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 VWvortex: 2008 Touareg V8 First Drive | « » 2:59 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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/019.jpg) Fresh from directing Volkswagen's series of Safe Happens commercials, the king of one-take stunts Dan Bradley is spending his St. Patrick's Day under the Brooklyn Bridge, setting up the climax of the upcoming The Bourne Ultimatum's final car chase. Three new, second-generation Touaregs were supplied by Volkswagen for this scene, and two were destroyed filming head-on collisions the previous day. The other will meet its end shortly. On cue, the third Touareg punts Matt Damon's stolen NYPD Impala onto a concrete median, pushing it seventy feet before crashing into a utility truck, at which point a pneumatic ram launches the Touareg and Impala ass-over-teakettle, depositing them in buckled, twisted heaps on the ground. The Bourne Ultimatum's New York chase marks the most prominent placement of Volkswagen's Touareg in recent memory and, if sales figures are any indication, its flirting with stardom can't come soon enough. The three vehicles wrecked in Bourne equaled a fifth of one April day's North American Touareg sales, and hoists in stature from an action films are fleeting. Something, obviously, had to be done. Full Story...
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| » | « » 3:23 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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"4.2-liter 90-degree V8, 30 valve"I could be a little dopey after my big lunch, but... 30? Nice wheels for an SUV.
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Wes@motivemag
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| Re: (magilson) » | « » 3:38 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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Congratulations, you've found the third typo in the supplied press materials for Touareg!The '08 materials also mistakenly listed the old 4.2 V8 specs for the FSI, and said that all V8s came with air suspension instead of steel springs.
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| Re: (Wes@motivemag) » | « » 6:47 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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I hope they bring that 225HP V6 TDI to other models like the Passat wagon for the USA market. Probably wouldn't fit in a MkV Jetta Wagon though...
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| Re: (phatvw) » | « » 7:16 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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| Quote » | | Touareg is almost too competent in this sense, so utterly capable of dominating whatever peeks over the hood that obstacles come and go without so much as a clammy palm, let alone a puckered sphincter. |
This gave me a nice visual, thanks. 
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| » | « » 7:46 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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I'm sold.
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| Re: (mhjett) » | « » 8:36 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by mhjett » | This gave me a nice visual, thanks. |
"Our air ride suspension is so smooth, we guarantee that you won't crap your pants... no matter what"
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| Re: (phatvw) » | « » 9:12 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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Yay! Finally! A V6 diesel in an SUV!
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| Re: (TheSpatulaOfLove) » | « » 11:51 PM 5-30-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by TheSpatulaOfLove » | | Yay! Finally! A V6 diesel in an SUV!
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Cough...Mercedes Benz ML320 CDI & GL320 CDI...cough cough....Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0L CRD...cough I need to do something about the cough I have about V6 diesel SUV's in the US
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| » | « » 8:47 AM 5-31-2007 | |
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where's the LED rear lights?
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| Re: VWvortex: 2008 Touareg V8 First Drive (Wes@VMG) » | « » 10:14 AM 5-31-2007 | |
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 VW did the same thing Ford did to the Explorer: added a chrome grill and smoked the tail lights. I actually think they both look good (for their price ranges) but I'm justed pointing out that interestng little tidbit.
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| Re: VWvortex: 2008 Touareg V8 First Drive (NewsJunkie) » | « » 4:17 AM 6-1-2007 | |
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What kind of gas mileage should the V6 TDI get??
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| Re: VWvortex: 2008 Touareg V8 First Drive (vwtoys) » | « » 1:31 PM 6-1-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by vwtoys » | | What kind of gas mileage should the V6 TDI get?? |
Lets see a 1.9TDI Jetta @3000 lbs gets 40mpg.
So I estimate a 3.0TDI Touareg @5000 lbs would get 25mpg???
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| Re: VWvortex: 2008 Touareg V8 First Drive (vwtoys) » | « » 1:33 PM 8-5-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by vwtoys » | | What kind of gas mileage should the V6 TDI get?? |
Late answer...but here are the German Numbers: Touareg V6 TDI with DPF - Automatic
City 14,4L/100km - 16.3mpg
Highway 8,5L/100km - 27.7mpg
Combined Cycle 10,7L/100km - 22.0mpg Touareg V6 TDI with DPF - Manual
City 14,1L/100km - 16.7mpg
Highway 8,6L/100km - 27.4mpg
Combined Cycle 10,4L/100km - 22.6mpg Jetta 1.9TDI without DPF - Manual
City 6,7L/100km - 35.1mpg
Highway 4,5L/100km - 52.3mpg
Combined Cycle 5,2L/100km - 45.2mpg
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