THE NEXT GENERATION Volkswagen Touareg, expected to land late next year as a 2011 model, has been spied testing on the roads of Germany this week.

The new 2011 Touareg will address the the current model’s lack of space for seven passengers, despite being slightly smaller in overall dimensions than the current outgoing model.

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VOLKSWAGEN HAS ANNOUNCED the addition of a BlueMotion model to the Touareg line-up in the European market, offering a 10 percent improvement in fuel economy.

Offering a fuel consumption figure of 8.3 l/100km, the Touareg TDI BlueMotion beats even the 9.05 l/100km of the Touareg V6 TSI Hybrid, revealed in February.

The petrol hybrid has it over [...]

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In an effort to bring even more efficiency to the Volkswagen range, the boffins at Wolfsburg have mated its V6 TSI petrol engine with an electric powertrain and a new eight-speed automatic transmission.  Installed in the Touareg, Volkswagen claims the big SUV will offer 248kW and a 9.05L/100km fuel economy figure.

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Volkswagen has chosen the upcoming Los Angeles Motor Show to unveil its Race Touareg TDI Trophy Truck. The Touareg will be the first turbo-diesel to compete in the Trophy Truck class of the SCORE sponsored Baja 1000 dessert race, the pinnacle of extreme off-road racing.

The 5.5-litre TDI V12 will produce over 410kWs of power and [...]

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It will come as no surprise, but another manufacturer is cutting back on production as a result of declining demand due to the melt-down in banking and world financial markets. Volkswagen has joined the growing list of manufacturers feeling the strain with a recent announcement that Touareg, Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne production would all [...]

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Following a surprise teaser picture last week, comes the press release of the car that seemed to sneak up on all of us, the Volkswagen Touareg R50.

Powered by 5.0 - litre V10 TDi diesel that makes 260 kw (350 hp) and a whopping 850Nm of torque which is available at 2000 rpm, the [...]

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