Volkswagen Touareg TDI - Top Speed Dry Lake Test
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2010
- The Smoking Tire takes the 2010 Volkswagen Touareg TDI to El Mirage Dry Lakebed to see how it behaves on the road and off it. We also see how fast it will go in the one place we could think of with no speed limit.
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We have a 2004 and 2008 V10 TDI. 90k and 145k miles, and have been reliable. Great experience. 2004 with rated road tires has been at 165mph, 2008 with all season 145mph. I love these cars.
keep me posted i just got a 2004 v10 90000, im excited for the vehicle
Wow! This was great to go down Smoking Tire "memory lane"
And the background music!
This was awesome yall!
@apexi957 Our test car averaged 24.5 mpg over a week of mixed driving (not including the 10 or so top speed runs we did). If you combine the fuel savings with the great torque band, I'd prefer the diesel version of any of the German SUV's over their gas counterparts.
first time to your site. Graet presentation, video , sound. I was already a huge Touareg fan; now Smoking Tire as well...
This is where the V10 wins. The V6 might be as quick around town, but the V10's extra HP means at any speed you mash the pedal and there's power.
but you lose alot of economy so no point of the dieseyy
+Birmingham racing The carbon build up is real.
Birmingham racing i only by a diesel bekose of powa if it is Eco thats a plus i have a audi q7 v12 and the powa is real i love diesels sory for my English
You can chip the 3.0 TDI Touareg and easily get amazing numbers. In fact my VW dealer offers it.
Too bad the first gen cars are junk.
Whoa throwback! Just saw this and been watching Matt for the last few years. Didn't know The Smoking Tire has been on for 10+. Whata trip. PS LOVE the Touareg TDI RIP miss you.
@rondar2 This is a brand new press car, and we filmed this video last week. It's being replaced in a few months, but it's definitely still in production. The V10 TDI hasn't been sold in the US since 2008.
@jesustorres85 The Q7 TDI we tested last year was almost exactly the same price. We like the styling both inside and out better in the VW though.
@TheSmokingTire you love it so much you make every day valentine's day!
I got the V10, it's fantastic
I was going to go for the V10, instead went for a Cayenne 4.5 V8.
Put off by diesels after my Jeep with the 3.0 v6 mercedes engine.
Well done the video for see it
Damn, is it breathing still?
@Hiberada erada damn
My wife and I both have V10. We are in love with them. Open roads in Nevada, 130 mph is typical, and the faster you go the higher the mpg, right? 28 mpg on the road.
@infinitimike we're not going to use both at the same time. We were testing one vs. the other to see if they were identical in sensitivity, which they are. We plan on having a backup in case ours gets confiscated.
@MrJonnyJones for our purposes, the quality is exactly the same. it gets super compressed for internet anyway. And when you're running 6 of them at once, it's so much easier and slicker to use the contour than fiddle with the Go Pro's tiny buttons.
@Josephalosaurus we will be posting the videos on Black Magic Shine as well as all the normal TST distribution points.
@c208captain the 60 mph winds out there on the lake bed flung one of the doors open and bent the doorframe. it wouldn't close properly after that.
@velvetymouse we alternate between our Panasonic HVX200 and the smaller Canon HFS11
Keep up the good work guys! i love the included suction cup fail! haha.
@Cbagpipes probably not until after Bullrun. We're extremely busy until the third week in July, but the good news is the car isn't going anywhere, so we'll have plenty of time to go play in the dirt when we get back from the Rally.
@Mastamarek not unless we go to europe to test it, they aren't available in the US.
@ratmtbola I'd really like to try the new range rover, but haven't given much thought to it before. I'll ask around and see if we can get one.
@mariokart209 Bullrun ends in Las Vegas on July 16th.
@ohgottweristdas it will be a 2011 model here, and it will be out in a few months.
@warrockplayer12 Ranger Rovers and X3's aren't available with Diesel engines in the US. Only the BMW X5, Audi Q7, Mercedes ML/GL and the Touareg are available in the US in diesel.
@gearheadd318 we just wanted to test our old one against our new one to see if they are the same, which they are. We also got it so that if ours happens to get confiscated, we get another.
the v10 and w12 are the only touaregs worth talking about imo
***** 20 MPG mixed on the v10. Not as bad as lots of lesser vehicles out there.
***** no man : the v6 3.0tdi has more or less the same pull of the v10. is also 250 chilos lighter.
of course there is differences : no much dough.
