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Volkswagen Touareg

Volkswagen Touareg is an executive class crossover produced since 2002 till present. The model was named after the Tuareg people in Africa, who live in the territory of the Sahara Desert. The car is manufactured at the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava, Slovakia only.

Volkswagen Touareg І generation

Volkswagen Touareg is a joint project of automobile producers Volkswagen Group, Audi and Porsche. The main goal of this cooperation was to create a full crossover that would look like a sports car. More than 300 experts of these concerns were on the team of developers.

In 2000, engineers created the concept of the Volkswagen AAC crossover. It was presented at the automobile exhibition in Detroit. The name of the car stood for "Advance Activity Vehicle". It became the prototype of the Volkswagen Touareg model.

The car was developed with a standard and long wheel bases. The first one had five passenger seats, and the second one, seven.

In Volkswagen Touareg cars the majority of options were meant to provide maximum  comfort when driving off road. The adaptive air suspension and automatically locking centre differential considerably improve stability of the vehicle.

The Volkswagen Touareg model received the following awards and titles:

• "The Best Crossover In  Executive Class" from the Car and Driver magazine in 2003;
• "The Sports Car Of The Year" from "Motor Trend" in 2004;
• "The Four-Wheel Drive Car Of The Year" from "Four Wheeler" in 2005.

Volkswagen Touareg І generation restyling

The renewed Volkswagen Touareg car of the first generation was unveiled at the Paris automobile festival in 2004, and went to stock production in 2005.

Designers changed the shape of front and back lights, stylized radiator grille, both bumpers and side position lights a little. Principal specifications remained at the former level, but on diesel modifications an additional filter was installed.

The car had the following technological novelties:

• anti-lock brake system (ABS) and traction control system (ASR) that reduce brake path by 25%;
• adaptive cruise control system scanning upcoming traffic;
• side traffic scanner helping prevent emergency situations.

Also several limited series of the model went on sale that had a unique interior and updated principal specifications.

Volkswagen Touareg ІI generation

The second generation of the Volkswagen Touareg model went to stock production in 2010. For the first time buyers saw the updated model at the automobile exhibitions in Munich and Beijing.

The car had a more streamlined shape of the body so the aerodynamics was improved. The stability of the car when driving at high speeds was increased. Also developers installed new automatically adjustable adaptive headlights.

As basic equipment all the packages had automatic distance and interval control, lane assist, adaptive air suspension.

Also in 2010 at the automobile show in Geneva engineers presented a hybrid modification of the Volkswagen Touareg car.

Volkswagen Touareg ІI generation restyling

In 2014 designers changed the exterior of the car a little. Engineers installed xenon front headlights, adaptive cruise control system, improved traction control system (ASR), remote doors and boot opening system.