but the more interesting Touareg R50 never made it to the US. This unusual SUV remains an example of what can happen when automakers opt for an unusual choice of powertrain. The Volkswagen Touareg ...

In a world premiere, Volkswagen presented the Touareg R50 on October 11 at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. Its 350hp at 3500 rpm positions the new Touareg among the most ...

UPDATE: Volkswagen has released official details for the Touareg R50 and it turns out the beastly SUV from Wolfsburg will unleash 350 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque. Those figures are good ...

Volkswagen has released full details for its new Touareg R50 high-performance SUV just days ahead of its world premiere at the 2007 Australian auto show in Sydney. We can now confirm that it will ...

We've now got specifics on the new Touareg R50. After being teased earlier this month, V-Dub has just revealed everything down under at the Sydney Auto Show. Powered by a V10 TDI, the R50 version ...

The range-topping Touareg, the R50 has arrived on UK shores and is available on the market. At the heart of the Touareg R50 beat’s Volkswagen’s 5.0-litre V10 TDI diesel engine, uprated from ...

As if the huge, and hugely powerful, V10 diesel engine that is available in the Touareg is not enough, they have decided to one-up themselves with the new R50. Boasting 350 HP at 3,500 RPM and ...

Volkswagen has released further images of the 2008 Touareg R50 which was unveiled at the 2007 Sydney Motor Show on Oct. 11. The R50 is VW’s third “R” model after the Golf R32 and Passat R36.

Volkswagen just announced plans to release the new Touareg R50 — the third in VW's series of R-labeled vehicles — at the Australian Motor Show next week. We're told it'll come with a retuned ...

But there was, albeit briefly, another Cayenne rival which shared more than a modicum of DNA in common with the Porsche - VW's mad R50 Touareg. Just like its Audi Q7 relatives it was diesel ...

But there was, albeit briefly, another Cayenne rival which shared more than a modicum of DNA in common with the Porsche - VW's mad R50 Touareg. Just like its Audi Q7 relatives it was diesel ...