, when I say I got a good deal, I pretty much got them to give me a good deal on the trade-in without moving the needle on the value for the new vehicle. By doing that I saved $10K to $11K.
You just don't know how to drive it. Mine's super smooth and my partner whom I drive everywhere and who has suffered from motion sickness his whole life LOVES and remarks on my smooth driving - in our AWD Taos. And PLENTY power passing cars or getting on the highway. But you have to step on the gas a bit, and definitely get used to the timing - which I got a hang on within first couple days. So no there's no hazard at all with Taos but people need to understand differences between transmissions and how they work.
@MarcoPolo-xw4kj It's an automatic transmission. The fact that you have to figure it out means it wasn't well made. Yes, I got the hang of it because it was my vehicle but like I said, you can't comfortably give it to anyone to drive. Besides that any semblance of smoothness was only achievable in sport mode. If responsiveness means a lot to you, this vehicle isn't it. If not then you'll be quite fine driving this around.
I wish I had money to piss away like you do...oh wait, you live in Florida where you've been stealing money from blue states so yeah it all adds up now.
I almost bought one last year, but VW had a stop sale on the AWD versions at the time. I really wished that VW had used the 1.8L TSI from the Golf Alltrack, as the smaller 1.5L engine is a bit anemic - especially in my neck of the woods around Denver, CO. Either that, or make a GTI version with the 2.0L engine. In any case, it's a nice small SUV that's a better option than the Tiguan, which has become a bit too large for many people. I had an Alltrack which was a great "lifted" wagen, but was a bit on the small side. As such, the Taos is kind of a Goldilocks size, as it splits the difference between Tiguan and the Alltrack.
PS: There is a learning curve on how to manage the dual clutch transmission from a stop and at lower speeds.
If they would introduce a version of this with the 2.0t, I might get out of my GTI for it.
Ben they want to give the appearance of knarly pipes back there but bc its fam car, they don't want child to get burned by hot exhaust. Hot pipes buried beneath bumper.
How is it a lifetime warranty? I thought he had a 50,000 mile warranty.
Someone somewhere has a new car that they’ve got no clue had a RUclips review done on it 😂
I would suggest you get a window mount for your camera, the one you were wearing bounces around a bit too much as you talked. Also, if your going to bash a mechanical feature of the car you might want to explain in some detail, with words, what it’s doing instead of a non descriptive clichéd statement. Perhaps then, viewers would get that the transmission works as it was designed, however, the way it works in certain stop and go situations isn’t most people’s favorite.
I am very happy with my Taos SE 2022, and it’s way less inexpensive than a BMW X3.
Same here ❤
Dont put bmw and vw in the same sentence lol
@@Rockybalboa541 I like BMW Johnny, but VW maintenance is way less…if u own a BMW? Expect to PAY a lot every year.
@Jack Napier this is the info i was looking for. Lol
How does front end compare between this and the atlas cross sport SEL ( not r line)?
What a stupid lazy question
Just a tip... slow down (a lot) and annunciate.
As good as this SEL trim is, in China VW sells a better spec Taos called "Tharu". It has a power lift gate, a digital climate control, and also the leather seats look a bit better from what I see in videos. I think they even have a bit of a bigger motor (2.0 TSI 4 motion version). Also the Chinese "Tharu" interior looks better than the Taos !
It's a shame that vehicle capabilities and interiors get dictated by corporate (marketing dept would be my guess). I think VW America wants customers to buy the more costly models like Atlas / Atlas Cross Sport. Even the Tiguan has power lift gates for example (but not the Taos, even in the SEL trim).
The airbag is the same as the ‘22
Shouts out Salt Lake City RUclipsrs
Nice review!
Volks, not Volts. :)
VW owns lambo
No turbo lag, it's actually the drive by wire...
36K!!! With tax, you are at 38-39 thousand. Too much for such a small car. RAV4, CX5 for example are better cars in any case.
Then the Tiguan is in the 40s!? 4 years ago a friend of mine bought a dealer discounted Atlas for 43K!
Gde je 36k ? U Srbiji ?
Volkswagen owns Lamborghini so that's why the tail-lights are so similar.
I thought they looked more like Audi, to be honest.
You think a car owner would know that....
Wondering how the dual clutch does in eco-mode
I just bought a 2023 SEL last week. In my experience, Eco mode smooths things out at lower speeds and street driving, but I would recommend normal or sport for freeways.
@@nerdgurl402 Are noticing any shifting behavior that bothers you in low speed situations in town or parking lots? He keeps talking about "dual clutchy" behavior. Is it that jerky? Do you have any regrets buying it?
@@jeffmorse645 it is slightly jerky at parking lot speeds. I feel like I’ve had to adjust my driving style a little bit in these instances. Not a deal breaker, but less than ideal. I do prefer the smoother drive of the 8 speed automatic though, but I didn’t like the numb steering feel of the FWD when I test drove it.
Drives nice places with problems
vw tacos 🌮 made in Mexico
most of the cars sold in the US have Mexican manufacturing, it is an amazing logistics model, have you heard of NAFTA or USMCA? To qualify for tariff-free entry, automakers must use an increased minimum of North America-made parts of 75 percent
36000$ is too much for that small car. If you spend 3000$ more , you gona get rav4 hybrid with xse package.
dude do something else
Doesn't this car have the lowest reliability score from consumer reports?