The following is a short-list of all the model being considered for the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year. On December 16, three finalists from each category will be announced, with the winner getting its fame and award at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show in January. As you can probably see from [...]
The VW Touareg is a great SUV for young urban professionals or newlyweds looking to start a family; for some, though, it lacks the style and speed a car should have. For individuals in the second category, JE Design has put together a performance package for the German high-rider. A new ECU gives the TDI [...]
Volkswagen of America has unveiled its second-generation 2011 Touareg at the 2010 New York Auto Show. Joining the 3.6L V6 FSI gasoline engine and the 3.0L V6 TDI will be the 2011 Touareg Hybrid. The 2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid is powered by a supercharged V6 TSI unit making 333-hp. Mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission [...]
Yesterday, Volkswagen took the covers off of the new 2011 Touareg. The big news for the 2011 model year is the hybrid variant, which is powered by a supercharged V6 TSI unit making 333-hp. Mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission and a 47-hp electric-motor, the 2011 Touareg Hybrid produces a total of 380-hp and a [...]
Ever since the Touareg SUV was produced by Volkswagen it has only received one facelift, which debuted in North America as a 2008 model. Since then, Volkswagen has left the Touareg virtually untouched – at least to the public eye. Behind closed doors, however, Volkswagen was planning the redesigned 2011 Touareg you see here and [...]
What you’re looking at here are images that show scale models of the new Volkswagen Touareg that will debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March. As you can see from the pictures, the next-generation Touareg takes design cues from the new Golf, Polo and the Scirocco. The new Volkswagen Touareg will be based [...]
At the 2010 Detroit Auto Show in January, Volkswagen will show the new 2011 Volkswagen Touareg. The lineup is reported to include a hybrid version of the SUV. The Volkswagen Touareg V6 TSI Hybrid uses the German automakers BlueMotion Technologies that are mated to parallel hybrid system and a supercharged V6 TSI allowing the SUV [...]
An Autopia reader spotted this accident involving a Tesla Roadster, Volkswagen Touareg and the Toyota Prius. The accident took place earlier this week and as the story goes the Tesla was stopped behind the Touareg at a red light when a Prius rear-ended it and pushed it under the SUV. According Tesla’s spokeswoman Rachel Konrad: [...]
Volkswagen has released a new BlueMotion version of the Touareg SUV in the UK with a less powerful yet more fuel-efficient engine. The 3.0L V6 TDI common-rail diesel engine now makes a total of 225-hp with a maximum torque of 405 lb-ft mated to a 6-speed automatic tiptronic gearbox. The new Volkswagen Touareg BlueMotion also [...]
