Volkswagen Touareg SUV 2018 in-depth review - Carbuyer

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The Volkswagen Touareg is now more sophisticated and luxurious than ever, but is it a better proposition than rivals like the BMW X5 and Volvo XC90? Ginny Buckley is here to find out...
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[@air911cooled]

Thx Ginny! Again a perfect balanced mix of fun and professional review. Entertaining and informative at the same time - even if I'm not into SUV and the cars design (especially the fat US style front).

[@gazzebow]

Ginny is hilarious, really great review. I love watching these and then the Men & Motors vids from like 20 years ago, it's just like watching Death Becomes Her.

[@Birmingham_racing]

Gareth Lucas yeah she still looks good I do remember her from men and motors

[@joellefa1147]

Thumb up for this video and also vw company from Exterior to Interior this car a Beautie and Beast,the Design is MAGNIFICENTLY SUPERB.

[@stephenjones6902]

Great video Ginny

[@baryonyx9642]

Great review!

[@thomash2806]

I’m definitely a VW fan so perhaps biased but I think the same wheel as a Polo means the Polo has an upmarket one rather than the Touareg having a downmarket one. That is something testers of Polos have said, too. And the key? Personally the smaller and more discreet the better! Can’t stand big showy keys. If that’s all there is they’re small gripes, really.

[@Mike500]

2:53 Awaiting the comments...

[@osaroosayande2666]

That was a useful feature to me

[@opelman837]

I think the car fancies her! 😂

[@zoso73]

Mike Miller good to see I'm not the only deviant out there.

[@millmoormichael6630]

Good review!

[@robertl2856]

Interesting thanks Ginny

[@christryst]

Excellent review. Fair and succinct.

[@spx7929]

2:58 is that a towbar in your pocket or are you just happy to see me! lol 🤣

[@CyAn-S]

The front looks incredible and distinctive, the rear looks like a well...Q7.... Interior looks great but if the quality is not up there that is a shame. I'd get a Q7 as well or XC90.

[@rudolfczartoryski9413]

When can we expect the Urun review? I am very curious about your impression of it.

[@abdullahzaim40]

Fantastic car and video

[@boxer1129]

Paused and scrolled down immediately after the tow bar thing remark.. =)

[@Agent77X]

Shocking, Ginny and the new Touareg looks hot!

[@gus8426]

Bentayga it's out of question but what's the price difference with a cayenne or q7?

[@arteviser]

5:48 what a big bend !

[@johnkingori9919]

I just love this model...

[@hedydd2]

Electric driver’s seat, never mind memory, is an option even on the R-line. Beware, adding extras to bring the spec up to match rivals may add five figures to the price easily.

[@johnkingori9919]

Can you guide who want to buy a second hand one?

[@secondopinion53]

I have a 2012.. Touareg! I definitely want a new one.. How can I get one in the States?

[@WDavid-bm9jd]

Classic looking

[@achraftahir]

That steering wheel look so out of place !

[@cionheart]

How could they ruin the one thing you're connected to the most while driving 🤦

[@thomasdappe1424]

This is so disapointing because the rest is excellent in my opinion

[@ernodios]

What's wrong with it?

[@farisshah4852]

I personally don't see anything wrong with it.

[@marcusskyfall]

If Ginny says that it's disappointing then it must be. She always prefers something more substantial to grip hold of (she always mentions when there's not enough girth... on steering wheels.)

[@odeyhawiye.xaajiguners.9849]

Beautiful bless Volkswagen for life. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@VolvoXC90TV]

Ginny is such an excellent reviewer and so under rated

[@saintetienne755]

Ginny - yes!! Woof !!!

[@MRFUCKOFF202]

Not as much of a fan as the old ones. Feels more like a slightly raised, big, tall hatchback rather than an actual 4x4. Pretty brash front end and that massive glaring screen as well.

[@leem5894]

I don't understand why they'd have the same alloy wheels from the cheaper T- Roc and Tiguan??

[@valentins7120]

best in class

[@OscarLeeMX]

Looks like a budget Q8, not bad.

[@tiga8032]

Was the horsepower mentioned for the V6 diesel?

[@stephandolby]

228 or 282 versions.