+nando carpi The V10 eats the v6 in every way. If you have ever had the chance to drive them side by side than you would agree. My father has the V10 and Auntie has the V6 Touareg's. My whole family loves cars. The V6 has its place in the VW jetta as its a very light car.
+Nick Brown The V10 is a double 2.5TDI R5 which are known to be the worst diesel engines VW came in the last 20 years, its not common rail and has plenty of problems, the w12 is just ridiculous, the best of all is the 3.0TDI V6
@bulegold56 most come from press fleets, all of which have michigan plates.
@minibus1351 the 2011 is new, coming out in a few months.
Well done, I enjoyed it
i cant wait for the rally , i watched last years and it was awsom
@superchargedturbo wow, good call. I was sure it was TT, but you're right. It's a single turbo.
@tinleo333 yes, but you can't turn off the front and rear parktronic independently of each other. I'd want to have the rears on, but the front off, and that's not possible. it's just all or nothing.
Just gonna love this car.
@EatmyDust1311 we just got back from a very rough few shooting days in the desert (see teaser intro) and we were just too tired to get it done on tuesday. better late than never.
am excited for next week
@davidmac2007 zero. it's an air conditioning vent ducted right into the glovebox, so if you have the A/C on, it's working.
@mcglo they had that engine for a couple years, but it wasn't 50-state legal and they discontinued it. my friend has one back in NY, with only aftermarket software it makes 800 lb/ft of torque.
@rondar2 The Diesel V10 is no longer in production, so there's no point to driving it. And I have seen the refrigerated glovebox before, and I wasn't "amazed" by it, it's just a nice feature worth mentioning.
thats where i learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. ya i was very dirty when that day was over. fun though good memories w dad.
and ya congrats for your new car, love that car too although am not a big fan of trucks that is something different :D
sweet vid
We an debate all day about the merits of owning the V6 vs V10 diesels, but for video content like this, there is no contest: V10 all the way!
Holy shit. I cannot believe how long I've been watching your Channel. Long enough for you to look much different. Lol.
@WillTam08 It's actually more like a Porsche Cayenne than anything else. The Audi is built on the same architecture, but has different dimensions. The Cayenne's dimensions are nearly identical to the Touareg's.
@jaklee86ca 2 people, total. Me, Matt, and Tom. That's it. We shot it in a single day, with 4 small cameras and one large one.
@bottomlayer The A/C works good.
I say import the drivetrain from the Audi R10, and stuff it into a RS4. Matt, with your connections you can make this happen!!!
Old skool follower from the "RPM Radio" days on Sirius. Glad to see you finally getting recognition!!
in the intro those where the 7 supercharged cars u were taking about on FB right Matt , btw love the BMW :D
@EatmyDust1311 The problem with having a camera car is, if you don't have a third person to drive it on the day you need to shoot, it's damn useless. We remedied that situation for next week's episode.
wow this is a very nice car
Buying one soon 🤙diesel power ftw
next week looks fun =]
@Colleptic it's the noise. The average non-car enthusiast hates the sound of American diesel truck engines, at least the people I know do.
I cant wait to see the Bullrun rally feed!!
never took a second look at this VW until I saw the movie Repo Men, Now its kinda growing on me. :)
@Filipinoborn you can't do donuts on the lake bed because it will destroy the surface of the lake, where they race at very high speeds. it's a safety issue. There are plenty of places outside the main lake area where you can do donuts without hurting anything.
i'm excited for vf engineering!!!
that glovebox idea is fking awesome
@TheASEmaster you're freaking awesome
@TheSmokingTire Yeah, they told us we have to drive off lake bed where the surface is kinda rough to drift our cars, cause they need the smooth surface for planes to land or something. We still had a lot of fun, though. Cleaning after is the only hard part, lol. I love my evo, and anyithing that have AWD.
You should've tested the twin turbo diesel V10 with 310 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque. That model gets to 150mph.
@DZoneTV July 9th to 16th
I am so jealous of your truck :P
Nice
@scorpio3949 we've already done 3 different reviews of the SVT Raptor. Mine is exactly the same thing, but faster and with better transmission programming.
@HiJackZX1 in the touareg, the button turns off all the parktronic, not just the fronts. the rear parktronic is fine, but if you can't see out your windshield and know where the front of your car is, you shouldn't have a drivers license.
