2010 VW Touareg Hybrid to sport 26mpg fuel economy
2010 VW Touareg Hybrid to sport 26mpg fuel economy
2010 VW Touareg Hybrid mid-size SUV equipped with a V6 TSI engine and a 52 hp electric motor will feature whopping 26mpg (9.05l/100km) fuel economy, besting even the oil-sipping 2009 V6 TDI model unveiled at the LA Auto Show last November.
The 2010 Touareg Hybrid will be VW’s first model equipped with a hybrid powertrain. It will be a conventional parallel hybrid system, which will make the SUV be able to run either on electric power alone (at speeds below 50km / 31miles per hour) or with the electric motor and internal combustion engine working together to supply it with a grand total of 374hp and 406lb-ft (550Nm) of torque and a plenty of acceleration power when needed.
2010 VW Touareg Hybrid
Volkswagen also says the upcoming Touareg will be the first hybrid-powered vehicle with a rated towing capacity of 3.5 metric ton (7716 lbs). This is almost 1.25 times better than a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and only 10 percent short of what a standard issue 2009 Tahoe V8 can do.
The car-based SUV will also be one of first VW’s models to feature an eight-speed automatic gearbox, so there is a really good chance that soon after the introduction of this model we will also see its much more expensive sibling -the Porsche Cayenne- to wear a hybrid badge, too.
I’m still on the market for a diesel-electric hybrid, though.
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