Purpose-Built Volkswagen-Red Bull Baja Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck Heading for L.A.

Volkswagen-Red Bull Baja Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck

First diesel Trophy Truck to compete in historic race

By Christopher Jackson
November 13, 2008 8:52 AM
Filed Under: German, Los Angeles Auto Show, Motorsport, Volkswagen

What you see here is the skinless chassis and two renderings of the Volkswagen-Red Bull racing Touareg that will be introduced to the public at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week. The purpose-built Baja racing truck is the first turbodiesel Trophy Truck to race in the SCORE off-roading series.

In a racing series dominated by big, burly trucks, you'd think that diesels were a fact of life, but this trucks' 5.5 liter clean-diesel V12 engine is a groundbreaker. With 550 horsepower and 625 pound-feet of torque on tap, the Volkswagen and Red Bull-sponsored Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck shouldn't have any problem proving its worth.

The Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck's suspension was designed in California by Arciero Miller Racing, and features double A-arms up front and a four-link rear that provide twenty-five and thirty inches of suspension travel, respectively. Fox Racing shocks, Eibach coil springs and massive BF Goodrich KRT tires are also used.

The Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck is scheduled to run the 634-mile 41st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.

Source: VW of America

Press Release (Click to expand)

VOLKSWAGEN TO UNVEIL PURPOSE BUILT RACE TOUAREG TDI TROPHY TRUCK AT L.A. AUTO SHOW

First turbo-diesel Trophy Truck in historic SCORE series

Volkswagen of America, Inc. will unveil its purpose-built Volkswagen-Red Bull Baja Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck, powered by a clean diesel TDI engine, during a news conference at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. The news conference is scheduled for 10:45 to 11:10 a.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at the Volkswagen stand.

The Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck that will run the 41st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race in the SCORE Trophy Truck class is powered by a 5.5 liter V-12 clean diesel engine that produces 550 horsepower and 625 lbs.-ft. of torque.

Staying true to the off-road prowess that the Touareg is best known for, the purpose-built Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck takes the Touareg’s off-road tenaciousness to a whole new level. With a double A-Arm front suspension that allows 25 inches of wheel travel, and a 4-link rear suspension that allows 30 inches of wheel travel, combined with Fox Racing Shocks, Eibach Coils and BFGoodrich Baja KRT 37x13.5x17 off-road tires the Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck should have little difficulty maneuvering the highly difficult and technical 634 mile Baja 1000 course.

Chassis design and production was handled by Arciero Miller Racing located in Foothill Ranch, California. The Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck features a wheelbase of 125 inches, overall length of 213 inches, width of 92 inches, an overall height of 78 inches and weighs 5650 pounds. The Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck Body was designed by the Volkswagen Design Center located in Santa Monica, California.

The Volkswagen-Red Bull Baja Race Touareg TDI is sponsored by Volkswagen of America, Inc., Red Bull, BFGoodrich Tires, Dow Automotive, Oakley, KMC Wheels and Fox Shocks.

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