TheSmokingTire: i rented a shitty Seat minivan in Ireland last week. I’m over six feet tall and had the drivers seat set well forward to allow leg room for the guy behind me. Still couldn’t see the front end past the bottom of the windshield. Lousy design.
@tomriley123 not available in the US. You'd spend nearly a quarter of a million dollars federalizing something like that.
@drewetc yeah man, everyone gotta pay the bills somehow.
great show guys.
i like how the camera that failed was focused on the tire that failed.
and matt, youre already going grey-beard? jesus how old are you, like 60?
@TheSmokingTire They do offer it in Audi A4 in Europe. Opt for a sport differential from S4 and you end up having quite a handsome car.
@ViperVenomACR indeed sir....
Most turbo diesels nowadays are quiet and powerful. I like Audi's V12 turbo diesel. Now, that's power!
@JENSDONT press cars won't be available for a few months.
Sweet Raptor.
What about the V10 TDI?
haha Suction Cup Fail, but luckily u had a good camera
great show mate, from Australia
wow wow wow, why is youtube adding a vuvuzela button, i thought "what's that?" then i nearly had a heart attack
yes old tmusic is back!
Matt, when we can expect to see a review of your 6.2L Raptor??? I hear good things about the new engine and id love to see a full review of it.
Great review!
Is there any chance of you reviewing a Range Rover? I know you're more into reviewing sports cars, coupés etc. than into SUV's but I think it would be interesting.
@steelerfreek007 If they offered this drivetrain in the CC, it would be the fucking bomb.
@maniacoffroader It is a major fail that this car doesn't have a full size spare, especially if you don't learn that until you're 10 miles away from a paved road when you get a flat tire.
@LigerZero1985 the Valentine One is the only radar detector. The rest are garbage. There is no point to having a radar detector at all if you don't know what direction the signal is coming from, and the V1 is the only one that has directional arrows to tell you where the signal comes from.
OMG that porsche 911 looks so badass with that charger
@GarrettKeetley
It's always had the biturbo V10 as an option... they're just rare.
german kick ass in building cars
WHAT THE HELL IS THE FOOTBALL-ICON TO THE RIGHT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR?!
@jujitsu62 Probably because they know that no one here will buy them. The germans already design the diesels for their domestic markets, and shipping a few over here with Urea Injection systems isn't all that hard. Americans would have to design a diesel engine from scratch, and it wouldn't be worth it because they won't sell.
Kind of hard to pay attention to what you're saying about the Touareg when you tease us with the VF Engineering special next week. lol :D
@CorvetteCrazy1000 I may be the only person on earth who has experience with both these vehicles in the same week. The Raptor is certianly more unique, and cooler, but if you're not going to be doing real off-roading, the Touareg is a much better way to spend your money. On pavement, the Touareg is much more civil than the Raptor, it's smaller, so easier to park, and it gets WAY better gas mileage, like 15 mpg better. For my purposes, Raptor all day. For the average person, Touareg.
Wow, Matt, I'm really looking forward to next week's episode. It looks like you drove more than a few fantastic, heavily breathed on cars. That is a massive turbo on that Carrera. I'd bet on A LOT of power...in bunches! Definitely a sufficient teaser :)
the v10 tdi ftw!!!
good review... ive always liked the touareg except for its massive weight and unncessary offroad abilities (in my case). at times i couldnt hear the commentary because the music was a bit loud
Nice touareq
honestly I'm a die hard car guy who prefers his cars to be full of massive power and speed (I'm from a clarkson school of thought) and i like these kinds of trucks. they're ridiculous, the cayenne, vw v10 ti... these are just dedicated to speed and power and i love it. if i had to have a daily driver id probably choose something like this. but have my countach in the garage
maybe you should try this run with the V10 TDI model, over 700lbs of torque ....
what I hate is the computer limited my tdi golf 2.0 engine top speed. my friend chipped it for me and wow, it runs like the gti.
Petrol turbos will always be quicker than diesels. I own a 1.9 tdi Ibiza 2003 with only a remap and filter but that made 174bhp and 319ft lbs of torque
Volkswagen are good cars !
Another car that has adjustable suspension and other neat features that would be a cool comparison to this vehicle is the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, it even has Hill ascend, upgraded interior over the cheap previous Cherokee. It supposedly is even better on road, Id like to see a video of that and then you can compare the two.
@TheSmokingTire agreed. My valentine has save me thousands
Matt, are you going to review the new Grand Cherokee when it comes out?
So how much more reliable is the TDI in comparison to the V6?