[@mkkravist11]

Aah Ginny, you, me, the seats down, a sparkling water and 2 minutes of sheer bliss (for me). How could you refuse? Er, the car. Ok, expensive and safe.

[@michelebicc6983]

You can easily have a BBQ on that front grille.

[@minhducph545]

flexin that gucci

[@manseungha8773]

That tow-bar tho...

[@jamiep61]

Great Video Review. I agree about the Steering Wheel as It could be better and the same with the Key. I saw one on the Road recently but there are much better rivals

[@andreydavydov6417]

What's wrong with this key, it's just the key, nothing more

[@marcusskyfall]

@@andreydavydov6417 the key is befitting vw's cheapest car not the most expensive. That's what Ginny is saying... It's just not very premium, yes?

[@eavenhascht]

Less expensive when it is about 4 million pesos in the philippines. (mind you, last year's model issued by vw PH)

[@martinnikolovski9676]

2:54 she gets soo excited..such a cool milf lol

[@PTbench]

Also on the same platform as the Lambo Urus while we are at it. Too bad I don't think it's coming to the USA.

[@StevenLawrenceSykes]

The steering wheel wouldn't bother me or the key, wheel is a wheel and the key is a key

[@volt8684]

Watch these just for Ginny - gorgeous

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

The cockpit segment looks better from the passenger perspective...

[@MiroBG359]

that tire noise though

[@814d937]

Not used to having "little things" in your hands.. Hey, lol. As for the toe bar segment.... I rest my case...

[@marcusskyfall]

She has healthy appetites, nothing wrong with that.

[@OtomobilANLATICISI]

old steering wheel.....why?

[@kenrehill8775]

H0w dare you, she looks great for her age.

[@MrWarneet]

lol good one Ginny.

[@Gochsener]

ASH-U-Weees - can't take it x.x

[@edwill1595]

They could have used a new steering wheel.. looks like my wife’s polos steering wheel...

[@gs2786]

I think carwow guy and she make video on same loacation

[@the-boring-car-guy]

Here I thought black would suit this car well but from the front it’s a bit eh

[@reedcampbell5325]

I hope we get it in the US. I loved my 1st generation Touareg

[@Stretch1386]

Been in one of these - for the price you pay, the interior quality is poor. Plastics on the lower parts are cheap and scratchy. X5 or XC90 are the logical choices in this class.

[@arminbmw100]

Are they bringing these to USA

[@kokekan75]

The Atlas

[@zoso73]

The Twah-reg.

[@yorkudegree4358]

Excellent review and very detailed. Vehicle exterior looks great, but the interior seems dated. Not too fond of the large touch screen which is difficult to use while driving. It just seems to be a very odd combination of premium and low end quality.

[@sergiupuscasu2496]

I hope reliability won’t be a low point. Considering past Touaregs.

[@midhc5072]

2011 onwards have been fine.

[@nurbsenvi]

Get the lexus then

[@sergiupuscasu2496]

Phil H good, because my former tennis coach had a 2008 Touareg, and at about 80k miles, the car started to have some major issues, and very expensive repair costs.

[@sergiupuscasu2496]

RandomTechS no!

[@B.A.512]

Vw repairs are pretty expensive!

[@borjastick]

I'll keep my Yeti then.

[@revmotor]

A Dacia Duster can do all of that for a lot less and equally unreliably.

[@shroomyesc]

This car *STARTS* at 95k in Finland without any options. _95 thousand euros for this._ The R-Line starts at 115k without any options. A BMW X5 starts at 99k, the Cayenne at 120k, RR Sport at 99k, XC90 at 91k, why would anybody get this?

[@TuukkaVarjoranta]

The Finnish car tax, a big joke :-DD

[@valentins7120]

Why are your cars so expensive? Touareg starts at 60.000 in Germany. Just buy it here. Free market and stuff.

[@shroomyesc]

@@valentins7120 You'd still have to pay roughly the same amount, of course the government doesn't just let people bring in cars from abroad without paying the appropriate tax. Point was that a Touraeg is more expensive than luxury rivals.

[@shroomyesc]

@@TuukkaVarjoranta Ihmetyttää vaan että vaikka on verot niin miksi VW on kalliimpi täällä kuin Bemari, Volvo tai Range Rover

[@deu8894]

that steering wheel and key fob belong to a lesser car.

[@JackKing12.]

