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how can this be an automotive misstep last week and an off-road icon this week?!
Description: But being the cheapest of the three, the Touareg is the most likely candidate for off-road duty. Though platform sharing is often seen as a negative thing, here it has given an infusion of lunacy to T...
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Best already.. V12 aand V10 turbo-diesel!?! Blowin my mind carbuzz.. Blowin. My. Mind.
Description: Now, it's true that the Q7 has a V12 TDI, which is more powerful than the VW plant, but Audi would prefer it if you didn't associate towing with any of their vehicles, and the VW is still th...
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Okay !! Now this is something wranglers and land rovers can never match ...
Description: These are not awards which you win without ever leaving asphalt. If you still aren't convinced that VW built a serious off-road machine, we can always look to motorsports. The Touareg took a clas...
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Those just used the platform. They no longer resemble the unoff-roady car that is the Touareg.
Description: Old Dr. Porsche himself designed the first of these, a military vehicle known as the Kubelwagen. Volkswagen would prefer it if you didn't mention the client who commissioned these vehicles, but t...
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Nazis. In case any of you were wondering, the clients were nazis. THE MORE YOU KNOW.
Description: Chances are that a smaller percentage of them will ever see a dirt trail than any of the other vehicles in this series. This isn't because the Touareg can't handle it, and it isn't even...
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Description: Now, it is true that the Touareg lacks the body-on-frame construction which makes other off-roaders so tough, but the truth is that it could still handle the vast majority of what gets thrown at thos...
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It may be an offroader, but it should have been one of if not the last vehicle showninthis series
Although I will always like the range rover better; quit complaining this is actually a really capable, impressive car. It may not have been around that long but it still will be an icon in the future
Yup. Fail and a half. I hope there's a lot more articles in this series cause even VW bug would be a more appropriate off road "icon".
Nope. You dropped the ball on this one CarBuzz. Not an icon now and never will be.
Its too suburban looking to think of it as an offroad monster.. Shame, really..
If Lamborghini is really gonna make an SUV this is what it needs to be base off of. Impractical, expensive, and over the top fast. This is the only way Lamborghini can make an SUV without ruining there name.
it'd give the ford raptor a run for its money cept it'd be a lot more expensive
Yeah, make this model a production run, at an affordable price, and it surly will become an off road icon instantly with the male parties, excluding soccer moms.
Ian ur claiming that a Tuareg is better off-road then a Defender...?
No Ian, but they do have 4.10 gears, front and rear locking diffs, electronic sway bar disconnects, Dana 44 axles, and all the skid plates you can imagine while being 20k cheaper.
@Ian, sorry to disappoint, but the jeep grand Cherokee already has that. But in relation to the wrangler, no the wranglers don't have it yet.
@Patrick Wrong. It's because the Wrangler does not have a 1)electronic center locking diff, 2)comp. controlled 4 wheel abs traction control, 3) 6 in lift at the touch of a button, 4)302 lb/ft torque. Jeeps will eventually have this tech, but not yet.
@wmg haha this is a VW, nice try
@wmg definitely not a toyota...
This is one of the only Toyota 's I've ever liked
I don't think it's fair to say its a capable off-roader because it's highly modified off-road racing versions do very well. Not saying its not capable though
I think all of the guys that are complaining, never drove a Tuareg off-road...I did, with normal tires on it and it did well, just because us-suv can't go off-road doesnt mean all suv's can't.
Then your friend didn't know how to drive the Rubicon.
I've owned 4 Land rovers. I currently own 2 diesel defenders, I've had a discovery and a Range Rover as well. However, my 2005 Touareg v8 was THE MOST CAPABLE off-roader I've ever owned. I easily out handled a friend's wrangler rubicon in that thing
The most off road action these things will ever see is hitting the errant puddle leaving the mall parking lot.
For something to be an off-road icon, people have to actually accept it... lol
Not an icon. Not even an off-roader either. The only way this beast goes off-road is with upgraded parts.
I was wondering that.
I wouldnt call it an "icon"
What? How is this an offroad icon?