Touareg takes VW not only off-road, but up-market

[NFS4]

Hmmmmm, an SUV that is REALLY an SUV...me likes

http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=coverstory&loc_code=index&content_code=03697393

It's a shame that the VW turned out so handsome, yet the Cayenne looks like an ugly piece of sh!t

 

[GTaudiophile]

Yeah, I think they did a good job with it. Like the Phaeton, though, VW's name may hold it back. They should have considered selling it as an Audi.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

If I wanted an SUV, this would be it. I would want the diesel version since I really do have a problem with 16mpg vehicles. Thing is that the diesel looks to be 30k more? WTF?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
If I wanted an SUV, this would be it. I would want the diesel version since I really do have a problem with 16mpg vehicles. Thing is that the diesel looks to be 30k more? WTF?

Yeah but in 15 years you'll make up for that diff in saved fuel costs.

 

[Nemesis77]

Touareg is the only SUV I like

 

[Calin]

I am a VW admirer, and I like more boxy designs. I like the way Touareg looks. However, I don't have money such a beauty .
But most of the actual VW I like the Phaeton - all the others sems somehow too round

Calin

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Calin
I am a VW admirer, and I like more boxy designs. I like the way Touareg looks. However, I don't have money such a beauty .
But most of the actual VW I like the Phaeton - all the others sems somehow too round

Calin

Im the opposite, its the round edges of VW's that I like

 

[Triumph]

The Touareg will sell well because the SUV market is thriving, it's a GOOD SUV, and the types of people who buy SUV's are the ones who want the "latest and greatest thing", and that's the Touareg. I love that things interior.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Triumph
The Touareg will sell well because the SUV market is thriving, it's a GOOD SUV, and the types of people who buy SUV's are the ones who want the "latest and greatest thing", and that's the Touareg. I love that things interior.

I sat in one at the Paris auto show and took a pic, LINK. Original size was 4mp, so i dropped it down to fit on my site..

BTW: The interior is GEORGOUS in person. Much bigger and better than the pic can do justice too.

 

[Triumph]

aphex, are you living in Europe now or something? first you're going to rome, now you're in paris, what next?

 

[LAUST]

They need an undercarrage picture

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Triumph
aphex, are you living in Europe now or something? first you're going to rome, now you're in paris, what next?

He's being paid to accompany a middle aged businessman from SF. He answered a personal ad, & is now travelling the world as a "personal attendant."

Viper GTS

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: LAUST
They need an undercarrage picture

Here are a whole slew of Touareg photos

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Triumph
aphex, are you living in Europe now or something? first you're going to rome, now you're in paris, what next?

Blow me viper

Im spending the semester "studying" in Holland. Not much studying here though, so i've spend alot of time travelling. Still have to go to Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and Scotland

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: LAUST
They need an undercarrage picture

Here are a whole slew of Touareg photos

Awesome

 

[busmaster11]

I've been waiting for this thing too. But somehow the pics make it look like a combo between the Passat and the KIA Sportage... Ugghhh...

I'll take an Acura MDX anyday...

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: busmaster11
I've been waiting for this thing too. But somehow the pics make it look like a combo between the Passat and the KIA Sportage... Ugghhh...

I'll take an Acura MDX anyday...

Sportage? I dont see it...

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: busmaster11
I've been waiting for this thing too. But somehow the pics make it look like a combo between the Passat and the KIA Sportage... Ugghhh...

I'll take an Acura MDX anyday...

Sportage? I dont see it...

I don't see it either. I also don't see the Passat. I see the Phaeton though.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: busmaster11
I've been waiting for this thing too. But somehow the pics make it look like a combo between the Passat and the KIA Sportage... Ugghhh...

I'll take an Acura MDX anyday...

Sportage? I dont see it...

I don't see it either. I also don't see the Passat. I see the Phaeton though.

Well i definately see the passat... The front lights/grill look very passatesque to me, which was further incorporated into the sleeker phaeton...

The next gen passat looks down right MEAN, i love it!

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: aphexII
The next gen passat looks down right MEAN, i love it!

Pics???

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: aphexII
The next gen passat looks down right MEAN, i love it!

Pics???

I saw some designs floating around on VWVortex a month or two back... I dont think anything had been finalized and most were conceptual, but it looked downright BADASS.

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: aphexII
The next gen passat looks down right MEAN, i love it!

Pics???

I saw some designs floating around on VWVortex a month or two back... I dont think anything had been finalized and most were conceptual, but it looked downright BADASS.

I expect nothing less from VW

<==== Loves VAG

 

[aphex]

FOUND THIS. Since search is disabled over there right now, thats all i could dig up... The other pics looked more badass, but you can get a general gist of the styling... (BTW, its just drawing, no one knows what it will officially look like)

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: aphexII
FOUND THIS. Since search is disabled over there right now, thats all i could dig up... The other pics looked more badass, but you can get a general gist of the styling... (BTW, its just drawing, no one knows what it will officially look like)

Looks like someone slapped a Phaeton front-end onto a A6 body.

 

[N8Magic]

$67,000USD for the TDI? *faints*

I wanted to get one, but $67,000 ($106,530CDN) is a *wee* bit out of my price range. They better offer a stripped model with the TDI or i'm going to be &uuml;ber pissed.

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