LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck - 24HourForum.com

AutoblogGreen.com · 11-19-2008, 11:08 PM

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Click above for more live shots of the Touareg TDI Trophy Truck from LA

Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and Mexico anyway. This being the case, Volkswagen is planning to tackle this year's Baja event at the very highest level, the Trophy Truck class, with a brand-new racer that they loosely refer to as a Touareg. If you are going to be racing across the desert in anything, it may as well be powered by a clean 5.5 liter V-12 TDI Twin Turbo diesel engine with 550 horsepower and 625 lbs.-ft. of torque, right? After taking a good long look at the truck in person, we've come to the conclusion it is most definitely impressive and imposing. See our live pics below. Plus, did we mention the clean diesel?

Gallery: LA 2008: Race Touareg 2

Photos Copyright (C)2008 Jeremy Korzeniewski and Sebastian Blanco / Weblogs, Inc.LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AutoblogGreen.com 24 Hour Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 370	LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck Filed under: Diesel, Volkswagen, LA Auto Show Click above for more live shots of the Touareg TDI Trophy Truck from LA Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and Mexico anyway. This being the case, Volkswagen is planning to tackle this year's Baja event at the very highest level, the Trophy Truck class, with a brand-new racer that they loosely refer to as a Touareg. If you are going to be racing across the desert in anything, it may as well be powered by a clean 5.5 liter V-12 TDI Twin Turbo diesel engine with 550 horsepower and 625 lbs.-ft. of torque, right? After taking a good long look at the truck in person, we've come to the conclusion it is most definitely impressive and imposing. See our live pics below. Plus, did we mention the clean diesel? Gallery: LA 2008: Race Touareg 2 Photos Copyright (C)2008 Jeremy Korzeniewski and Sebastian Blanco / Weblogs, Inc.LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Email this \| Comments More...

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