OUR TAKE: Short of a bulldozer, not much else will match this thing for torque. Nailing the throttle elicits fits of giggles; the experience is so different from what you might expect. It takes ...

The Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI is one of the most absurd SUVs to ever reach production. When they aren't draining the bank accounts of their owners, they're demonstrating intoxicating levels of power.

I just flew out to Seattle to buy a 2006 Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI, a vehicle so infamously expensive to repair that any one visit to the dealership could cost as much as a whole new car.

I had a chance to try out a Q7 4.2 TDI earlier this year over on AutoblogGreen and it was a rocket with 326 hp and 560 lb-ft of torque. Nonetheless, the Touareg V10 is no slouch. Step on the right ...

And although the Touareg looks like a modest, midsize SUV, this particular example is packing VW's deceptively powerful 5.0-liter V10 TDI. That engine produced a healthy 313 hp, but more important ...

True enough, but what an engine! The V10 TDI is incredibly torquey and pulls like gravity. Considering its size and weight, the Touareg catapults forward in any of its six automatic gears when you ...

Volkswagen's Touareg With The V10 TDI Goes For Next To Nothing Nowadays Volkswagen might not be the first name that pops into your head when someone says “supercar engine,” but back in 2004 ...

Volkswagen of America is still looking to bring the V10 TDI Touareg to the United States about a year after the V6 and V8 gasoline-powered versions go on sale this summer. U.S. VW dealers are ...

The 2006 Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI – the first turbo-diesel light-duty vehicle in the U.S. market with a particulate filter – is now available in showrooms. The Touareg V10 TDI is a high ...

The Volkswagen Touareg 2 TDI Twin Turbo has more features built into its side mirrors than most vehicles have all together. Let us set all novelties aside and focus on what matters most-the ...