With just under 35,000 units sold between January and September of 2011, the VW Tiguan was the most popular SUV in Germany. The facelift performed in Wolfsburg this year gave it an even more quintessential Volkswagen look: unspectacular perhaps, but certainly popular.
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During the same period, rival Hyundai sold around 9,000 of its ix35s. It was launched at the beginning of 2011 as a successor to the Tucson, and has a much more European look than its predecessor. We took the two rivals out to see how they matched up.
