This Touareg is a decent SUV. The interior is very typical Volkswagen, which is nice, but not too luxurious. The engine is a torquey diesel and that screams Volkswagen to me. Few automakers have tried to give Americans the choice of diesel power the way Volkswagen has. I'd consider the V-10 TDI to be more than overkill given the recent spike in diesel prices; the 3.0-liter TDI I sampled in an Audi Q7 makes much more sense for most buyers. Still, I'm happy VW is offering some sort of diesel engine in an SUV. Mercedes-Benz and Jeep are the only other automakers to offer a diesel SUV right now. Without the diesel engine offering, the Touareg is just another SUV to me, but the available TDI puts it in another league.
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