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Auto China 2018 or the Beijing Motor Show is the place where Volkswagen intends to take the veils off the all-new Touareg. Or so a report from Just Auto, citing “a source” of unspecified background, claims.
According to the cited publication, the third-generation sport utility vehicle “will look a lot like the T-Prime Concept GTE from Auto China 2016.” Based on a flurry of spy photos of pre-production prototypes, it’s true the production model is akin to the T-Prime in more than one way.
The 2018 Touareg will join the likes of the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Bentley Bentayga, and Lamborghini Urus, for they all share the MLB Evo platform. To this effect, Volkswagen’s next Touareg will be offered with a selection of tried-and-tested engines, including the 3.0 TDI and 3.6 VR6.
Changing to MLB Evo means the Touareg will lose a few hundred pounds from the current model. Over in the U.S., the mid-size utility vehicle hasn’t been updated for the 2018 model year, and the only way to get one is to search whatever Touareg floats your boat from remaining 2017 stock.
It is highly likely the Touareg won’t return to the United States too soon because of the locally-built Atlas, which is far more spacious and perfectly tailored for Volkswagen’s customer pool in North America. Going back to the 2018 Touareg, it’s worth remembering that the automaker is committed to rolling out plenty of R-badged models in the coming years. If the Touareg will be gifted with such a badge, then it’s common sense to expect the VR6 engine to be boosted to 400-plus horsepower or thereabouts.
In select markets (think China), the 2018 Touareg is further expected to be available as a plug-in hybrid. Even in this eco-friendly configuration, the sport utility vehicle should ship with 4Motion as standard and an eight-speed automatic transmission of the torque-converter variety.
The 2018 Touareg will join the likes of the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Bentley Bentayga, and Lamborghini Urus, for they all share the MLB Evo platform. To this effect, Volkswagen’s next Touareg will be offered with a selection of tried-and-tested engines, including the 3.0 TDI and 3.6 VR6.
Changing to MLB Evo means the Touareg will lose a few hundred pounds from the current model. Over in the U.S., the mid-size utility vehicle hasn’t been updated for the 2018 model year, and the only way to get one is to search whatever Touareg floats your boat from remaining 2017 stock.
It is highly likely the Touareg won’t return to the United States too soon because of the locally-built Atlas, which is far more spacious and perfectly tailored for Volkswagen’s customer pool in North America. Going back to the 2018 Touareg, it’s worth remembering that the automaker is committed to rolling out plenty of R-badged models in the coming years. If the Touareg will be gifted with such a badge, then it’s common sense to expect the VR6 engine to be boosted to 400-plus horsepower or thereabouts.
In select markets (think China), the 2018 Touareg is further expected to be available as a plug-in hybrid. Even in this eco-friendly configuration, the sport utility vehicle should ship with 4Motion as standard and an eight-speed automatic transmission of the torque-converter variety.
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