Volkswagen Touareg test drive since 2010 SUV
VW Touareg on domestic off -road
The next generation of Touareg will be a hybrid of a helicopter and a submarine ... The sculptor Tsereteli undertook to improve the statue of Venus of Milos. The grandson of Tarkovsky shot a nine hundredths of a mystical film. In the basement of Pashkov’s house, the sixth volume of dead souls was found. A new type of policy was created in the FSB, which in all respects surpasses Zhirinovsky. If you perceived this as a metaphor describing the current realities of the global automotive industry, then you were not mistaken.
How could VW Touareg improve? It seemed impossible. Not only did it sell more in our market than any other models of the concern, so the journalists even the most evil automobile magazines praised it with vying. They accused only of one unreliability. And by the way, you can not worry about her. She was not touched.
There are no more convulsions
Despite the fact that Venus Miloskoy is quite difficult to embellish, they did it. I was not a fan of the old VW Touareg, but after we tested the novelty on Russian roads, they became them. Although the test passed through the same scenario as four years ago, namely we are stuck. The result is logical when you want to find the limit limit. Another thing is important: how pleasant was the process itself?
With the old VW Touareg it went terribly. In the upper position of the air suspension, he fought in terrible convulsions. The anti -wings system forced the pads to be on the brake discs in the jackhammer mode. Everyone who sat in the car then dreamed of the speedy end of the trip. The new VW Touareg was much more intelligent. The junction at the most pumped up the suspension cylinders was removed apparently, adding a slightly end of the end of the end. The blocks were forbidden to beat the discs by reconfiguring the electronic assistant. Comfort appeared, the pleasure of driving around the crossed terrain and the unsteady soils returned.
Although problems with pneumatics still remained. In the upper position, it rises not when you pressed the appropriate button, but when you want. And she can think for a long time.
Think about pleasant
One of the main goals of the Russian test was how difficult the loss of low gear was for VW Touareg. They just gave us a car without an off -road package. No locks and handout. Only the ON Road/Off Road switch, reconfiguring electronic assistants and activating the assistant descent from the hill. It turned out that the Germans really do not really need a reduced program. At least with a rod of a 4.2-liter diesel. It is enough to fix the first gear in manual automatic transmission and all problems are resolved. 800 Newton meters are able to move the point of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the dead point.
And the magic switch on Road/Off Road is a step towards the concept think about something pleasant while the car moves the dumpings for you. No one promised that VW Touareg would adhere to traditional values. To do this, there is a Toyota in which you make decisions and click with toggle switches like in a combat helicopter. Good entertainment for gambling people who love equipment, but not at all for people who dream of getting rid of duties, relax and admire views from the window.
By and large, only emoticons should be shown on the front panel of VW. But this is too bold for the Germans
100% rise
On off -road VW Touareg has a lot of advantages. The manufacturer has been announced to overcome the rise of 45 degrees, and this is 100%, that is, the maximum possible rise for the car in principle. There is simply nowhere to move. Following VW Touareg should fly. The side slope of 35 degrees is also a record value, especially for such a high machine. The corner of the overcome fracture of 27 degrees will be envied by many SUV. Well, and so on it will not be an exaggeration to say that on the off -road the capabilities of the German are limited by road tires and inexperience of most owners.
Now you just need to choose ON Road or Off Road. The rest of Touareg does himself
We assume that the authors of VW Touareg are moving in the right direction. And at the same time, it should be recognized that the capabilities of this correct direction are practically exhausted. What will they do next? Increase the depth of the ford to one and a half meters?
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
Source: Magazine 4x4 [December /2010]
