The engine rumbles into life idling with little and an exhaust note that resemble a powerful big capacity American V8. Under hard accelerator the soft rumble switches to a subdued but powerful growl that quickly rounds out to a stirring whoosh as the touareg leaps forwards.
Is stunning, although even with over 550lb ft of torque to work the auto gearbox hesitates to allow the engine to build up speed before launching the tarmac to return a 0.60mph time of just 7.4. The brief daily is also noticeable when grabbing a quick overtaking opportunity the transmission kicks down responsively enough, but the big V10 needs moment to get into its stride before it takes.
Any car with a speedometer that read to 200mph is an exciting proposition, even if the figure is optimistic. The six speed automatic transmission linked to the mighty V10 is close to ideally geared, so with the power peak speed of 4000rpm showing in top true speed it just 140mph, a maximum of 158mph possible if the touareg could be nudged to the red line on a downhill run.
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