Test Drive: 2011 VW Touareg TDI Execline

blaz

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 16, 2006
Location
Ontario Canada
TDI
05 Passat
Official numbers are 11.9 L/100 km city and 8.0 L/100 km highway
Actually the official Canadian numbers for the 2011 are 11.1 & 7.0 L/100km.

Lighter weight and the 8-spd tranny in 2011 make the difference.
 

fleuger99

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Joined
Nov 25, 2009
Location
MA
TDI
2012 Touareg TDI
One thing that blew me away though was here in the US the Touareg TDI Highline is $1K more than an equally equiped 2011 ML 350 BlueTEC. I'm not sure what VW's Touareg TDI sales are like in the US but what is VW thinking?
 

Fourdiesel

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Joined
May 19, 2003
Location
SW Wash. USA
TDI
'04 Touareg V10 TDI
If the Touareg can be equipped with the locking center and rear differentials it would be MUCH more off road capable than the ML - but I cannot tell from the VW website if that is the case. If true though the Touareg is then a better 'value' than the ML.
 

fleuger99

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 25, 2009
Location
MA
TDI
2012 Touareg TDI
Do you guys/girls know if the Blue Tooth Kit in the 2011/2012 Touareg downloads the phone book into the system and allows dial out via phone book? Thanks.
 

Yeti35

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Joined
Nov 7, 2009
Location
SL, UT
TDI
2010 Touareg V6 TDI
Do you guys/girls know if the Blue Tooth Kit in the 2011/2012 Touareg downloads the phone book into the system and allows dial out via phone book? Thanks.
I don't know if it physically downloads it, but you can access it to dial from the headunit rather then from the phone. The 2010 worked this way and once I turn on bluetooth on my phone I don't touch it until I take it with me when I leave the car.
 

fleuger99

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 25, 2009
Location
MA
TDI
2012 Touareg TDI
I don't know if it physically downloads it, but you can access it to dial from the headunit rather then from the phone. The 2010 worked this way and once I turn on bluetooth on my phone I don't touch it until I take it with me when I leave the car.
Cool, thanks for the info.
 

tootall519

New member
Joined
Sep 4, 2011
Location
Crestwood, KY
TDI
2011 Touareg TDI
It downloads the phone book and call history (dialed, missed, received). The voice feature for calling out of the phonebook works great.
 
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