THE flagship Volkswagen Touareg R will lastly land in Australian dealerships by April subsequent 12 months (2024) priced from $129,990 plus on-road prices.
Headlining a facelifted Touareg vary, the Touareg R is a plug-in hybrid that employs a 250kW V6 petrol engine and a 100kW electrical motor. This mix wins the Volkswagen energy file, with a mixed peak output of 340kW (and with 700Nm of peak torque).
The $130K ask is about $6K lower than the final high Touareg Volkswagen provided right here, the short-lived 2020 Touareg V8 TDI. Just like the V8 TDI, there are an extended checklist of ordinary inclusions, with no manufacturing facility choices apart from color selection.
Customary gear for Volkswagen’s most costly car, consists of Night time Imaginative and prescient, IQ.Gentle Matrix LED headlights, head-up show, Volkswagen’s Innovision cockpit (consisting of the 15.0-inch Uncover Premium and likewise the 12.0-inch Digital Cockpit Professional), Wi-fi App-Join, wi-fi smartphone charging, Dynaudio premium sound system and a complete of 5 USB-C ports contained in the cabin.
Additional key options to distinguish the brand new Volkswagen R mannequin embody 22-inch gloss-black Estoril alloy wheels, 19-inch entrance and 18-inch rear ventilated disc brakes with blue R-logo calipers, air suspension, gloss black roof rails and window surrounds, black exterior mirror shells, blacked out entrance grille and rear apron, black sports activities exhaust, ‘R’ brand projection from the entrance mirrors, direct tyre stress monitoring, energy latching doorways, Simple Open & Shut electrical tailgate and panoramic sunroof with electrical blind.
The Touareg R shall be out there completely within the vary with the choice of Lapis Blue Premium Metallic Paint.
The Touareg R would be the image-leading and most costly of the Technology 3 replace Touareg collection.
The range-wide 2024 Touareg enhancements embody refreshed entrance and rear exterior therapy with new gentle signatures (together with an illuminated Volkswagen brand) wi-fi app join, dynamic velocity signal show and space view as commonplace and the supply of IQ-Gentle high-definition headlights.
The Touareg R has claimed acceleration of 0-100km/h in 5.1 seconds, an EV-only driving vary of 51km (WLTP), and ADR Mixed gasoline consumption of three.3 litres per 100km.
Sharing its powertrain with platform-shared Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid PHEV, the 2024 Volkswagen Touareg R has been delayed a variety of occasions because it was introduced at Geneva in 2020.
It was speculated to arrive in 2022 because the alternative for the 2020 Touareg V8 TDI, however that was known as off in order that the mannequin wouldn’t seem mid-cycle after which inside two years have to get replaced by the face-lifted mannequin.
