大众汽车品牌CEO赫伯特·迪斯(Herbert Diess)证实，2017款大众途锐将在今年年底发布，11月份正式量产。该车将在斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉发工厂组装，这款车将与奥迪Q7,、保时捷卡宴等车型共享大众集团的MLBEvo平台。新一代途锐外观将有多项改变，最显著变化是车头部分，前大灯与格栅连接在一起，类似大众Arteon。由于采用了新的内部结构，车重将大幅降低，而车身尺寸则进一步增加，内部空间更宽敞。车厢内将极具大众风格，增加更多软触内饰材质，科技含量进一步提升，包括增加数字仪表群，支持手势操控，信息娱乐系统集成更多功能等。至于动力系统，将包括一系列四缸和六缸TSI汽油和TDI柴油引擎。另外还将首次增加GTE插电混动版，不过该版本会与新车同时亮相。所有车型都将标配4Motion四驱系统。
New VW Touareg Confirmed For Pre-November Reveal
The all-new Volkswagen Touareg has been a long time in the making and thankfully we won’t have to wait much longer to see it without the annoying camouflage. Speaking yesterday evening at the T-Roc’s big reveal event, the man in charge at the VW core brand, Herbert Diess, announced the official premiere is slated to take place before November when production is set to begin.
A slideshow detailing start of production (SOP) dates for several VW models – including the new Touareg - emerged onto the web several months ago, but it’s nice to have confirmation straight from the company’s head honcho. As usual, assembly of the posh SUV will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia where the closely related Audi Q7 comes to life. It’s also the place where the next Porsche Cayenne will be built, along with the bodies of the much more expensive Bentley Bentayga. There’s a very good reason for that as all four are (or will be in the case of the Cayenne) underpinned by the Volkswagen Group’s flexible MLB Evo platform bound to be used by the Italy-built Lamborghini Urus as well.
Getting back to the most affordable version of the five, the Touareg will adopt a number of discreet styling changes for its next iteration. The most obvious modification compared to its predecessor is going to be at the front where the headlights will meet the grille in the same vein as they do on the lovely Arteon. Thanks to the new underpinnings, it should lose a lot of weight, despite what will likely be a bump in size to enable a more spacious interior.
Speaking of the cabin, it will get the very best VW has to offer considering that unlike the mainstream Atlas, the Touareg is being billed as a luxury model with a price to match its position in the upper class. Plenty of soft-touch materials should find their way inside, along with a bounty of tech that will include everything from a digital instrument cluster to gesture controls to play around with the numerous functions of the infotainment system.
Depending on market, VW will sell the new Touareg with several four and six-cylinder TSI gasoline engines, but we all know the TDIs will account for most of the sales despite the Dieselgate ordeal. A plug-in hybrid derivative carrying the “GTE” suffix is likely in the works as well, but it might not be available from day one. 4Motion should be standard across the range in all markets.