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Polished Utility Impresses, Just Not At The Pump
With its subtle badging out of sight, and from a distance greater than 30 feet, Volkswagen's flagship
Touareg Hybrid can hardly be differentiated from its entry-level
Touareg V6 sibling. But pop the hood or take it for a quick spin, and the gasoline-electric utility quickly reveals itself as one of the most complex vehicles ever to grace the German automaker's showroom.
Predictably, there is always downside to such technical wizardry. Comprehensive development and revolutionary components, including a large nickel metal-hydride battery pack, don't come cheap. As a result, the Touareg Hybrid is the most expensive vehicle in today's
Volkswagen lineup, with a base price eclipsing the standard
Audi Q7,
BMW X5,
Mercedes-Benz M-Class and even the
Porsche Cayenne.
So why would someone spend more than $60,000 to put this particular Volkswagen in his or her driveway? To answer that question and to learn more about the automaker's flagship softroader, we spent a full week with it.
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