{"id":430806,"date":"2010-03-15T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/15\/2011-volkswagen-touareg-first-drive\/"},"modified":"2010-03-15T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T16:58:00","slug":"first-drive-2011-volkswagen-touareg-lightens-up-while-getting-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/430806","title":{"rendered":"First Drive: 2011 Volkswagen Touareg lightens up while getting serious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2011 Volkswagen Touareg – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nThe outgoing Volkswagen Touareg<\/a> range has always lived on the wrong side of the tracks in America. It was a big, expensive Volkswagen<\/a>. Notice that we can’t just say it was a big, expensive vehicle, because those adjectives are almost as much the norm as anything else – we must qualify those descriptors with the word “Volkswagen.” And we can’t help but think that’s part of the reason this go-almost-anywhere SUV never really made a splash anywhere in the U.S. except in puddles.<\/p>\n

The new 2011 Touareg is roomier, more powerful, more efficient and lighter. Much<\/em> lighter. That’s how we like our VWs. And now it comes in hybrid form. We spent a few hours in one to see what a Touareg reset looks like. Our first impressions: So good, this is what the first Touareg should have been like. Follow the jump for the story.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: First Drive: 2011 Volkswagen Touareg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos by Jonathon Ramsey \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2010<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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