For all those of you who remember the Tiger: it's back!
It's a luxury saloon/estate that competes with cars like the Audi A6, the BMW 5 series and the Mercedes E-Class. And yes, this means there are some "normal" variants of it now, because what you used to know is now called the Tiger HP. All trims are made from aluminium for both the chassis and the panels. So here's the standard Tiger (the colour is called Glacial White;):
Powered by 6 different engines from 2 blocks (a 2.5L turbo I4 and a 3.5L turbo I6), power output ranges from 210-400hp. The nomenclature is Capacity - Engine theme (eco/fun/sport) - body variant (saloon/estate), so it goes from the Tiger 2.5 Eco Saloon/Estate to the Tiger 3.5 Sport Saloon/Estate
Here are the most important stats, and since they're basically identical between saloon and estate versions for the most part, I'll give you the stats for the saloons.
2.5 eco --- 210hp, 0-100km/h in 7.3 seconds, 8.4l/100km, 47.500€
2.5 fun --- 250hp, 0-100km/h in 6.3 seconds, 8.7l/100km, 48.500€
2.5 sport - 285hp, 0-100km/h in 5.8 seconds, 8.9l/100km, 49.500€
3.5 eco --- 305hp, 0-100km/h in 5.6 seconds, 8.5l/100km, 52.500€
3.5 fun --- 350hp, 0-100km/h in 5.1 seconds, 9.2l/100km, 53.500€
3.5 sport - 400hp, 0-100km/h in 4.9 seconds, 9.5l/100km, 54.500€
All of these versions have the same alu chassis and panels, the same brake system with Vented discs all around, 6 pistons with 325mm rotors front and 4 pistons with 290mm rotors rear. Also, all of them come on sports tires because sports tires are just the stickiest, allowing for best possible grip.
On top of that, all of them have the same 8-speed double-clutch gearbox with automatic mode and they're all limited to 250km/h, except for the 3.5 sport which is limited to 275km/h.
As far as suspension goes, all of them have Double wishbones up front and Multilink suspension rear, with Active springs, semi active dampers and passive sway bars, only that for the Eco and Fun versions, the springs are active comfort, for the Sport models (and the HP) they're active sport.
Since this is a luxury car, it is equipped with luxury interior and infotainment, as well as advanced safety and all driver aids except launch control. It doesn't need launch control because it has an electric LSD as standard.
With all this being said, you might be saying "Woah, that's quite advanced/expensive for standard equipment, isn't it?", and you wouldn't be wrong. But remember that in the Austrian Motoring Wonderland, there's no options list. Everything is included in the price already.
That means that the price differences between the versions are very small, as you can see on the list above.Of course, the gap between the 2.5 sport and the 3.5 eco is bigger because of the different engine block used.
The Tiger is available in the following colours: Glacial White, Tropic Orange, Classic Black, Alpine Silver, Midnight Blue and Flaming Red.
The same colours are available for the Tiger HP which, in Glacial White, looks like this:
We've all become used to this car featuring a turbocharged 4.8L Inline 6 engine. And that hasn't changed. What has been changed, however, is that it now produces 600hp, allowing this 2ton luxury vehicle to go from 0-100km/h in 4.0(saloon)/3.9(estate) seconds with launch control. The estate is a little bit faster off the line due to slightly better weight distribution.
100km/h, however, is by far not the end of the line as you can imagine. The top speed is 325km/h for both the saloon and the estate, making this car faster than even a de-limited BMW M5 (which would run 315km/h).
They'll also do the standing Quarter Mile in 11.7 seconds and the Airfield track in just over 1:24.
This puts it right up there with the M5 and its competitors and the economy, realistically speaking isn't that far off either.
The price is lower than you would expect, though. The Tiger HP will cost you 95.000€ which is quite a lot less than its german rivals. Is that a sign for it being worse? Certainly not. Think about it.
Greets,
Tom
Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:09 am 
