New models - Volkswagen - Touareg - 3.0 V6 TDITouareg V6 TDI boostFast and frugal: Upgraded Touareg V6 TDI is almost a second quicker to 100km/h, as well as almost 1L/100km more efficient. Volkswagen winds up the performance, but not the consumption, of Touareg's diesel V621 Nov 2007 By CHRIS HARRIS VOLKSWAGEN will release a more powerful and economical version of its 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel Touareg SUV early next year, holding pricing firm at the current $74,990. The revised engine increases power and torque to 176kW (up 11kW) and 550Nm (up a noteworthy 50Nm) respectively, while German figures indicate average fuel consumption with the six-speed automatic will drop to 9.9L/100km. The current Australian consumption figure is 10.7L/100km. Claimed acceleration of 8.3 seconds from 0-100km/h puts the updated vehicle almost a full second faster than the outgoing model. Read more:R50 Touareg from $130KFirst drive: Touareg aims at high-brow Germans All new models Alfa Romeo Abarth Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chrysler Chevrolet Dodge Citroen Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton Haval Great Wall Honda Holden Hyundai HSV Isuzu Infiniti Jaguar Iveco Kia Jeep Land Rover Lamborghini Maserati Lexus McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mitsubishi Mini Opel Nissan Porsche Peugeot Ram Proton Rolls-Royce Renault Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla VolvoTouareg pricing
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