In 2010 the diesel Tiguan will be coming to Canada "probably next year". This has continued to be the claim and I am still waiting.
Now the diesel CX-5 will probably be coming to Canada in the fall of 2013, but I have learned that you can end up waiting forever.
Brian,
I've driven both petrol and diesel Tiguan. Petrol and Diesel Passat and Petrol and Diesel CX-5. There is one clear difference between Mazda and VW and the way they treat the engines.
In the VW models, Diesel is for fuel economy, Petrol is for performance.
With the CX-5, petrol if for fuel economy. But the Diesel is best of both worlds.
To quote June 2012 issue of Australian Wheels magazine regarding Tiguan and CX-5 clearly being best two SUV's in their 11 SUV comparison:
(They decided to remove the petrol CX-5 and diesel Tiguan from comparison based on performance).
"Okay, let's not steer around the elephant - the 2.0L petrol version of the CX-5 is as slow as one. With this in mind, we've brought together the most persuasive engines in the line-up from Mazda and VW. The CX-5 is represented in the 2.2L turbo-diesel form, because the atmo 2.0L petrol just isn't enough engine. Meanwhile, VW's turbo petrols are just so potent and efficient they make its turbo-diesels seem less appealing, so that was (and is) the engine to have in the Tiguan".
If you want performance, go with the Tiguan Petrol. It nearly gets close to the CX-5 Diesel in performance. But unfortunately driven sedately, it uses more fuel that the most aggressively driven CX-5.
If you want fuel economy, the CX-5 in either Diesel or petrol has no peer.
Fuel economy for the various Tiguan's and CX-5's are (Combined / Urban /Highway in L/100km)
Volkswagen Tiguan 132TSI 2.0L Turbo-Petrol AWD (95 Petrol)
8.8 / 12.0 / 6.9 L/100km
CO2 Emissions: 205g
Volkswagen Tiguan 103TDI 2.0L Turbo-Diesel AWD (Diesel)
6.2 / 7.1 / 5.7 L/100km
CO2 Emissions: 164g
Mazda CX-5 2.0L Atmo-Petrol AWD (91 Petrol)
6.4 / 8.0 / 5.5 L/100km
CO2 Emissions: 160g
Note how already, Mazda's Petrol betters the VW Diesel on the highway and in emissions
Impressive!!
Mazda CX-5 2.2L Twin Turbo-Diesel AWD (Diesel)
5.7 / 6.7 / 5.1 L/100km
CO2 Emissions: 149g
(You can see from my Fuelly how I am yet to get close to these figures - I am nearly doing 100% city traffic)