2024 VW Taos Black adds $2,200 to SE FWD trim

Volkswagen didn't do much to the Taos for 2024. As is happening with quite a few models among various automakers, VW's using 2024 as a holdover year for the Taos while it prepares a refreshed version in 2025. And as inducement to buyers not to wait for the 2025 model, VW launched an evergreen and endlessly popular Black Package for the mid-level SE trim. The explanatory materials say it "accents the bold exterior styling of Taos with black wheels, a black roof, darkened exterior design elements, and projector headlights with an illuminated front grille." Inside, buyers will find the usual smattering of glossy black trim, paired with blue stitching. Pricing starts at $30,365 for the SE Black in front-wheel-drive guise before the $1,425 destination fee, which comes out to $31,790. Getting power to the rear axle means paying $33,440 for the SE Black 4Motion.

The package isn't on the Taos configurator at VW's retail site at the time of writing. As far as we can tell, the package adds $2,200 to the price of the FWD trim, $2,400 to the price of the AWD trim, with $395 of the premiums being the black wheels that are available on the configurator. Speaking of which, the above Taos is the closest we could get to the SE Black using the configurator; the real model should be even blacker, depending on the exterior color chosen.