VW PREPARES NEW TOUAREG 3 FOR SILK WAY AND DAKAR RALLIES

2010-07-06 17:13:10 Author: admin Source:

In January 2011, perennial Dakar winners Volkswagen will field four Race Tourareg 3 vehicles with fundamentally updated aerodynamics at the desert classic through Argentina and Chile.

The VW Tourareg 3 follows the latest production model change and picks up concrete characteristics of the avant-garde shape of the Touareg II (above most). As a result, the new Race Touareg incorporates its outstanding vehicle dynamics qualities in an even more athletic outer skin than before, with proven and extremely successful technology underneath: the TDI engine with an approximate power output of 300 hp as well as the suspension and chassis basically remain untouched. 
  A more in-depth look into the Tourareg 3 entails a newly designed and updated Dakar contender vehicle. It continues to be based on the basic engineering design of the Race Touareg 2 that was introduced in 2005. Since then the cross-country rally prototype with its innovative TDI engine has gone through an evolution in the area of the powertrain and suspension across several steps. In the step towards the Race Touareg 3 the main focus is on the new outer skin.
 
Tests with the Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 in the deserts of Morocco at the end of July will literally ring in the hot phase of the development program. The extensive tests including the simulation of several rally distances will be followed by the official unveiling of the vehicle in August.

In autumn, the Race Touareg 3 will have its baptism of fire in competition with others at the Silk Way Rally through Russia which starts in St. Petersburg and ends in Sochi (11–18 September 2010) is regarded as a serious dress rehearsal for the legendary Dakar Rally (1–16 January 2011).

Edited/Images: VW