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Author Anyone see 5th gear last night......its all about torque!!
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that new Volkswagen Touareg SUV 4x4...they tested the 5.0 V10 Turbo diesel...it has 553 pound-feet of torque ...now thats what u call torque...even Vibs must be impressed with that figure!!

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But the Touareg (named after a band of nomadic African merchants who make their living distributing salt) looks to have an immediate impact when it goes on sale here in the United States next year.

For starters, it'll be the first SUV to offer one, and possibly two, engines with more than eight cylinders. Though it won't be available initially, the Touareg will eventually offer the 6.0-liter W12 that we'll see first in the top-of-the-line Phaeton sedan. It promises 420 horsepower, more than either BMW's X5 4.6iS or Mercedes-Benz's AMG-tuned ML55, with Volkswagen claiming a 0-to-60 time of fewer than 7 seconds.

The other multi-cylinder engine is the V10 turbo diesel Volkswagen has recently developed. As if its 313 peak horsepower isn't enough, the engine boasts 553 pound-feet of torque. That's good enough to propel the approximately 4,900-pound SUV (final specs haven't been set for much of the Touareg including final weights for the specific models) to 60 mph in fewer than 8 seconds. And while the W12 guzzles gas to the tune of 15.4 mpg, the turbo diesel gets an econocar-like 23.8 mpg. Whether we get it will depend on whether VW can clean up its exhaust particulates to California's liking and more crucially, according to new CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder, the acceptance of the American public for any diesel engine, no matter how sophisticated.

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yeh it is the best diesel EVER
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but its a 4x4
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still it pulled a 7 ton combine harvester!!!!
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what a monster what about the porshce 4x4 that can do 0-60 in under 5 secs
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soz bout spellin in a rush
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yes but that is peak. I bet it drops off ater that though
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vibs it was pulling a 7 ton tractor on wet grass...surely thats impressive!!

so GTF
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pulling vibs missus on wet grass now that wuld be impressive
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yeh and it pulled the satilte
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what?
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New Site



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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
vibs it was pulling a 7 ton tractor on wet grass...surely thats impressive!!

so GTF



No, it has a low ratio box with traction control so you GTF.

[Edited on 14-04-2003 by vibrio]
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how do u know that mr know it all....

tell your boost guage to GTF a well...
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MY dad has rang up VW and he orderd a new r32 in blue in novemeber and they said it will come within 8-12 weeks, yay i cant wait 2 ave a spin in it, i love the r32 golf! dont car what u all say
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great car mate I like it a lot...theres one parked by my work...
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i love them so much! they ave da same exhaust system as th TT
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the 4 Motion aswell sticks 2 roads even goin rounf roundabouts at 60mph
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quote:
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how do u know that mr know it all....

tell your boost guage to GTF a well...


because I do you fuck
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quote:
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the 4 Motion aswell sticks 2 roads even goin rounf roundabouts at 60mph


i take roundabouts at 70/80 in my 106 ask richy i showed him
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in a fuŠkin 106
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Yeh but it will enav still as well as the r32 m8
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in a fuŠkin 106


yes ina 106 one of, if not the best, handling hot hatch on the market
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yes but your going downhill so

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