We’ve always been huge fans of the Touareg, all the way back to when the original model arrived on the scene with its thumping great 5.0-litre V10 engine.
Now here we are on the fourth generation of Volkswagen’s premium SUV, and what started out smooth is, predictably, smoother than ever. There are currently three models in the Touareg range: Elegance, Black Edition and R. Each has an engine of its own. The Elegance and R have 3.0 TSI plug-in hybrid units with 381 and 462bhp respectively, while the Black Edition has a 3.0 TDI with 286bhp and 442lbf.ft.
We added the torque figure there because it’s the Black Edition we’re testing here. You can have it in any colour you want so long as it’s black (or white, silver, grey, beige, brown, blue or red) and of course you can have it with an almost limitless range of options. Ours came with an on-the-road price of £68,215 and an extras list befitting what was after all a press demo vehicle; were you to tick all the same boxes, you’d be paying £80,470.
Read the full article in the Winter issue of Overlander 4×4 –
