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Touareg with New Design and New Technologies: New 262 PS V6 TDI Consumes Just 6.6 l/100 km
– Exterior – new front and rear; bi-xenon headlights as standard
– Engineering – EU6 TDI with SCR catalytic converter and coasting function
The Touareg combines comfort and convenience features of a superior SUV with the all-terrain attributes of a sophisticated off-road vehicle. This configuration of the four-wheel drive Volkswagen sports utility vehicle, which doubles as a robust off-roader for any trip around the globe, gives it a fascination all of its own. Now, Volkswagen has given the Touareg a significantly sharper look and enhanced it technically in all areas. Features of the new Touareg generation include a redesigned front and rear, new driver assistance systems such as Automatic Post-Collision Braking System as standard, a new generation of the ACC adaptive cruise control, new online services, appreciably more fuel-efficient and in some cases more powerful V6 TDI engines with SCR catalytic converter and EU6 certification and an improved layout of the suspension.
Exterior with new front and rear designs. As already mentioned, the latest Touareg is identifiable visually by its redesigned front and rear. Striking features at the front are the bi-xenon headlights, also redesigned and now standard on all models. At the back new rear lights are used. In the ‘Chrome & Style’ version the new Touareg is enhanced by a chrome strip running around the lower part of the vehicle body. The range of colours has been updated (new: ‘Reef Blue Metallic’, ‘Sand Gold Metallic’, ‘Black Oak Brown Metallic’ and ‘Moonlight Blue Pearl Effect’), while the designers have also given a new look to four of the total of 16 styles of alloy wheels available: ‘Arica’ (18-inch), ‘Salvador’ (19-inch from Volkswagen R), ‘Masafi’ (20-inch) and ‘Talladega’ (20-inch from Volkswagen R).
Interior with new materials, colours and switches. Redesigned interior features include the aluminium switches typical of the Touareg. They now look as though they have been milled from a solid block of metal. All buttons and switches now illuminated in white (instead of red as before) gives the interior ambience an additionally refined feel. The range of interior colours and styles of leather has been extended, while two new decorative wood trims have been designed to match these colours and styles: ‘Sapelli Mahogany’ and ‘Engineered Ebony’.
EU6 emissions standard for V6 TDI with coasting function. In terms of technical enhancements, particular focus has been placed on the V6 TDI engines, as in Europe over 90 per cent of all Touareg sales are of models with one of the two V6 TDI engine capacities on offer. Both six-cylinder engines have been modified and upgraded by adding an SCR catalytic converter. Using ‘selective catalytic reduction’, the amount of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust fumes is significantly reduced. Thanks to the SCR catalytic converter the ‘Touareg 4MOTION V6 TDI BlueMotion Technology’, as it is called in full, meets the demanding EU6 emissions standard. Also new on the V6 TDI: a coasting function. While the vehicle is coasting, the standard 8-speed automatic transmission is disengaged in order to utilise the kinetic energy during periods where no acceleration is required and thus to reduce fuel consumption still further. Aerodynamic refinements to the vehicle body and underbody, plus the introduction of new tyres optimised for low roll resistance, also have a fuel-saving effect: consumption on the 150-kW version (204 PS)1 has been reduced from 7.0 to 6.6 litres of diesel per 100 km; this equates to a reduction in CO2 from 184 g/km to 173 g/km. The advances are even clearer in the case of the larger of the two V6 TDI engines, the power output of which has been increased from 180 kW (245 PS) to 193 kW (262 PS)2: despite this added power, its consumption falls from 7.2 to likewise 6.6 l/100 km (equating to 174 g/km of CO2). In the case of the ‘Terrain Tech’ version3 – the Touareg with special off-road applications and a four-wheel drive system with low range set of gear ratios, designed among things for particularly demanding off-road conditions – there is an improvement from 7.3 to 6.9 l/100 km.
Updated suspension and new assistance systems. The standard steel-spring suspension has been optimised, with improvements including even more agile steering and extra comfort. Available again as an option for the Touareg is an air suspension system, with which ground clearance can be increased to as much as 300 mm on off-road terrain. Meanwhile, at higher speeds (140 km/h and above) the air suspension automatically lowers the vehicle’s body.
Infotainment with new online services. In combination with the RNS 850 radio/navigation system and mobile phone preparation, the Touareg will for the first time be available with mobile online services. These will include a ‘Point-of-Interest (POI) Search’ via Google, map display provided by the ‘Google Earth™ mapping service’, the ‘Google Street View™’ function and ‘Online Traffic Information’.
Launch from autumn 2014. The new Touareg is initially being launched in Western Europe this autumn as diesel (V6 TDI and V8 TDI) and hybrid (V6 TSI plus electric motor) models. Orders are already being taken in Germany. Launches subsequently follow in Russia (end of 2014) and North America and Asia (early 2015). In those markets, Volkswagen will also be offering the Touareg once again with V6 and V8 petrol engines, as it has traditionally done.
In podoben članek še v slovenskem jeziku.
Touareg z novim dizajnom in novimi tehnologijami
Touareg združuje udobje SUV-ja višjega avtomobilskega razreda in “offroad” lastnosti zahtevnih terenskih vozil. Takšna zasnova štirikolesno gnanega Volkswagna – tj. vrhunsko športno-terensko vozilo in obenem vzdržljiv terenec za potovanje okoli sveta – ustvarja prav posebno privlačnost. Volkswagen je zunanje linije Touarega naredil dosti bolj ostre, tehnično pa je vozilo v vseh pogledih izpopolnjeno. Nova oblikovna zasnova sprednjega in zadnjega dela, novi asistenčni sistemi, kot so serijska funkcija večnaletnega zaviranja in nova generacija avtomatskega uravnavanje razdalje (ACC), nove spletne storitve, varčnejša motorja V6 TDI s katalizatorjem SCR (eden ima tudi povečano moč), ki izpolnjujeta zahteve izpušne stopnje EU6, ter izboljšana zasnova podvozja – vse to so značilnosti nove generacije Touarega.
