TEASED! Volkswagen Gives Us A TASTE Of What's To Come With Its Third-gen Touareg

Hot on the heels of the release of the all-new Volkswagen Atlas and Tiguan, VW is preparing another sport-utility vehicle for the market. This time it's a bit different though. 

That's because it's the all-new Touareg. 

Having been the owner of a 2004 model year Touareg, it's a vehicle that always brings back some nostalgia for me. It was one of the best vehicles I've ever owned. Well, sort of. 

It could tackle 10-12 inches of snow, no problem. No matter the conditions I always felt safe and sound in my cocoon. The only issue was it was unreliable as hell. But, boy, when it worked it was a brilliant machine. 

The Touareg's disposition was always a big more high end than your typical veedub. But with the second-gen iteration, the premium quality sort of went away. It'll be interesting to see how VW handles the third-gen product as it now has the Atlas, Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne and other VWAG SUVs, which could be cannibalized. 

The Touareg will not be in Geneva but will get revealed March 23 in Beijing. 


Here comes the new Volkswagen Touareg: It drives slightly covered in Spain, right before its big world premiere on 23rd March in Bejing.

Hier kommt der neue Volkswagen Touareg. Kurz vor seiner Weltpremiere in Peking am 31. März 2018 ist er noch leicht getarnt in Spanien unterwegs.

MDarringer - 3/3/2018 8:06:00 AM

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Let's see...

1. It will be stupidly overpriced.
2. Once again, as a claimed off-roader, its off-road capabilities will be dismal
3. Dull and dated VW styling

TomM - 3/3/2018 8:07:08 AM

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The "ONLY" issue was that it was as UNRELIABLE as hell"

Gee - I wonder if VW ought to use that slogan in their TV Ads.!!!

THAT has been a major problem for VW (And AUDI AS WELL) for years. People buy their first one - and after several long car rentals - never buy another one.
My Sister in Law bought an Audi against my lack of recommendation - and it spent months in service - and it took ME to Ultimately fix the transmission when they never could.

xjug1987a - 3/3/2018 8:32:13 AM

0 Boost

One can see some Audi and some Bentley influences as VW owns both (neither are especially pretty) but then they paste their boring new grille on it. Yawn!!!! Zzzzzzzzzzz

MDarringer - 3/3/2018 12:40:08 PM

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They should have killed the Touareg and shipped the Atlas to Europe. That would make so much more sense.

wilfred - 3/3/2018 9:57:45 AM

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So it’s a 5 passengers Q7 with the Atlas front end. And it will end up pricing like the bigger Atlas if not more...

MDarringer - 3/3/2018 10:42:10 AM

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It will cost A LOT MORE than the Atlas.

cidflekken - 3/3/2018 7:07:54 PM

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Keep this away from NA. Makes no sense. The Atlas is the perfect SUV for American tastes. And over-priced, two-row VW is nonsense.

TheSteve - 3/3/2018 8:51:25 PM

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When I was shopping for a mid-size SUV (a few years ago), I seriously looked at VW. I was surprised that VW's offering was more expensive than Audi's Q5, less luxurious, and not as good looking. And it came from VW :-/ VW really needs to get that in check.

The Volkswagen Audi Group really does need to tighten up their definition of each brand's offerings, and get rid of that "makes no sense" overlap.