3:22...nice position

[@Tomoyo0827]

Don't know about the UK but in Australia, this car is actually priced not far from a Q7, therefore, defeats the purpose of getting it for its value.

[@TheMisterB2u]

"Drop the back seats manually",such a deal breaker!

[@sonnykilgallon825]

2:54 - Ginny... you did that on purpose for your fans.

[@josipcuric8767]

Let the comments begin

[@MG-ce3dx]

Brilliant car but the steering wheel is still from a Golf mk7 or a Polo

[@dodo19923]

"I'd like a better, more specialer key please"...... why? It's a key, and not even a physical key at that.

[@MrMarcob73]

For example for me, is much better a Volvo XC90 which is 2 or 3 year older.

[@dil3038]

Amazing big brother to the VW tiguan❤️

[@lorenzotalkscars1609]

The Touareg 1st generation start in 2002 not in 2003

[@ebaimulema6668]

If You want top notch finishing , pay the price or get a used high end Mercedes

[@atlanticboulevard]

I wish Volkswagen would make a proper full-size SUV to compete with the Toyota Land Cruiser (not the Prado, the full-size Land Cruiser). I feel lie Audi is also missing one, but I guess Volkswagen are prioritising the European market. Still a bit annoying, though.

[@atlanticboulevard]

@Antonio Zamudio the Atlas is still midsize, and Is only sold in America (it's their replacement for the Touareg, as it was too premium to be a Volkswagen in the American market). The Atlas competes with the mid-size Toyota Highlander and Mazda CX-9, not with the full-size Chevy Tahoe, Ford Expedition and Toyota Land Cruiser (known as the Land Cruiser V8 in Europe, not sold at all in the UK anymore as far as I'm concerned). I was commenting on how the Volkswagen Group need a full-size SUV, and not the Volkswagen brand specifically. For example, Audi needs a full-size SUV to compete with the Merc GLS and BMW X7, and Bentley really need to make a full-size SUV if they want to compete with the Rolls Royce Cullinan directly. Volkswagen still don't make a full-size SUV platform, which would be really useful in the American market and also in Europe as well.

[@atlanticboulevard]

@Antonio Zamudio It's not full-size. The Toyota Camry has roughly the same amount of rear legroom as the standard Mercedes S-Class. That does not make the Camry a full size sedan. The atlas is not a full-size SUV. It does not compete with full-size SUVs. And that's not the problem. The problem is that none of the brands owned by Volkswagen make full-size SUVs, and it's a gap in their range that has annoyed me for a while. The Atlas isn't sold outside of America, anyway, and there are larger competitors.

[@atlanticboulevard]

@Antonio Zamudio and by adults, what do you mean? It's still pretty cramped back there, especially in comparison to a full-size SUV

[@MrKkdkk]

Ginny oh ginny

[@partygremlin2675]

It's nice.. I think the first generation looks better. But to be honest I played the video just because of this lovely cougar 0:)

[@Roadsaftyslowdown]

When talking about diesel the only figure to consider is torque NOT IRRELEVANT HORSEPOWER.

[@Roadsaftyslowdown]

I would of cried laughing for a week if the camera crew had of popped a dirty great pink d#*^@o on that tow bar.

[@TheKillkorde]

WHY DO YOU SPEAK IN THE EXACT SAME WAY AS MAT WATSON

[@merdzhanmehmedov4957]

Came for ginny 🤨

[@florianhaffner3910]

What a sexy car

[@rubenito84]

1:10 This video was made five days in the future.

[@MrSavvynet]

Ruben FZ European date format - day first then month - this was recorded on Thursday 11th October!

[@svt3941]

The car is superb but would be better if it came with a Ginny, those legs....

[@ajbhakta]

Ah! There is it......that's what she said

[@MrCopyrat]

why is she saying ESH U V instead of "S"UV?

[@MrCopyrat]

@@neutraldraven7194 thanks for letting me know

[@nicotinedeals]

@@MrCopyrat lol 😁

[@EL-wm9fk]

copyrat its her accent

[@GeorgeMariusCracu]

Because she is stupid!

