{"id":1259,"date":"2016-01-11T07:38:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T23:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/11\/volkswagens-tiguan-gte-active-concept-is-a-terrain-trampling-hybrid\/"},"modified":"2016-01-11T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T23:38:38","slug":"volkswagens-tiguan-gte-active-concept-is-a-terrain-trampling-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/11\/volkswagens-tiguan-gte-active-concept-is-a-terrain-trampling-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen&#039;s Tiguan GTE Active concept is a terrain-trampling hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vw-tiguan\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzEwLzA5L1ZXVGlndWFuLmZkYWYwLnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/a0b74fd4\/7e5\/VW-Tiguan.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Volkswagen%27s+Tiguan+GTE+Active+concept+is+a+terrain-trampling+hybrid&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F10%2Fvolkswagen-tiguan-gte-active-concept%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F10%2Fvolkswagen-tiguan-gte-active-concept%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>DETROIT \u2014 With a one-two punch following its all-electric <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/05\/volkswagen-budd-e-microbus-concept\/\">BUDD-e microbus<\/a> debut at CES last week has followed up that friendly little concept with something decidedly more menacing at the Detroit Auto Show.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called the Tiguan GTE Active concept. Although it&#8217;s been designed trample anything in its path, it&#8217;s quite nearly as eco-friendly as BUDD-e. Let me explain.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/04\/farday-future-ffzero1\/\">Faraday Future&#8217;s 1,000-horsepower concept car should make Tesla very, very nervous<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzEwLzc0L1ZXVGlndWFuMi41ZTJkYi5wbmcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4NDA5Nj4\/39ef04b0\/3aa\/VW-Tiguan2.png\" alt=\"Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image: Volkswagen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This concept, which is based upon the second-generation Tiguan that we&#8217;ll see hit showrooms in 2017, is an all-wheel drive, 221-horsepower hybrid. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/10\/volkswagen-tiguan-gte-active-concept\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/cars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Cars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/transportation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Transportation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/volkswagen\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Volkswagen<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/2016-detroit-auto-show\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">2016 Detroit Auto Show<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1452469088' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1452469088'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/_BjM-5fIMf8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT \u2014 With a one-two punch following its all-electric BUDD-e microbus debut at CES last week has followed up that friendly little concept with something decidedly more menacing at the Detroit Auto Show. It&#8217;s called the Tiguan GTE Active concept. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/11\/volkswagens-tiguan-gte-active-concept-is-a-terrain-trampling-hybrid\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[909,854,725,907,908],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-2016-detroit-auto-show","tag-cars","tag-tech","tag-transportation","tag-volkswagen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}