Volkswagen Touareg R50 now on sale in the UK

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The monster Volkswagen Touareg R50 is now on sale in the UK, retailing at a price of £61,885 (RRP OTR), a premium of £3,885 over the normal Altitude V10 TDI Touareg.

The price premium comes from tune-ups such as an uprated 5.0 litre V10 TDI engine putting out 350 PS instead of the normal 313 PS – the engine hits this at 3,500rpm, and 750Nm of torque instead of the normal 650Nm, yet puts out the same CO2 emissions as the normal V10 TDI, which is 333g/km.

Other than the engine, the R50 is also differentiated from the Touareg Altitude V10 by its 21 inch Omanyt design wheels, Touareg R-design bodykit, wheel arch extensions, blue brake calipers, and R logos on the pedals, door sills and Nappa sports seats.

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  • xenith (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 5:58 am

    What a monster…

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  • charles27 (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 6:20 am

    great… make more monster.

    lately in BMW forum, i hear that quit many people talk about vw engine reliability problem. Seem like there is bad side to it. Not designed for long run/term, thus badly effect the second hand value. vw owner… any comment on this?

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  • naikmotoje (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 10:53 am

    wahhh…
    front look like proton saga RED…

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  • raybrig85 (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 11:57 am

    handsome…bt dis will cost alot here…standard touareg is ok for me…

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  • raybrig85 (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 11:58 am

    charles…which bmw blog did u visit???y dun u jz survey at vw blog…mabe u can find d answer..

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  • e-nabilll (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    there is one black color i saw abt a week ago , infront of bukit bintang…couldnt believe it…obviously blackened windows couldnt see who was driving it

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  • ryan_foong80 (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Volkswagen my first choice…..

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  • szw (Member) on Mar 09, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    the R50 sound like mini cooper’s model code…

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  • AvE (Member) on Mar 10, 2008 at 12:32 am

    a mutated mini coop, mix marriegde with a bmw…GRrRRr~ ROoaARrgHH~!!! somebody call ultraman~~…p/s:nice color

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Mar 10, 2008 at 12:40 am

    Maybe this can pull Boeing 747 at 50mph :P

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  • AvE (Member) on Mar 10, 2008 at 12:42 am

    mutated mini coop…mix marriedge with bmw…GrrRRr…WHOoARRrGH! its a freaking cool freak~

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  • juanbeibei (Member) on Mar 12, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    i saw this kind of body kit in the older version of touareg (without curve headlights) in japan.. a number of them there.. i saw black n 2 blue.. but this one looks better!! =)

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