Zunanjost z novo oblikovanim sprednjim in zadnjim delom.
Novi Touareg je navzven prepoznaven po novi obliki sprednjega in zadnjega dela. Spredaj izstopajo markantni, odslej serijski in prav tako na novo zasnovani biksenonski žarometi. Zadek zaznamujejo nove zadnje luči. Pri izvedbi “Chrom & Style” daje novemu Touaregu elegantnejšo podobo kromirana letev, ki poteka na spodnjem delu po celotnem obsegu karoserije. Osvežili so tudi barvno paleto (nove barve: podvodno modra kovinska, peščeno zlata kovinska, hrastovo rjava kovinska in mesečinasto modra biserna); poleg tega so oblikovalci na novo zasnovali štiri od skupno 16 tipov aluminijastih platišč: Arica (18-palčna), Salvador (19-palčna, Volkswagen R), Masafi (20-palčna) in Talladega (20-palčna, Volkswagen R).
Notranjost z novimi materiali, barvami in stikali.
V notranjosti so med drugim na novo zasnovali Touaregova značilna aluminijasta stikala; zdijo se, kot bi bila izrezkana iz enega samega kovinskega kosa. Osvetlitev vseh stikal in regulatorjev je zdaj bela (prej rdeča), kar notranjemu ambientu pridaja eleganco. Obogatena je ponudba notranjih barv in usnja, z njo pa sta usklajeni tudi dve novi vrsti lesenih dekorativnih elementov: Sapelli Mahagoni in Engineered Ebony.
Standard EU6 za motorja V6 TDI s funkcijo ‘jadranja’.
V središču tehničnega izpopolnjevanja sta bila v prvi vrsti motorja V6 TDI, saj je v Evropi več kot 90 odstotkov vseh Touaregov prodanih z enim od obeh motorjev V6 TDI. Oba šestvaljnika sta sedaj spremenjena in obogatena s katalizatorjem SCR. Pri “selektivni katalitični redukciji” (SCR) se v izpušnih plinih znatno zmanjša delež dušikovih oksidov; zaradi katalizatorja SCR izvedbe “Touareg 4MOTION V6 TDI BlueMotion Technology” – takšna je namreč njihova celotna oznaka – že sedaj izpolnjujejo zahteve stroge izpušne stopnje EU6. Novost pri motorjih V6 TDI je tudi funkcija ‘jadranja’ (vožnje v prostem teku). Med ‘jadranjem’ se prekine povezava med motorjem in serijskim 8-stopenjskim avtomatskim menjalnikom, tako da se v fazah, ko voznik ne dodaja plina, lahko izkorišča kinetična energija vozila, kar vpliva na zmanjšanje porabe goriva. Precizne izboljšave aerodinamike na karoseriji in dnu vozila ter uvedba novih pnevmatik z manjšim kotalnim uporom imajo prav tako pozitiven učinek na prihranek goriva: pri izvedbi z močjo 150 kW (204 KM) se je poraba dizelskega goriva zmanjšala s 7,0 na 6,6 l/100 km; posledično se je emisija CO2 zmanjšala s 184 g/km na 173 g/km. Še bolj izrazit pa je napredek pri močnejšem od obeh agregatov V6 TDI, pri katerem so moč povečali s 180 kW (245 KM) na 193 kW (262 KM): kljub večji moči se je njegova poraba zmanjšala s 7,2 na 6,6 l/100 km (kar ustreza emisiji CO2 174 g/km). Pri izvedbi “Terrain Tech” – to je Touareg s posebnimi terenskimi dodatki in štirikolesnim pogonom z reduktorjem, ki je med drugim zasnovan za najtežje terenske razmere – se je poraba goriva zmanjšala s 7,3 na 6,9 l/100 km.
Posodobljeno podvozje in novi asistenčni sistemi.
Serijsko podvozje z jeklenimi vzmetmi je optimizirano; od izboljšav naj tu omenimo bolj dinamične krmilne lastnosti in višji nivo udobja. Opcijsko je za Touarega tudi zdaj na voljo zračno vzmetenje, s katerim lahko na primer pri terenski vožnji odmik karoserije od tal povečamo na do 300 mm; pri višjih hitrostih (nad 140 km/h) pa se karoserija po zaslugi zračnega vzmetenja samodejno spusti.
Multimedijski sistemi z novimi spletnimi storitvami.
V kombinaciji z radijsko-navigacijskim sistemom RNS 850 in pripravo za mobilni telefon bodo za Touarega prvič na voljo “mobilne spletne storitve”. Na voljo bodo iskanje interesnih točk (POI) preko Googla, prikaz zemljevidov preko “Google Earth™ mapping service”, funkcija “Google Street View™” in “spletne prometne informacije”.
Prihod na trg jeseni 2014.
Novi Touareg bo jeseni na trg prišel najprej v Zahodni Evropi in sicer v dizelski (V6 TDI in V8 TDI) ter hibridni izvedbi (V6 TSI z elektromotorjem). V Nemčiji je že stekla predprodaja. Zatem se bo prodaja začela še v Rusiji (konec 2014), Severni Ameriki in Aziji (začetek 2015); Volkswagen bo Touarega tam tradicionalno spet ponudil tudi v bencinskih izvedbah V6 in V8.
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