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Volkswagen has revealed full details of its range-topping Touareg luxury 4×4 – the R50 – which offers customers more power and equipment, and boasts one of the most powerful diesel engines available on the market.
At the heart of the Touareg R50 is Volkswagen’s award-winning 5.0-litre V10 TDI engine, uprated from 313 PS to produce 350 PS at 3,500 rpm.
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Euro NCAP: Five Stars for VW Tiguan

Even before its market introduction, the European consumer protection organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) tested the safety of the Tiguan and the results are first class. With this result, the Tiguan continues the good tradition established by the Golf, Touran, Passat and Touareg in the past.
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Volkswagen will present its widest product range of all time at the International Automobile Exhibition (IAA) in Frankfurt (13th to 23rdrd September).

Europe’s no. 1 will be presenting over fifty models on view in Hall 3.0 – eight of them world premieres.

One of the highlights: the Tiguan – an entirely new generation of SUV developed to complement the Touareg.

And if all that’s not enough: Volkswagen will respond to the official motto of this year’s IAA – “see what’s driving tomorrow” – with a prototype.
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The Golf is Volkswagen’s best-selling model worldwide and sold more than 300,600 units during the first six months of this year, equating to a sales increase of ten percent against the first half-year of 2006. Some 61,500 units were sold in Germany alone, corresponding to a rise of 5.7 percent. The second-largest “Golf country” is the United Kingdom, while the Golf’s biggest overseas market is the USA.
Source: VW Press Release