Despite the Touareg’s considerable heft, it moves quickly and effortlessly. Driven by 225 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque, the V-6 TDI reaches 60 mph from a standstill in a claimed 8.5 ...

Volkswagen is continuing its diesel story in the United States with the 2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI. VW sold its first diesel vehicle in the U.S. way back in 1997 and introduced the turbo-diesel ...

Seems like old habits die hard, because after I’d mentioned the price difference between my V6 Touareg and our European ed, Georg Kacher’s, V8 TDI last month, he rightly picked me up for not ...

The new Volkswagen Touareg, the sibling of the Porsche Cayenne – a somewhat controversial car in enthusiast circles, but one that’s dynamically impressive. This is the 3.0 TDI in SE trim ...

The screen is bigger than my laptop screen. Seriously. The new Touareg boasts a 3.0 TDI V6 engine - the only engine derivative at launch - which pushes out 190 kW and 600 Nm of torque. Safety-wise ...

A few months after the 286 horsepower version, the new VW Touareg is finally available for order with a lesser 3.0 TDI producing 231 HP. We've known it was coming all along, but the German website ...

Early adopters of the 2010 VW Touareg will see their cars being delivered from October onwards. And for some reason they will not be hated quite so fiercely as those who’ve ordered a Porsche ...

VW expects that 25 to 30 percent of its Touareg customers will opt for the V-6 TDI, which is offered in Sport, Luxury, and Executive trim levels. (The “TDI” label, used by the VW Group for ...

Europe’s best-selling engine in the Touareg, the V6 TDI, has been optimized. And most of the work has resulted in reduced fuel consumption. The V6 now averages 9.6 liters of diesel per 100 km ...

The VW Touareg has plenty of luggage space and rides ... This is our recommended trim, mainly because it comes with the 3.0 TDI V6 diesel engine and air suspension. It gets the same high level ...

That’s more than the Q7 3.0 TDI’s list price, even though the two vehicles effectively share the same platform and drivetrain. Not that all is quite as it seems, though. The Touareg’s ...

But the efficiency badge goes to the $48,770 Touareg TDI. Its 3.0-liter, 225-horsepower, 406-pound-feet, oil-burning motor is rated at 19 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway. I averaged 23.8 ...