After being sighted in Malaysia without any camouflage and wearing trade plates several months ago, it is now confirmed that the latest-generation Volkswagen Touareg will be launched in Malaysia. Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) today teased the SUV on its official Instagram account and has begun accepting registrations of interest – head on over here if you’re keen.
Based on the information available on the ROI page, the Touareg will be offered in the sporty R-Line trim with a 3.0 litre TSI V6 petrol engine. The latter is rated at 340 PS (335 hp or 250 kW) and 450 Nm of torque, paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission and 4Motion permanent all-wheel drive system.
Equipment listed for the SUV includes IQ.Light HD Matrix headlamps, automatic self-levelling air suspension and a Dynaudio Consequence sound system with 730 watts of amplification. On the driver assistance front, the Touareg will comes with the IQ.Drive suite, inclusive of night vision!
The latest Touareg is the facelifted third-generation model which was revealed in May 2023. While Malaysia did get the first and second generations of the Touareg, the third-generation model didn’t come here following its global debut way back in March 2018. Better late than never then, and it’s nice than we’re getting the facelifted version, as suggested by previous spyshots.
Visual changes that come with the facelift include a reshaped grille, the aforementioned LED headlamps with L-shaped daytime running lights, front and rear light bars as well as an even larger lower intake. The interior remains largely the same as the pre-facelift model aside from the updated infotainment system that is part of the Innovision Cockpit.
No word on pricing for now nor is there any indication that the Touareg will be a locally-assembled (CKD) model. The Touareg that was sighted last August wore the same Pahang trade plates that we previously saw on a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8 roaming around Pekan, Pahang, which is where every Volkswagen model currently listed on VPCM’s website is locally assembled. We’ll know more in the coming weeks but in the meantime, are you excited for the Touareg’s return?
2023 Volkswagen Touareg R-Line facelift
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It all depends on the selling price. With RM free falling, it will be difficult.
Targeting same buyer category of Audi
That can afford unique showy luxury
A small Q3 literally price of X3, GLC
Pocket surely lemon-proof
The red one pictured here looks stunning. Too bad pricing will likely not be too good and consumer perception of VPCM still hasn’t improved much.
ain’t no way malaysia is getting the sort-of-recent facelifted toureg before the facelifted mazda cx-5 (which was launched almost 2 years ago)
ROI typically means Return Of Investment. With a Volkswagen, that might be poor. Very poor.
Register of Interest, u dumb
sarcasm isnt for everyone i guess, lurus betul
Cheaper version of the VAG badged cayenne but still will be quite expensive. Volume seller will be the recently launched in Europe new Tiguan.
Suspect this one would be priced at RM400k-500k.
Last time I checked from VM’s roadshows at the malls, Arteon’s price has already breached RM300k, and Tiguan Allspace 2.0L has also breached above RM260k. These are easily an RM50k-60k price hike from the 1st time these cars were introduced.
No chance VM will price this one attractively
Arteon price revert back to RM275 i think. With added safety which previously was missing. Same with tiguan allspace r -line. Back to RM235 k.
If price around RM300k is consider reasonable..
If price above RM400K just forget it…
there is no way this will be selling at around RM 300K. More like between RM 450k -RM 500K, which Volkswagen will shoot itself in the foot.
Looking forward for this SUV since a long time ago, finally it came to Malaysia with air suspension. Very nice.
Sadly they spec the car all wrong…with all those useless things
That’s now “People’s Cars” that’s “Rich man’s cars!”