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Volkswagen launches 28 mpg (U.S.) Touareg TDI BlueMotion in Europe

Over the past couple of years, Volkswagen has been introducing low CO2-emitting variants of several of its mainstream car models under the BlueMotion banner. The latest addition to that lineup is the big Touareg SUV which is getting some tweaks to reduce its fuel consumption. Like its smaller siblings, the Touareg gets low rolling resistance tires and revised final drive ratio to lower engine revs. Aerodynamic drag is reduced by dropping the body one inch closer to the ground than regular models. The 225 hp 3.0-liter V6 diesel earns a 28.3 ... Read more →

VW Touareg TDI Trophy Truck finishes Baja in 13th place Jeremy Korzeniewski

We took a pretty in-depth look at the first-ever turbocharged oil-burning machine to compete in the Trophy Truck class of the famed Baja 1000 race while we were at the LA Auto Show. The machine ...

LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck Jeremy Korzeniewski

Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year ...

Volkswagen launches 28 mpg (U.S.) Touareg TDI BlueMotion in Europe 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Over the past couple of years, Volkswagen has been introducing low CO2-emitting variants of several of its mainstream car models under the BlueMotion banner. The latest addition to that lineup is the big Touareg SUV which is getting some tweaks to reduce its fuel consumption. Like its smaller ...

VW Touareg TDI Trophy Truck finishes Baja in 13th place 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We took a pretty in-depth look at the first-ever turbocharged oil-burning machine to compete in the Trophy Truck class of the famed Baja 1000 race while we were at the LA Auto Show. The machine itself was a Touareg in name only and is an extremely impressive piece of kit in person. Still, while ...

LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and Mexico anyway. This being the case, Volkswagen is planning to tackle this ...


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