[@minniesaab7255]

👍👍👍

[@HesteBremse]

There are way too many SUVs on the market, and Diesel should go, ist far more damaging than we can imagine. Apart from that, I must say that is is a very good looking SUV - Clean and clear lines, does not try to hard and simply comes out very well sorted for the exterior profile. Perhaps the Grill is a bit over the top a very wide grin, but it is somehow still maintained. The Current VW DNA fits the SUV segment better than many other competing brands also within the groups own subbrands

[@topgear931]

Looks too much like an Audi Q7. That’s not a bad thing but I personally prefer the outgoing version

[@theplug4981]

Same designers

[@Biskawow]

who buys this new? Price gonna drop hard as soon as you buy it.

[@MrSyrian123]

Beautiful .. But the car is okay

[@JackKing12.]

Just a Tiguan but bigger

[@sergiupuscasu2496]

This car should have started at €30k, not €50k. Also, less electrics would be helpful, since they’ll last longer in time. Not everybody wants giant screens all over the place, and a lot of functions operated electrically (since we all know they break down over time and cost a fortune to repair).

[@muhammadazizi8267]

Sergiu Puscasu its sad but thats the truth .if u can afford €50K car there is no reason u cant afford to get a HU replacement.

[@CyAn-S]

30k Euro is way too cheap. That is the price of a mid spec Golf. Tiguan starts from 33K. 50k Euro would have been fine given even an Audi Q5 starts above 60 grand here. The Touareg starts from 79 K euro here in the Netherlands. The Q7 starts from 87 K. Which is also way too expensive IMO. But you get some of the best tech and driving experiences so whatever. Pay premium for actual premium. Not half arsed premium. Charging 79 grand for a Touareg is madness though. What is VW thinking.... Better off getting a Q5, X3 or XC90 tbh. I usually like what you get for the price at VW but this is awful. As on the electronics part... I love to have decently big screens on cars. Especially instead of Analog dials (e.g. Active Info Display or Audi Virtual Cockpit). 8-11 inch for infotainment is more than enough. But at least give us actual buttons for climate control. Touch based climate, even if separate like in the newer Audis, is never a good idea. It looks cool but that is about it. I do think that cars should start about a few hundred bucks cheaper, but with digital cluster as a 200-500 euro option. Separate, not part of like 2.5 grand option pack. This way people can choose. Just like in the Golf or Polo.

[@sergiupuscasu2496]

CyAn I also love the screens and electronics, but at around 100k kilometers, the car will start to have major problems (at least the old one). My former tennis coach’s 2008 Touareg broke down completely at 120k km.

[@CyAn-S]

@@sergiupuscasu2496 Was that because of engine problems or electronics? And yes I hear a lot from people that own VWs from late '00 to beginning of '10 that they have unreliable engines. I don't know about the newer ones. They might be a lot better. Even then satisfaction % was still above 90% in 2018 surveys of all VW models. So idk if that one faulty Touareg is a benchmark. It still is inexcusable that such an expensive car breaks down at 120 km though. Not defending that at all. Reference: www.whatcar.com/news/2018-what-car-reliability-survey/n17824

[@sergiupuscasu2496]

@@CyAn-S both electrical and the engine were failing. However, that was in Kuwait, where temperatures hit 50*C. But still, that's inexcusable, since a lot of other cheaper cars had no problems whatsoever.

[@simonhool3073]

Comment section filled with creepy old men behind the keyboard...

[@pankajtayal4433]

Why esh-uv everytime 😖☹️. Its a suv

[@kenrehill8775]

It’s an SUV

[@jfjonaz]

That steering wheel 😖

[@JesusChrist-dl4dl]

Esh-U-Vee = SUV

[@nabadoon.jimcaale.xaayoow.3063]

🖐💖💖💖💖💖💖❤❤❤

[@MazharAli-yy2ol]

To be honest with cars all cars has same issue

[@anonymousili1708]

Can you hear how she says volkswaggen??

[@kingkamalahmed.jabman.5283]

Woow German cars stronger cars. Loved Volkswagen caravele man car.

[@fluffysharkdatazz9460]

"Volkswagen has some of the most options for SUV's" *Looks at GM, Chevy, Jeep, Nissan* *Looks at vw* "Fuckin where??" 🤣😂

[@menifo4334]

Even though my mother language is not English, still that "esshUV" sounds so intrusive to my ears. Don't you ever watch yourselves before posting the videos?