2011 VW Touareg Latest Spy Photos
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I hope for VW's sake that they put this on a major diet. Mechanically, this is a cousin to the Passat. The Passat VR6 4 Motion is more than 1,000 lbs lighter.
September 30, 2009 3:51 pm
what about the v10 TDi?? they have to keep that engine that was one of there best engines!
September 30, 2009 7:22 pm
Pardon me, but that is wrong. The Touareg has almost nothing in common with the Passat, except the V6-engine and the VW-Badge. Just look at the engine's orientation: T-Reg longitudinal, Passat transversal. The T-Reg-platform is rather unique in the whole VW construction bin...and has to be, regarding its off road capabilities (and I'll vouch for them, especially).
If any, the Tiguan is closely related to the Passat, since the Tiguan is built using the Golf-platform and the Passat using a modified and stretched Golf-platform.
September 30, 2009 7:51 pm
That's correct, the Touareg bares no relation to any other VW model. Although it is corporate cousins with the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7.
October 1, 2009 3:26 am
Sorry to dissappoint the editor of this story, the car is testing in Granada, Southern Spain.
October 1, 2009 1:24 pm
Couldn't they make the back 5 inches longer, it looks a bit small to me. Like the mirrors though.
October 1, 2009 4:52 pm









