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The Volkswagen Touareg has been confirmed as a part of the model’s ‘full SUV providing’ following the introduction of the brand new seven-seat Tayron giant SUV to the native lineup.
The Touareg title has been a mainstay in native showrooms since 2003 as the primary SUV in Volkswagen showrooms, and competes with a raft of rivals together with the BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE and Volvo XC90.
With the present third era now seven years outdated, current studies from Europe instructed Touareg manufacturing will finish in 2026 and that it received’t get replaced.
In stark distinction to its introduction greater than 20 years in the past, Volkswagen now provides half a dozen different SUVs in its lineup to sate clients.
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Additional including weight to the rumours, solely the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Touareg R has low sufficient carbon-dioxide emissions to fulfill Australia’s 2026 New Automobile Effectivity Normal (NVES), setting the corporate up for monetary penalties for every diesel Touareg offered.
The flagship Touareg R is the one PHEV in Volkswagen Australia showrooms, however Tiguan and Tayron PHEVs have been confirmed and are scheduled to reach right here within the first half of 2026.
The Touareg’s departure would go away the brand new Tayron SUV – a long-wheelbase model of the brand new Tiguan SUV with an obtainable third row of seats – because the model’s flagship.
On the current launch of the Tayron, Volkswagen Australia stated the brand new Tayron wouldn’t take gross sales off the Touareg, with no plans to drop the older nameplate, which it stated appeals to a special viewers.
“The Touareg is a totally completely different mannequin idea,” Volkswagen Australia’s head of product, Arjun Nidigallu, instructed CarExpert.
“It’s a really completely different proposition, plus it’s not a seven-seater – Tayron patrons are sometimes on the lookout for a seven-seater, and Touareg patrons are on the lookout for that assertion functionality automobile.”
The Tayron replaces the Tiguan Allspace, with the native arm telling CarExpert the brand new identification will assist clearly distinguish the SUV from each the smaller five-seat-only Tiguan and the bigger Touareg it sits between.
Volkswagen’s SUV lineup begins with the entry-level T-Cross and is capped by the Touareg – for now.
Regardless of providing loads of SUVs in a market hungry for them, total Volkswagen model gross sales are down 18.2 per cent year-to-date.
Nevertheless, Volkswagen has delivered 585 Touaregs this yr to the top of August, marking an enchancment of 13.6 per cent on the identical interval final yr – and outperforming its giant SUV phase’s 3.8 per cent progress.
Mr Nidigallu stated the Touareg performs a novel position within the lineup and can keep on regardless of the introduction of a extra outlined, giant SUV within the Tayron.
“[Touareg] replaces your old-school property [wagon] tourer within the new SUV-dominated world, so numerous clients who would go right into a tourer class are definitely within the Touareg now,” he instructed CarExpert.
“The Touareg can also be a special functionality automobile,” he added.
“You’re speaking three-tonne-plus towing capability, six-cylinder diesel [engine] and it’s an enormous assertion automobile; folks purchase it as a result of it’s flagship, folks understand it’s the identical platform because the [Audi] Q7, [Bentley] Bentayga and the [Lamborghini] Urus.”
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