US EditionVolkswagen to Pull the Plug on Flagship Touareg SUV After 24 Years. Here's Why
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In the coming year, Volkswagen Touareg will have to stop producing according to the British press. The Wolfsburg brand Suv arrived on the market 23 years ago, i.e. in 2002. It is an advance information by the British Autocar, which mentions sources within the subject. According to that British website, there is no direct successor planned, so the manufacturer will withdraw from this segment. It will continue to be covered by the group, more spec…
According to insiders, Volkswagen will stop production of the Touareg in 2026, saying goodbye to the premium SUV segment after 23 years. The model will leave without a successor, and its role will be taken over by the more affordable and versatile Tayron. The concern is also said to end production of the ID.5 in 2027, while also putting plans for an electric minivan on the back burner.
The VW Touareg SUV is currently the top model from Volkswagen Passenger Cars. It doesn't get more Volkswagen than this, unless you compare it to the VW bus family and its camper vans. With the Touareg, VW wanted to attract wealthy customers with premium aspirations. Wanted – because the end of the Touareg is apparently a done deal. Various media outlets, including Handelsblatt, are reporting that VW could discontinue production of the SUV as ear…
It is the end of an era at Volkswagen: the German manufacturer, according to information reported by our British colleagues from Autocar, will put an end in 2026 to the production of the Touareg, its great SUV in high-end positioning. The Volkswagen Touareg disappears without replacing Launched in 2002 in tandem with the Porsche Cayenne, the Touareg symbolized Volkswagen's desire, under the leadership of Ferdinand Piëch at the time, to invest th…
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