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CO2/tax
173-229g/km
£570
Running costs
32-34mpg (3.0 TDI 286)
£112 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
6.1 seconds/146mph
THE literal translation of Volkswagen is ‘people’s car’, which conjures up images of economical family vehicles available to all – much like the original VW, the Beetle.
An image that the term doesn’t match quite so neatly with, is that of a very costly full-sized SUV, but the arrival of the Touareg shows just how elastic the VW brand is. An attempt to go upmarket with the Phaeton wasn’t successful, but just as that luxury saloon was launched, so was the company’s first SUV, the Mk1 Touareg.
This proved to be rather more of a hit than the Phaeton and sure enough, the Touareg Mk2 from 2010 was even more accomplished, with the third-generation model building on its success.
History
THE Touareg Mk3 arrived in June 2018 and at first there was
