Filed under: Car Buying, SUVs, Volkswagen
VW Touareg V6 TDI price: $42,800
A gent named Chris at VW of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, just received the order guide for the Touareg V6 TDI, and the numbers reveal that it will arrive on our shores in January with a base price of $42,800, or $43,490 with the destination charge. That base price is $3,500 more than the Touareg V6 FSI, money that will get you slightly less horsepower but about 150 lb-ft. more torque and about 4.5 more mpg. Options include the Luxury Package for $2,700, Tech Package for $3,350, and Luxury Plus for $5,400. If you want to do something with your Touareg other than go get hotdogs, the rear locking diff is $700, a trailer hitch runs you $500, and you can throw in the silkiness that is the four-corner air suspension for $2,750. There's no word yet on invoice pricing, and it will be interesting to see if people stump up for the premium without getting huge deals on the lot.
[Source: Club Touareg]
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Nobody Special 8:51AM (11/18/2008)
Nice, very nice. But for a 'wants a practical VW that doesn't cost a left knutsen' guy like me, I'd never buy one. It's the opposite of what I'm looking for, except in the driving side of things.
Make practical and somewhat affordable cars and vans like you do all over the world (except you don't sell them here) and give the 'normal' people a choice and don't make them 'toyota like'.
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DJ 9:02AM (11/18/2008)
You have to wonder if timing isn't going to doom this and any other diesel hitting the shores right now. First of all, NOBODY is buying cars right now. Second, at least in SE Wisconsin, diesel prices are roughly 50% higher than gas. Most stations are selling reg unleaded for $1.89 to $1.99, but diesel is $2.79 to $2.99.
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BigMcLargeHuge 9:44AM (11/18/2008)
Have we learned nothing about fickle fuel prices?
The Domestic truck industry is all but dead due to a 6-month bubble in gas prices.
Cost of ownership of a vehicle is drastically different today than it was a month ago.
Timing regardless, there's still absolutely no predicting the cost of ownership of either type of vehicle in the future.
Moral of the story, as always: buy what you like and the rest is a gamble.
zamafir 10:37AM (11/18/2008)
Last i checked VW is having zero issues selling TDIs with a 3-5 month waiting list for the sportwagen varient (the only one i'd be interested in, not sure about the sedans). VW's never had issues selling TDIs, I doubt they will begin to with an SUV about as frugal as a highlander hybrid.
RDL 11:23AM (11/18/2008)
BigMcLargeHuge @ Nov 18th 2008 9:44AM
> Moral of the story,
> as always:
> buy what you like
> and the rest is a gamble.
+1 and a "Hell Yeah!"
Bluestreak 3:52PM (11/18/2008)
Zamafir, coughing up $24k for a Jetta wagon is considerably different than paying $42k for a Turdegg. I don't think VW dealers will have a waiting list for this one. If I'm wrong and they do, then the American consumers grossly disappoint me.
zamafir 4:33PM (11/18/2008)
@Bluestreak:
I paid a fair amount north of $42k for a Hybrid Highlander with all the options which, oddly in limited form (closest to the Touareg base) starts at $41,020. It's always struck me as odd when people speak so passionately against cars/trucks priced competitively with their rivals, especially when this one provides a much better handling truck at only .2 seconds off the Highlander's 0-60 and better highway fuel economy for less in town mpg.
If you wouldn't mind linking me to the dearth of 26+ MPG on the highway SUVs with 4wd (in the Touareg's case real vs the faux electronic on the Highlander) for a lot less then $40,000 with the options found on the Highlander Hybrid Limited and Touareg I'd appreciate it. Hell, point me to ANY SUV with real 4wd and 30mpg on the highway. I'm just trying to understand what perspective you're coming from.
carguy 9:12AM (11/18/2008)
Diesel is still more practical as the TDI versions of vehicles generally make up for the added cost of diesel with much higher fuel economy numbers. Nice pic of the old Touareg, by the way...
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fixitfixitstop 9:32AM (11/18/2008)
What is that, $30000 less than the V10 TDI?
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Jei 10:26AM (11/18/2008)
I know! Love the V10 diesel though. I lust after the V12 additionally.
If you get any version of the Touareg, get the air suspension. It changes the driving dynamics in many driving situations.
bazz 9:37AM (11/18/2008)
That's the old model you're showing in the picture...
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JM 9:53AM (11/18/2008)
Once you factor in VW's abysmal reliability and very expensive repair costs throughout the lifetime of the vehicle, then this Touareg will actually cost you $60000, not yet including gas that you'll spend while owning it.
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zamafir 10:37AM (11/18/2008)
So true, all those consumer reports articles and improved JD power scores are BS!
Farris 1:35PM (11/18/2008)
Actually, with this vehicle, you will not have to buy one single gallon of gas.
adolph 11:28AM (11/18/2008)
VW: Always in the wrong place at the wrong time. You'd have to be nuts to pay $50,000 for that bloated oil-burner. And don't claim it will make up the difference in fuel costs. That's all BS, too.
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nagmashot 11:45AM (11/18/2008)
they are so wrong that in a world were all car manufactor makes giant looses they still grow and grow and grow in produced numbers, sold cars, earned money, win and stock worth...
one reason that VW isn´t in financial trouble like the 3 weak US car companys is that they ask the price they need to pay their bills... better sell less cars and still earn money with every car sold than selling huge ammount of cars and loosing money with every car sold.. smart US car industry...
HeyHuub 11:45AM (11/18/2008)
http://www.spritmonitor.de/de/uebersicht/50-Volkswagen/458-Touareg.html
Well, as you can see from this link, the Touareg V6 TDI ranges from 25.5 MPG to 18 mpg.
While the V6 FSI model ranges from 18mpg to 13mpg, quite the difference i must say.
mk3 5:05PM (11/18/2008)
Yes thats the reason that VW is not in financial trouble.
GM Mkt Cap: 1.89B Net Income -38,732.00 (2007)
Ford Mkt Cap: 4.01B Net Income -2,723.00 (2007)
VW Mkt Cap: 189.92B Net Income 4,120.00 (2007)
And I don't think that huge difference it's because Vw is asking to much money for their cars!!!
jimbo 1:48PM (11/18/2008)
Good luck finding a new job Chris. What a dumd ass. Don't these people realise that confidential information given to them by the manufacturer is... confidential.
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tuna 1:56PM (11/18/2008)
The [rich] people's car. What happened to you VW?
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