“Benson Kong If you are a maritime enthusiast and have $73000, you can pick up the special North Sails edition of the Volkswagen Touareg luxury SUV,”

At the maiden race of the Baja Race Touareg TDI Volkswagen mastered the extreme rigours of the famous Baja 1000 straight away. After more than 1,000 kilometres through the rough terrain of the Mexican peninsula California the drivers, Mark Miller and Ryan Arci...

Volkswagen got a lot of mileage out of its 3-liter turbocharged V-6 diesel engine at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. It appeared in the Touareg TDI and the Audi Q5 TDI, signaling Volkswagen's launch of diesel SUVs in the U.

Due to be introduced to the American market in early 2009, Volkswagen's new V6 TDI fulfils the Bin5 standard which is mandatory in the US states of California, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Maine, and which is comparable to Euro 6 which comes .

“engine is a modified version of the company’s 12-cylinder diesel offered in European versions of the Audi Q7. What they didn’t say: VW’s overall theme”

“project will be officially presented at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 19 November by Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board for Technical Development”

What a difference some fiberglass makes. When we last showed you the Volkswagen Touareg TDI Trophy Truck without body panels, it looked like a rejected prop from "Mad Max." When it wears clothes, however, it looks slightly more like its everyday cousin.

Volkswagen says that the V-6 in the Touareg TDI is the one of the cleanest and most efficient six-cylinder engines in the world. The company boasts that the Touareg has met both BIN5 and ULEV II emissions standards and is 50-state legal.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volkswagen of America Inc. debuted its new Touareg V6 TDI clean diesel sport utility vehicle on Wednesday as part of a showcase of its diesel powered technology. The diesel Touareg meets emission requirements in all 50 states and averages 25...

“me introduce you to the Volkswagen R50 Touareg. Big, badass and beautiful, one hour behind the wheel of Volkswagen’s ultimate SUV will have you spoiled”

Powering the Touareg Baja racer is the same 5.5L V-12 turbodiesel that moves the Audi R10 Le Mans race car. The 12-cylinder engine produces 550 hp and 627 lb-ft of torque. The Touareg weighs 4850 lb, but is expected to really move across the harsh Baja landsca...

“s most unlikely creation is based on Volkswagen’s luxury soft-roader, the Touareg, which first went on sale in 2003. It was developed in conjunction with”

AUTO CENTRAL - November 4, 2008: The four factory-fielded Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 models will be piloted by Spaniard Carlos Sainz and his French navigator Michel Perlin; Giniel de Villiers (South Africa) and Dirk von Zitzewith (Germany); Mark Miller (USA) an...

Despite high gas prices and melting polar icecaps, Americans still love their SUVs. Now, they’re moving to smaller versions of the go-anywhere, carry-anything wagons. Although it seems that every company offers something these days, the compact-sized, reason...

This year's Dakar Rally was at first delayed, then relocated to South America due to terrorist threat. The first-ever iteration of the historic race to take place in South America, it will start in Buenos Aires January 3, 2009, and Volkswagen will be at the li...

5800 lbs. Goodness gracious. That's more than a Escalade (5691 lbs) and the Escalade is a much bigger vehicle. Wow, the price is a problem. I didn't realize they were so expensive. One person at work has one of these.

The 2008 model year of the Volkswagen Touareg, the first ever sport utility vehicle (SUV) model from the Wolfsburg-based car manufacturer is making its North American debut at the 2007 New York International Auto Show.

Basic interior features are "Cricket" leather, available in either "Anthracite" or "Latte Macchiato" colors. Stainless-steel doorsill plates with the "North Sails" signature in front come standard, along with the "North Sails" logo coming embossed on the cente...

Attractive young girls have been throwing themselves at me, married women have been filing decree nisis, and random blokes have tried to befriend me - probably to accept their wives' advances.

For almost thirty years, award-winning author John Matras has written about cars. He’s been in all the major car magazines, on the web and written five books, and he’s even been translated into Estonian.

With a Race Touareg 2 that has been subjected to detailed further development Volkswagen completed further tests in preparation of the 2009 Dakar Rally. In Morocco the four driver/co-driver teams Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn (E/F), Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zi...

BOTANY, AUSTRALIA - August 14, 2008: Volkswagens R series model line up welcomes its newest and fastest addition the new Passat R36. Joining the commanding presence of the Touareg R50 and the dynamic Golf R32, the Passat R36 makes this performance range a forc...

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The activity levels of the participating teams in the 2008 Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes at Skandia Cowes Week are reaching fever pitch. Virtually all of the owner helm pairings have finalised their crew configurations and some have been able to get some pr...

The Volkswagen Touareg is a luxury SUV with a growing reputation as a fast off-road performance car the vehicle started out as a prototype for the world famous Dakar Rally and debuted in the 2007 Baja 500.

Audi Driver Martin Tomczyk in the Volkswagen Race Touareg Sand and mud instead of hot tarmac: Audi driver Martin Tomczyk swapped his Audi A4 DTM for a Volkswagen Race Touareg from the Dakar Rally for the first time.

Humor me, please. If you dont mind, lets use our imagination for a moment. Lets imagine a world where fuel costs are reasonable or cheap. I know, I know, very unrealistic but youll see the reason in a second.

The Volkswagen Group has had a penchant of late for nautically-themed SUVs. Starting with the Audi Q7 Coastline revealed at the Geneva Motor Show back in March and then followed up with the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta that same month, now the carmaker has reve...

Click above for a high-res gallery of the VW Touareg North Sails Volkswagen has treaded carefully down the path first blazed by the largely ignored Mercury Villager Nautica with a sailing-themed Touareg concept that has debuted at the famous Travemünder Woche...

B y fielding three Race Touareg vehicles, Volkswagen is tackling another new challenge in cross-country rally racing while preparing for the 2009 Dakar Rally: The second rally of the Dakar series, which will lead through Portugal from 09 to 14 September, will ...