Volkswagen Touareg

Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic SEL Tech
“The Volkswagen Touareg might represent somewhat of an old guard of SUVs, but it’s still a wonderfully well-rounded choice in the segment. It’s comfortable, practical and well-styled while also being exceptionally well-appointed inside.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Volkswagen Touareg is a quick, comfortable and refined luxury SUV that comes loaded with clever technology.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The third-generation Volkswagen Touareg is quiet and smooth on the road, and comes with an impressively powerful engine and lots of advanced technology. A modern look and roomy cabin should make it popular with business and family buyers alike, even if it lacks the option of seven seats.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic Black Edition
Score: 7 / 10
“The Volkswagen Touareg has a certain understated appeal as an unpretentious luxury SUV, but range-topping Black Edition trim does nothing to enhance it.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Broadly speaking, the Volkswagen Touareg is a respectable effort but it risks anonymity in too many ways to earn a really telling recommendation.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0 TSI
Score: 6 / 10
“Given the engine is a quiet one, this Touareg makes for a very comfortable and compelling car for covering long distances in, if a pricey one to run while doing so.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s a successful evolution of a big-selling car. It may be a little short on magic and mystery, but it drives well and looks after you.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic R-Line Tech
Score: 9 / 10
“This third generation of the Volkswagen Touareg is a very capable car and despite its chassis siblings being particularly excellent, the Volkswagen holds its own – even if the Audi Q7 is only marginally more expensive.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Volkswagen Touareg has a superb interior and lots of convenience and safety-boosting technology, but it’s not a thrilling drivers’ car.” (Ben Custard)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The Volkswagen Touareg is a very large SUV with a spacious cabin, a practical boot and a bang-up-to-date infotainment system but it doesn’t feel as posh inside as some alternatives.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic R-Line Tech
“The new Volkswagen Touareg is rightly described as the pinnacle by VW, and it drives nicely, looks great and is packed with technology at the higher trim levels. But it’s also not cheap, and efficiency is an issue as it sits in the maximum BIK band.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic R-Line
Score: 6 / 10
“The Volkswagen Touareg isn’t for the fashion-conscious SUV buyer, and what its new V6 petrol engine offers in refinement and pace, it loses in thirst.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Despite its gargantuan size, the Volkswagen Touareg feels surprisingly light-footed at slow speeds – the optional four-wheel steering giving it the same turning circle as a VW Golf. This means it’s easy to guide this large SUV into a parking bay or driveway.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
“The Volkswagen Touareg comes with all-wheel steering to make it feel more agile around town, while trick active roll compensation means it remains remarkably composed in bends. It’s not as fun to drive as the Porsche Cayenne, obviously, but you could easily forget you’re driving a two-tonne SUV.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“When you consider the company it keeps, the Volkswagen Touareg is a bit of a bargain.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.4 / 10
“Impressively luxurious full-size SUV majors on comfort and tech”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic R-Line
“Dashing new VW Touareg finally catches the eye after 16 years of ‘ordinary’”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
“In the company of the Porsche Cayenne, Bentley Bentayga and Audi Q7, you might think the Volkswagen Touareg would wilt — but instead it pretty much rules the roost.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic R-Line Tech
Score: 8 / 10
“If you’re not too picky about the badge on the front, the Volkswagen will do very nicely. It may have triggered a fit of boredom in Jeremy Clarkson, but it’s still a very nice car.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic SEL
Score: 6 / 10
“The Volkswagen Touareg was already immensely spacious and decent value; with this new engine, it’s genuinely fast, and sounds rather pleasing into the bargain. But that isn’t quite enough to make it feel special enough to tempt you away from its more expensive rivals.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic R-Line Tech
Score: 8 / 10
“Volkswagen set out to make the Touareg its most sophisticated and technically advanced car yet, and has delivered. Smooth and powerful to drive, luxuriously refined and with a standout interior, the Touareg has a wow factor that could see it stealing sales from more upmarket rivals.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Often forgotten in favour of more exotic fare, the Volkswagen Touareg is a hidden SUV hero.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 6 / 10
“Definitely worth considering though, if you want a big, high-quality SUV and want to slip past largely unnoticed.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“Practical for five people, luggage space is plentiful and it’s good value in the lower trim levels, but in terms of interior quality and ride comfort the Volkswagen Touareg lags behind its rivals. It also lacks the flexibility of seven seats.”
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