Volkswagen has provided yet another glimpse into the
new generation Touareg, which will be unveiled next month in China, and go on
sale in June.
Taken around the Spanish town of Saragossa, the
images reveal the SUV’s interior for the first time, and as promised, it gets
digital instrumentation, 12-inches in size. The unit, which will provide
drivers with all the necessary information right in front of them, is joined by
a 15-inch display for the infotainment system and air conditioning control.
Both of them “are integrated into the instrument
panel and appear as one surface“, as the automaker explains. These latest
teasers also reveal a dashboard inspired by the Arteon, ambient lighting,
electrically operated seats with memory function, and several driving modes
likely accessible via one of the two rotary dials (or perhaps both). Volkswagen
says that the new Touareg also features “real wood and aluminum-applications”
to enhance its luxury feeling.
Engineers tested the pre-series vehicles for a grand
total of more than three million kilometers (1,864,000 miles) so far, in cold
and hot regions, and have compared the SUV’s ability to steer “around extremely
narrow bends” to that of “a Golf“.
This achievement comes courtesy of “a new
stabilizing system” as well as rear-axle steering, which allows the rear wheels
to turn in the opposite direction to the front ones at speeds under 37 km/h. This also reduces the turning radius from the current model’s 12.20 m to 11.13 m.
North American buyers won’t be getting the 2019
Volkswagen Touareg, and will have to settle for the more affordable Atlas. It
also appears that the new SUV won’t go on sale in Japan either.
