The Volkswagen Touareg - An Outstanding Off-Road Vehicle
Published: 30th January 2004
Volkswagen Touareg
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Wolfsburg: After having received numerous awards from the
automobile experts, the off-roader is collecting more and more international
awards. The most recent prizes come from Australia and Portugal.
After winning the “SUV of Texas” award from a Texan
expert jury in the autumn of last year, the popular off-road vehicle
was also able to convince the Australian experts.
"Overlander" the best known Australian off-road magazine
presented the Touareg with the “2003 Overlander 4WD Of The
Year Award”. The Volkswagen SUV prevailed against 23 other
competitors in many tough (jungle) tests in the Australian Bush.
According to the jury, "every manufacturer of off-road vehicles
should dismantle a Touareg and find out how it works, so to be sure
that some good lessons can be learnt from it."
In the Off-Road category the Touareg was chosen for the car of
the year by a jury of 23 journalists from leading automotive and
economic publications, newspapers and magazines, as well as TV and
radio stations in Portugal.
In Germany the R5 TDI has become a real big seller. Around 70 percent
of all buyers opt for the economic five-cylinder engine. With 79
percent a navigation system is at the top of the popularity scale
for optional equipment. It is followed by leather upholstery with
68 percent and Climatronic with 63 percent. As for colour, black
magic pearl effect leads with 40 percent ahead of reflex silver
metallic with twelve and off-road grey with eleven percent.
Volkswagen Touareg
Our Volkswagen Touareg Guide lists the full specification of the current UK Touareg range, including car prices, fuel consumption, dimensions and other vital data.
Price Range: £29,880 - £61,885
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Fuel:
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Models in the range: 11
Our Car Buyer’s Guide covers all of the UK’s major new cars and includes CO2 ratings and car insurance groups. Data updated on the 6th July 2008
