Test drive Volkswagen Touareg 2007 - 2010 SUV

Call of the ancestors

The diesel Volkswagen-Tuer R5 is called up to quench the thirst for wanderings along non-taxed paths, with which Denis Harutyunyan went to the Tuareg Expirence highway near Moscow. Photo by the author.
There is no universal recipe for a real alternate. There are only general outlines: a painful, preferably diesel, motor, long -flowing pendant, reliable all -wheel drive with differential locks. Is Tuareg's description suitable for this description?
Of course, the German has a complete order with the engine. A in a coal five -cylinder diesel, although small in volume, has a very moderate voice, a minimum of vibrations in the cabin, and its power is more than enough with a modest appetite. In addition, the maximum torque of 400 N.M. Motor issues by 2000 revolutions. In traffic lights, this is not an argument, but on wild paths such a traction is a great help. Volkswagen engineers were complemented by electronic assistants.
The first task of the test route is to test the mountain brake and assistant during the descent from the mountain. After waiting for the nose to rush into the sky, I throw the pedals and the car freezes: smart electronics, noticing the diphthant for the stern, pressed the pads itself. To move on, you need to plunge the gas pedal properly; The brake is unlocked as soon as the engine’s thrust exceeds the desire of the car to roll back.
Climb to the top of half. Having crossed it, the main thing is not to touch the pedals again: the computer involves the automation of the descent. If it seems that you roll too fast, you can forcibly turn on the first gear instead of position D; Then Tuareg, cruncheding the brakes, crawl down with a turtle pace.
A wide groove with sloping walls for torture with diagonal hanging. This test passed with an honor: even at the moment when it balances on two wheels, you can move without outside help; The controlling brain quickly throws the moment to the wheels, linked to the Mother Earth. By the way, Tuareg is one of the few cars in which even in a state -term state all the doors open and close without unnecessary effort.
From the second part of the route (five kilometers through a sandy quarry, blurred by a forest country and a field with the remnants of snow), several episodes were remembered. Firstly, a system that helps to go down the hill is very useful. In combat conditions, when under the wheels a mixture of snow, water and clay, even a very steep slope can cause a lot of troubles to everyone except the owners of Tuareg. Secondly, it will be necessary to include interdesty and posterior inter-measuring locks only in completely difficult conditions, usually electronics perfectly copes with road adversities without it. And thirdly, even in the most difficult trials, the car remains as comfortable as possible. Only the moments are caused by a little inconvenience when the air suspension has to be raised to the maximum; The body takes some potholes quite sensitively.
Communication with Tuareg once again convinced: the car looks worthily not only on the road, but also beyond. At first, he reacted to electronic assistants with some distrust, but the further, the more they respected them: after all, they allow us to comfortably ride where only the legs of our distant ancestors once stepped.
Volkswagen Touareg R5 readily responds to any call both on the road and in impassable wilderness.
Denis Harutyunyan

 
 

A source: The magazine "Driving"