Introduced back in 2010, the current-generation
Volkswagen Touareg has grown a little long in the proverbial tooth. But relief
is on its way. According to Just-Auto, VW will reveal the all-new Touareg at
the forthcoming Beijing Motor Show in April.
We're expecting the new Touareg to grow in size
slightly, in order to make room for the slate of smaller VW crossovers coming
down the line. Still, it will likely remain more luxurious than the three-row
Atlas. Look for its styling to borrow heavily from the T-Prime Concept GTE that
Volkswagen unveiled the last time the show was in town, back in 2016.
The Touareg will be just the latest model to be
based on the VW group's MLB Evo platform that also underpins the Audi Q7,
Porsche Cayenne, Bentley Bentayga, and Lamborghini Urus and will form the
basis for the forthcoming new Audi Q8 as well.
The jury's still out, on whether the
Touareg will spawn a slantbacked variant to go after the likes of the BMW X6
and Mercedes GLE Coupe, or leave that territory entirely to the aforementioned
Audi.