FIRST DRIVE
Touareg discovers its own identity
Motor News went for an exclusive drive in the third-generation Volkswagen Touareg
It’s either a poor man’s Porsche Cayenne or a rich man’s Volkswagen, or both at the same time. There are so many things the Touareg does immensely well, but with higher pricing tipped for the next generation that is due in SA in the third quarter of 2018, we wonder whether many people will see the diesel-damaged brand through the premium filter Volkswagen itself does. It has high levels of tech and equipment and breakthroughs inside and out. So far, so good. In its third iteration, the Touareg has become its own man. Gone are the Porsche Cayenne doors, replaced by its own doors and carrying over into its own sense of style. Love it or be indifferent to it, but the Touareg finally looks like a machine that’s found a path of its own. That is odd, because it’s not like that underneath its newly minted unique skin. Beneath all of this sits the exact same chassis as the Porsche Cayenne, with (almost) all of its core powertrain and suspension tricks. Volkswagen will deliver all of this at...
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