Volkswagen Touareg Review (2019)
You might have noticed that the Volkswagen Phaeton - one-time vessel of a mighty 6.0-litre W12 engine shared with Bentley - is no longer on sale. Its culling from the range in 2016 more likely passed you by entirely, such was the glacial rate at which people bought them and the model鈥檚 resulting rarity. Either way, it鈥檚 a development that promotes the subject of this week鈥檚 road test to nothing less than flagship status for one of the world鈥檚 largest car makers. We鈥檙e talking about the third-generation Touareg, which Volkswagen describes as a new high-water mark for the brand in terms of design and technology. And yet perhaps the most interesting element of this new Touareg, which arrives 16 years after the original, is that it has been styled for China, not Europe. Perhaps that鈥檚 understandable, given SUVs now account for almost half of sales in the largest market for new cars globally.
With the right tow packages, it can pull up to 7,700 pounds. Porsche imbues the Cayenne with excellent handling and a firm ride, even the base SUV with a front strut and rear multi-link suspension, 19-inch wheels and tires, and electric power steering. So far, we鈥檝e driven all the powertrains, but each came in a Cayenne fitted with torque-vectoring, summer tires, air suspension, and 21-inch wheels. On paved roads, the Cayenne can seem almost mellow, in its comfort settings. The ride and steering always have a certain degree of heft and stiffness, because it鈥檚 a Porsche and needs to feel more like a 718 or 911 than it does like, say, a Maybach. With all the optional systems, the Cayenne had almost no body lean, but the lighter amounts of compliance offered by the taut suspension and performance-minded tires created a lot of head toss. On the flip side, the Cayenne鈥檚 steering cuts a clean, telegraphic path on almost any road. The rear-steer setup lets it move the front wheels 3 degrees in the opposite direction of the rears at low speeds, and that helps it carve much tighter lines through very sharp corners (and, okay, in mall parking lots). It helps the Cayenne feel small, when by any objective measure, it isn鈥檛.
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