For off road driving the transmission can be switched into low range, which also automatically locks the central differential lock. A hill starting assistant prevents the car from running backwards after stopping on an awkward incline. On manual models this leaves the brakes engaged even after the lever has been released until the clutch bites and begin to drive the car forward.
Automatic have an electronic function in the gearbox that prevents downhill movement before moving off. On very steep downward slopes an electronic descent control working through the anti lock braking system, cuts in to maintain controllable progress.
But in spite of its superb looking four wheel drive credential the toureg is not a convincing master of all types of rough terrain though that steep and slippery slop showed the unqestion advantage of huge low rev torque the touareg
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