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Volkswagen publishes official information about the new generation model of its SUV Touareg. The world premiere to a wide audience will be in March in Geneva. What is known now is that the new VW Touareg is 40 mm long (length 4758 millimeters) and 20 millimeters lower than its predecessor. At the same time the second generation has been “tailored”, whereas with 208 kilograms. lower curb weight than its predecessor. VW Touareg will initially be marketed in Europe with three engines – two diesel volume with 3.0 and 4.2 liters and power respectively 237 and 335 hp and hybrid system that includes a gasoline engine with a mechanical compressor, 6 cylinder with 329 hp power and electric power to 46 hp So with a total power of 374 hp hybrid Touareg accelerates from standstill to 100 km / h in 6.5 seconds, an impressive model for a large SUV dynamics. Only a motor vehicle can move at up to 45 kilometers per hour. Already in the basic version of the second generation VW Touareg will get a new automatic transmission with eight gears Aisin. The car will be adaptive suspension system, stop-start, system warning for unintentionally leaving the tape movement and others.
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Volkswagen rarely take adventures, probably now in Wolfsburg know what they do. No other European manufacturer, which has its range in a similar type of car. Amarok was presented recently in Argentina (Pampa), which was not accidental. Pickup is specially developed for the market in South America and will be produced that is there – from the conveyor of the VW factory in the outskirts of Buenos Aires must descend 100 thousand cars a year. But Amarok will also be available on the European market. Dealers will be able to sell it by summer. German truck length is 5.25 meters and weighs 2 tons unladen. To enable marketers to the company’s positioning in the best way forward it to Lifestyle as a load machine.
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Yet when I first saw the concept Volkswagen New Compact Coupe (NCC) of the exhibition in Detroit earlier this month, experts suggested that this will be the basis of future generation Jetta. Design studios, and seemed quite finished near mass production, it just had to insert two back doors to get a better idea of how it looks like the new Jetta. That is what has made the Brazilian Site “Irmaododecio”, using a computer to present the future sedan VW Jetta, model 2011. The car is expected to appear on any of the automotive dealerships in the second half of this year, the market will be in 2011. The car is expected with great interest and many people wanted to see the specifications and design of the new Jetta.
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The concern Volkswagen will set up a special unit called “R GmbH”. As the name suggests, this department will be involved in the development of “hot” versions of the models of VW. According to the publication Inside Line, will be officially announced in March during the Geneva Motor Show. “If this is division BMW” M “, for Mercedes – AMG, in” kinship “Audi – quattro. A subdivision “R” will be with us in Volkswagen “, says one manager of the company. Division “R GmbH” will be an independent company, a kind of extended version of the current European department VW Individual, which is busy with factory complete and personalized model of each client wishes. The new division will deal with the creation of “hot” versions of every model of Volkswagen. Only a few weeks ago were presented the latest version of the plugin with “R” – the most powerful ever created Golf (with a capacity of 270 hp and transmission 4×4) and Scirocco (with 265 horse power and transmitting motion to the front wheels ).
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Exclusive images of the second generation VW Touareg. Month before being officially presented, Volkswagen Touareg II appeared on the web. There are two images, with no better quality, but still show the outside of the vehicle passable German. From these and previous images of the model shows that external changes affect mainly the front where most forms resemble a line of designer brand.
Expected changes are not large, the new generation will not go very far from the current model of stylistics. More profound changes are foreseen in the technical part of the Volkswagen Touareg II. It is expected that construction of the model to be lightweight and have it bring down about 300 kg. According to the familiar, the vehicle will be marked with a compartment volume due to more extended structure of the new model. Engines for the second generation Touareg V6 will include modernization of volume 3.6 liters, V8 and 4.2 liters in volume. Along with these petrol units will be offered one or two diesel versions. It is now clear that there will be a hybrid version of the Touareg, similar to that in Porsche Cayenne Hybrid, which we reported earlier in the week.
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