Volkswagen Touareg

Volkswagen Touareg

 

  

Auto major, Volkswagen has announced that it will launch its new Sports Utility Vehicle, Volkswagen Touareg 2011 in the Indian market by the end of this year 

VolksWagen Touareg is a big size SUV but is 208 kilograms lighter than the earlier model. It has wider sitting bumper and the headlamps give it a soft appealing exterior. Apart from the changes in the looks the new model is faster and fuel efficient.

The company claims that SUV is 20% more fuel efficient than its earlier model. It incorporates remarkable transmission options with an eight-speed automatic transmission along with a six speed tiptronic box.

The SUV has 4Motion all-wheel drive and advanced Stop-start technology along with a host of electronic features which helps handling of the SUV on and off the road.

Volkswagen Touareg photo

 Here is a look and the approaching launch of the Volkswagen Touareg in India, quite possibly in December 2009.Volkswagen is currently running a brand building exercise in India by taking out large advertisements in newspapers and showing of all their vehicles in a new TV ad.  One of them is the Volkswagen Touareg SUV.

 Volkswagen Touareg launch possible

The Volkswagen Touareg will come to India as a completely built unit (CBU) just like the Porsche Cayenne SUV and the Audi Q7 with which it shares a platform.  According to some reports, it will be priced between Rs 30 lakh and Rs 45 lakh on Indian roads.  We know that figure is hardly accurate, we are just reporting what we have heard.  We have heard crazier figures, so the only thing we can be sure about at this point is that the Volkswagen Touareg will be priced below the Porsche Cayenne and the Audi Q7. 


Touareg Interior

As far as performance goes, the Volkswagen Touraeg does a 0 to 60 mph (96 kmph) run in 8.7 seconds and has an electronically limited top speed of 209 kmph (in the US version).  We do not know whether they would be an electronically limited to speak for the Indian version of the Touareg 3.0 TDI. Permanent AWD would be available too.

In pure technological sophistication, the Volkswagen Touareg will be extremely close to the Porsche Cayenne (Don’t forgive that it is a petrol SUV). The 3000cc Touareg is reasonably fuel efficient, very torquey, quiet inside, luxurious and extremely safe – it earned five stars in every NHTSA safety test except for a 4-star rating in the rollover test.