VW scoop round-up: the new Touareg, Sharan, Phaeton
Volkswagen is busy readying a suite of refreshes for its car range – and our spy photographers have caught this trio of models on test: the next Touareg SUV, a facelifted Phaeton limo and the new Sharan MPV.
That’s a lot of VW scoops! Tell me about the new VW Touareg
Touareg II is codenamed VW726 and we hear it’ll be out in the middle of 2010. Don’t expect radical change – it’s essentially a rebodied version of the existing car, but with numerous technical advances to keep the SUV fresh. Sister cars the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 follow suit in 2010 and 2013.
The new Touareg is slightly longer than today’s car to move it further upmarket away from Tiguan territory, but we hear that lightweight materials will carve a handy 150 kilos off the Touareg’s kerbweight. Engines will be familiar but upgraded, with direct-injection FSI V6 and V8 petrols and the popular diesels; a hybrid Touareg finally joins price lists with the revised car.
VW scoop round-up: the new Touareg, Sharan, Phaeton | Secret New Cars | Car Magazine Online
That’s a lot of VW scoops! Tell me about the new VW Touareg
Touareg II is codenamed VW726 and we hear it’ll be out in the middle of 2010. Don’t expect radical change – it’s essentially a rebodied version of the existing car, but with numerous technical advances to keep the SUV fresh. Sister cars the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 follow suit in 2010 and 2013.
The new Touareg is slightly longer than today’s car to move it further upmarket away from Tiguan territory, but we hear that lightweight materials will carve a handy 150 kilos off the Touareg’s kerbweight. Engines will be familiar but upgraded, with direct-injection FSI V6 and V8 petrols and the popular diesels; a hybrid Touareg finally joins price lists with the revised car.
VW scoop round-up: the new Touareg, Sharan, Phaeton | Secret New Cars | Car Magazine Online
